An AC Transit bus careened into an East Oakland auto repair shop on Tuesday, leaving at least nine people hospitalized with minor injuries. The crash happened around 1:15 p.m. as the bus was heading toward downtown Oakland on Foothill Boulevard near 68th Avenue, according to AC Transit spokesman Robert Lyles. A white SUV crossed in front of the bus at the intersection, causing the two vehicles to collide before the bus jumped a curb and slammed into All Bout Cars Auto Body & Repair, he said.
"There are too many cliffs that our young people are prone to falling off," Aboelata said during a groundbreaking event on Wednesday. "They leave the school setting, they graduate, or they become disconnected from school. They drop out. At 18, they fall off with certain benefits, or at 21 or 24. Because of the way our resources and systems are set up, young people fall through the gaps."
A 47-year-old Antioch man driving a Toyota Corolla collided with a 47-year-old man traveling northbound on a motorcycle at about 9:23 p.m. at the intersection of 42nd Ave. and International Boulevard, police said Saturday. Police found the Corolla driver unresponsive allegedly with open containers of alcohol and marijuana in the vehicle. He died from injuries suffered in the crash, according to police.
Six people were shot Wednesday evening, two of them fatally, in a shootout between the staff at an East Oakland pawn shop and five armed suspects attempting to rob the place, according to police. The incident took place around 7:45 pm Wednesday inside Eddy Oakland Cash 4 Gold on the 7100 block of International Boulevard. According to Oakland police, two employees pressed a silent alarm button when five armed suspects stormed the shop.
Bryan Keith Hall, 48, stood silently while his public defender entered the plea before Alameda County Superior Court Judge Michael T. Risher. Shackled and appearing in green-and-white striped jail attire, Hall said only "yes," and "I do," when asked whether he wanted to waive his right to a preliminary hearing in the coming coming weeks, and whether he understood he had that right.
