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UPDATED: Feb. 9, 10:45 a.m. Oakland’s interim police chief Susan Manheimer retired on Feb. 7 after a 10-month stint with the department. A congregant at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, Manheimer was tapped to fill in for the leadership role last April after the city’s previous police chief, Anne Kirkpatrick, was fired by a civilian-run police commission. Manheimer was originally hired for six months, but the commission extended her tenure by four months so it would have more time to conduct background checks on her replacement. Her contract was due to end this week. “The overarch...

'Homeroom' Review: Doc Embeds Itself in Bay Area High School During Exceptional Year 'Homeroom' Review: Doc Embeds Itself in Bay Area High School During Exceptional Year Peter Nicks' doc schools audiences on the vision and vitality of its young protagonists, seniors at Oakland High School during a turbulent year. Lisa Kennedy, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Homeroom” begins with a somewhat inchoate energy. In this regard, Peter Nicks’ engaging documentary about Oakland High School’s senior class of 2020 aptly mimics the start of a school year. Students haven’t yet found their rh...

Surveillance video shows he and his wife struggling with three women he says tried robbing the shop and stealing the Chinese New Years trees. The women nearly ran the couple over as they drove away. “I got scared when they said they were going to try to kill me, literally,” said Lam. “Something definitely needs to be done.” Just the day before, another attack took place at a nearby store in which someone robbed a customer of his cash. “Asians are being targeted, and unfortunately they’re also targeting our seniors,” said Carl Chan of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.

Weeks-old statue of Breonna Taylor smashed to pieces in Oakland, Calif. By Neil Vigdor New York Times,Updated December 30, 2020, 9:13 a.m. Email to a Friend Police are investigating after a bust of Breonna Taylor was smashed in downtown Oakland, Ca., over the weekend.Aric Crabb/Associated Press It took several months for a Bay Area sculptor to shape the clay with his hands into a likeness of Breonna Taylor, which he finished with a dark brown satin glaze. But less than two weeks after the statue memorializing Taylor was installed in a busy downtown plaza in Oakland, California, its creator, L...

Weeks-Old Statue of Breonna Taylor Is Battered in Oakland, Calif. The vandalism of the ceramic sculpture of Ms. Taylor near City Hall is under investigation, the police said. A bust of Breonna Taylor in a plaza near Oakland City Hall was smashed in several places late last week. The artist wants to create a new statue in bronze.Credit...Shelby Knowles for The New York Times Dec. 28, 2020 The clay took several months for a Bay Area sculptor to shape with his hands into a likeness of Breonna Taylor, which he finished with a dark brown satin glaze. But less than two weeks after the statue memori...