Brazen Smash-And-Grab Robbers Ransack Antioch Walgreens
Four hammer-wielding suspects smashed locked plexiglass cases at an Antioch Walgreens over the weekend, stealing $2,400 worth of cosmetics and other merchandise.
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Four hammer-wielding suspects smashed locked plexiglass cases at an Antioch Walgreens over the weekend, stealing $2,400 worth of cosmetics and other merchandise.
A man was fatally shot Sunday in Oakland's Lake Merritt neighborhood, the latest victim of an on-going surge in violence in the East Bay community.
After a rash of smash and grab retail robberies, among the greeters, shoppers, and visitors in Union Square on Black Friday, were San Francisco police officers.
Nicolas Perry drove into the parking lot of the Pleasant Hill Best Buy store shortly after midnight, fully prepared to spend hours standing in an ever-growing line outside waiting for a 5 a.m. dash inside to take advantage of the Black Friday door-buster deals.
As Bay Area law enforcement agencies continue to investigate numerous high-profile smash-and-grab retail burglaries, detectives from two departments separated by about 50 miles seem to have found links between two of the incidents.
With the holiday shopping season set to begin, police and security presence were heavy at Valley Fair Mall and across the street at Santana Row, in the wake of a series of disturbing retail robberies across the Bay Area.
Police in Palo Alto on Wednesday confirmed a recent attempted robbery at a shop over the weekend by a large group of suspects that was thwarted by officers, leading to the arrest of two individuals.
Five people who were arrested after the crime spree in San Francisco's Union Square last week appeared before a judge on Wednesday for the first time.
Police in Santa Rosa on Wednesday evening announced they are investigating a new daylight smash-and-grab robbery earlier in the day that targeted the Apple Store in Santa Rosa Plaza.
At a Wednesday news conference, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, the police department and the district attorney announced steps being taken in the South Bay to put pressure on the organized crime believed to be behind the latest robberies.
Police asked for the public's help Wednesday to help find around 30 burglary suspects who ransacked a retail store in downtown Oakland earlier this week.
Nine people are facing a series of felony charges following a smash-and-grab robbery at the Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco's Union Square and at other businesses on Friday.
Holiday shopping in Walnut Creek has slowed to crawl as police tightened security in and around Broadway Plaza after roughly 80 people stormed the Nordstrom during one of Bay Area's violent weekend smash and grabs.
The holiday shopping season has been shattered by the recent robberies in San Francisco's Union Square and at other retailers across the Bay Area, leaving some shoppers in SF worried about getting caught up in the mayhem of another flash mob smash-and-grab.
A violent smash-and-grab robbery spree targeting retail shops across the Bay Area has shoppers, store employees and business owners on edge at the start the holiday shopping season.
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who is facing a recall election in June, called this weekend's brazen robberies "absolutely unacceptable" and was preparing tough charges against those arrested during the looting bedlam in Union Square.
It was another violent weekend in the City of Oakland, highlighted by a 10-hour stretch of illegal activity including a deadly officer involved shooting, murder, brazen robberies and illegal sideshows. Now, Oakland police say they have a plan to crack down on crime.
Mobs of thieves went on a weekend crime-spree, robbing department and jewelry stores, cannabis dispensaries and pharmacies. Dozens of business were hit.
Among the wave of smash-and-grab robberies and looting around the Bay Area over the weekend, the Lululemon at San Jose's Santana Row was targeted Sunday night by a group that made off with over $40,000 in pricey exercise gear.
Takeover robberies at Oakland cannabis dispensaries early Monday, which included a shootout with police, punctuated a week of organized smash-and-grab robberies and other violent incidents across the Bay Area.
Speaking as a business owner who has been victimized by criminals three times this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom did not mince words Monday when asked about the stunning outbreak of retail smash-and-grab crimes across the San Francisco Bay Area since Friday.
Looters targeting Bay Area businesses struck again Sunday evening, with smash-and-grab thieves hitting the Southland Mall in Hayward and suspects taking merchandise from a Lululemon store in San Jose.
A band of fleeing smash and grab robbers riddled an Oakland police vehicle with bullets early Monday morning in one of a series of weekend break-ins targeting legal marijuana dispensaries.
Dozens of looters swarmed into the Nordstrom store in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday night, terrorizing shoppers, assaulting employees, ripping off bag loads of merchandise and ransacking shelves before fleeing in a several vehicles waiting for them on the street.
In the wake of a spate of smash-and-grab heists, Bay Area law enforcement officials are preparing for a continuation of this type of crime.
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The mistress of a Walnut Creek man charged with murdering his wife and mother-in-law earlier this month has been charged with helping to cover up the crimes and destroy evidence, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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After what has become a multi-year renovation, the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco has finally set a reopening date.
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The mistress of a Walnut Creek man charged with murdering his wife and mother-in-law earlier this month has been charged with helping to cover up the crimes and destroy evidence, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Experts say the area suffers from a reputation of crime and empty storefronts, and whether warranted or not, it has impacted the market, along with several other factors.
A man was arrested at the Brentwood Police Department last week after allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card in the department lobby, police said.
Authorities in the East Bay said they seized more than two dozen vehicles and made multiple arrests following a sideshow in Antioch involving hundreds of spectators over the weekend.
Oakland Unified School District, one of the largest school districts in the Bay Area with about 34,000 students, is once again facing dire financial troubles.
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Two men were arrested in San Jose last week as suspects in the attempted murder of two people in March, authorities said Tuesday.
Federal officials on Monday announced a $20,000 reward as they search for a man suspected of decapitating a dead sea lion at a Monterey County beach earlier this year.
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Vallejo police on Monday said a woman who was pushed into oncoming traffic on Sept. 15 died over the weekend.
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Offices were called to the Dos Culturas Restaurant, at 1709 Santa Rosa Avenue, just after 4 a.m. for a report of a possible shooting.
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Quarterback Brock Purdy is dealing with a toe injury that has sidelined him for two games this season.
Bruce Bochy will not return as the Texas Rangers manager next season, the organization announced Monday night.
With training camp set to begin, the Golden State Warriors are still waiting on restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga's decision and the planned signing of veteran big man Al Horford on a multiyear contract.
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Two men were arrested in San Jose last week as suspects in the attempted murder of two people in March, authorities said Tuesday.
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A police department in the Bay Area said over the weekend that they dealt with an unusual circumstance, pulling over a driverless vehicle for a moving violation.
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California's Santa Cruz County announced that sales on filtered cigarettes will be banned in 2027, which officials say is the first ban of its kind.
Health officials in Santa Clara County have given the authorization for the Whole Foods Market in Cupertino to reopen, more than four months after a vermin infestation forced the location to close.
Contra Costa County has become the first county in the U.S. to ban junk food in supermarket checkout lanes.
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Federal immigration officials have revealed plans to reopen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to new applicants to comply with a court order.
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