As the Oakland Police Department begins a full scale clean-up of the Oakland estuary, anchor outs increasingly fear that they are being scapegoated as a community for crimes committed by a few transient "pirates".
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In recent weeks, the Oakland Estuary has morphed from an innocuous playground for water sports into a semi-lawless stretch roamed by marauding thieves and patrolled by vigilantes, say members of the local boating community.
In recent weeks, the Oakland Estuary has morphed from an innocuous playground for water sports into a semi-lawless stretch roamed by marauding thieves, members of the local boating community say.