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The Greenfield Police Department in Monterey County is leading the operation. The department said it is part of a statewide theft ring in which people stole fuel from gas stations. Greenfield's police chief said two of his officers first discovered what was going on by chance. "We were lucky enough to have some officers that were on point and made an arrest during one of the several fuel thefts here in Greenfield, and that opened the box to this larger investigation,"

Both NBC Bay Area and KTVU were covering the story that FBI agents raided four East Bay locations Wednesday morning, in what is apparently an investigation into a stolen diesel fuel ring. Both reports are short on details, but the Bay Area News Groups seems way ahead on this one, noting that the raids come "amid reports that a group of thieves had set up a station to sell stolen gasoline at an East Oakland chop shop."

For starters, there was the physical and mental toll of running a restaurant for 10 years. It was a good run, but my body's all messed up now, he said. I realized that I was sort of sacrificing my health and well-being for the sake of the business. And I really want to spend more time with my son. This opportunity came along, and it was a really hard decision to make.

Insult has been added to injury for the estimated 200 people who were displaced by Monday morning's apartment fire in Oakland's Uptown, after their landlord issued them all eviction letters. You may recall the early morning apartment fire in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood at 19th Street and Broadway on Monday of this week, which also damaged the ground-floor Dope Era clothing store owned by local hip-hop icon Mistah F.A.B.

This tour goes all the way through the 6 rooms at Ace! Your tour guide will take you through all the basics and can provide help signing up as a member. Please DO NOT arrive more than 5 min. early or late as we will not be able to accommodate extra tours or early starts. If you get here really early there is a beer garden on the corner that serves a great pint or lemonade.

A 78-year-old woman was hospitalized Wednesday with head injuries suffered when she was robbed of her purse in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood near Lake Merritt, authorities said. He condition was not immediately available Thursday. The violent attack happened about 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Newton and Lester avenues. According to initial police reports, the woman, who lives in the area, was walking on the sidewalk when a man confronted her and tried to grab her purse.

Nomadic Bookshop hasn't had its grand opening yet. Still, the shop is already creating buzz. The name is likely familiar to many bibliophiles, who may remember the independent publisher of the same name that specialized in queer and BIPOC titles. And neighbors are thrilled to have a new small business along the 23rd Street stretch. The Oaklandside visited the bookshop on a recent Wednesday morning, about a month into the store's soft opening, joining around a dozen others who'd stopped in, curious about the storefront.

Ava Community Energy, formerly East Bay Community Energy, partnered with the Alameda County Transportation Commission, the county transit funder, to launch a $10 million fund in July to offer significant rebates to adult customers for the purchase of new electric bikes. The program provides $1,000 toward the cost of a standard e-bike or $1,500 toward the cost of a cargo or adaptive e-bike for people who qualify as low-income, with $400 and $900 rebates, respectively, for other county residents.

A coach at Elmhurst Middle School was standing on campus during a break when two men pulled up in a Chevrolet Tahoe, wearing ski masks, and jumped out of the car, according to police. "You got my cousin jumped," one of them allegedly told the man. "We're going to smoke you." A month later, on Dec. 15, one of the men made good on his threats, police said. The coach was walking on 98th Avenue during the day when a man pulled up in, asked the coach if he worked at Elmhurst, then opened fire twice. Both shots missed the coach, who called police after the gunman's Chevrolet Tahoe sped off.

As KTVU reports, a boxing ring used by heavyweight champion George Foreman in the 1980s sustained extensive damage after a car thief crashed into Lightning's Boxing Club on 5845 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland at some point in the early hours Thursday morning. Kris Lopez, who co-owns the gym with his wife Denise Lopez, said the impact of the crash was forceful. "It's like an earthquake," Kris Lopez told KTVU. "The force knocked over the ring stairs and pushed the ring out of place."

A city resident has been charged with secretly taking a nude picture of his girlfriend's 16-year-old family member while she sat on the toilet, court records show. The suspect, 44-year-old Elder Lopez, of Oakland, allegedly drank alcohol then fell asleep on his girlfriend's couch while listening to music. When he woke up, he was surrounded by Oakland police, who'd been called there by his girlfriend after she allegedly went through his phone and found the picture, according to court records.

Just one day after a judge released him from jail with pending drug and gun possession charges, a city resident allegedly shot himself with his own gun during a dispute with a neighbor, court records show. Now the 54-year-old Oakland resident is back in jail, set to be arraigned Wednesday on new charges of shooting into an unoccupied car and possessing a gun as a felon, court records show.

William Smith, who lives on Tyrell, showed us a bent car rim, which he said had all been damaged by the street's potholes just in the last three weeks. He said he's also punctured two of his tires on the road. "So I drive extremely slow and cautious," he said. "Sometimes I'll choose not to leave, seriously, just because this street is so bad. I only use it when I have to. It's terrible."

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?