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The violent carjacking happened about noon Oct. 1 in the 1100 block of Clay Street. Police said the rideshare driver, a Half Moon Bay resident, had just dropped off a passenger and was sitting in his parked Toyota Prius. A woman then walked up to the vehicle, opened the door and began struggling with the driver before dragging him outside, where she pummeled him repeatedly with her fists, police said.

Oakland will join several other Northern California cities that have begun enforcing street parking fees on Sundays, an effort to boost public revenues and commercial activity in the cash-strapped city. Starting Jan. 4, Oakland residents who fail to feed the city-run street meters and parking kiosks between noon and 6 p.m. Sunday will receive a warning, officials said. After 30 days, the city will begin issuing tickets.

There are shared languages that transcend what is written down or spoken aloud. Young people seem to understand this better than most. The teenagers at a recent after-school study hour in East Oakland spoke mainly in Spanish, but when they exchanged knowing grins, or burst into sudden laughter, it was clear that even behind a language barrier, this was an environment they trusted.

Holiday Pawty in Oakland!@doghoodapp and @pawsitivelybayarea invite you to a festive Holiday Pawty! Join us for an ugly sweater contest, raffles and prizes, special swag for your pups, and lots of community fun - all while supporting @WrenYorkieRescue and @shauls.paws . RSVP through the @doghoodapp to secure your pup's spot, prizes, and swag. Limited spots - don't miss out! Thanks to @hunkyhouseco for their support in bringing this event together.

Put on some shiny-gold rims, perhaps, and install subwoofers to shake the icicles off the roofs of sleeping families below?

A 17-year-old girl known in court records as Jane Doe had been missing for roughly six weeks when her pictures turned up on an online prostitution advertisement based in the Bay Area, authorities said. So on Nov. 13, an Oakland police investigator went undercover and responded to the ad, posing as a potential sex buyer, and arranged to meet the teen at the hotel in the 1800 block of Embarcadero in Oakland, court records show.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OAKLAND BART suffered major delays Monday night after a person died on a train in Oakland, officials said. The incident was reported around 6:15 p.m. at the West Oakland station. The Alameda County Coroner's Office was called to the scene, said BART spokesperson Michelle Robertson, adding that foul play is not suspected in the death. No other details about the incident were released.

OAKLAND A pedestrian trying to cross an East Bay freeway died early Monday after being hit by a vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said. The collision happened about 5:40 a.m. on southbound Interstate 880 at the S. 16th Avenue off-ramp just north of the Embarcadero. Authorities did not identify the pedestrian immediately, pending the investigation and notification of relatives. Initial reports confirmed by the CHP said the pedestrian tried to

A historic survivor, 5311 Golden Gate Ave. in Oakland 's sylvan Upper Rockridge neighborhood has been listed for the first time in over 40 years. The 1940s abode was built for one of Oakland's most popular and influential mayors. Now, with an asking price of $2.995 million and less than three weeks on the market, this home is already pending.

Pour Manners will pop-up at The Punchdown wine bar & bottle shop in Oakland on Friday, November 21st from 4-9pm. Pour Manners is a project of Boi Soth, serving izakaya inspired by the multicultural cuisines of the Bay Area. You can see our latest menu here. A glimpse at Friday's menu: 2-piece kushiyaki skewers: Chicken thigh with frizzled leeks, tare, yuzu kosho and sea salt Cambodian kroeung marinated steak with lemongrass tare, and kaffir lime sea salt Pork belly marinated in a calamansi ponzu topped with garlic chicharon and serrano pepper.

A free community meal for LGBTQIA folks in need of space this holiday season. It's our 4th Annual Friendsgiving, brought to you by BOSS Idea House and Good VBZ It's a community celebration made for LGBTQIA fam and friends. Expect good food, good energy, and plenty of love.

On Wednesday morning, parents of kids attending West Oakland's Hoover Elementary School got a pretty alarming message on an app some use called ParentSquare. "We got confirmation that there is ICE activity in the neighborhood, the message said, according to KTVU. They are on 31st and Market Street knocking on doors. The kids are safe and secure at school. Please do not come to the school. We will alert you when things are quiet in the neighborhood again.

In the first incident, a man identified as a frequently seen transient in the area was seen standing next to the railroad tracks in the area of 37th Avenue and East 9th Street when he was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at around 9:40 am Tuesday. As the Chronicle reports, city workers had been in the area clearing a homeless encampment, but the man who died was not a resident of that encampment. He was, however, reportedly known to stay in encampments nearby.

A man died Tuesday morning after being hit by an Amtrak train while trying to walk or run across train tracks in East Oakland, police said. The collision happened about 9:40 a.m. near the intersection of 37th Avenue and E. 9th Street. Police did not identify the man immediately, pending notification of relatives. According to police, the man may have been fleeing from a dispute he had with somebody else in the area.