City of Oakland California

Oakland, CA — The Oakland Police Department would like to make the public aware of a report of a sexual assault. A 16 year old female reported that on November 4, 2011 at 10:30 PM, she was walking in the 900 block of 59th Street when she was approached by a stranger and physically forced into his vehicle. more »

Oakland, CA—Yesterday, the City of Oakland facilitated a long day of primarily peaceful protests with some isolated incidents of violence and vandalism more »

After a long day of primarily peaceful demonstrations with nearly 7,000 people and a few incidents of vandalism, Oakland Police responded to a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires. The protesters began hurling rocks, explosives, bottles, and flaming objects at responding officers. Several private and municipal buildings sustained heavy vandalism. Dozens of protesters wielding shields were surrounded and arrested. more »

At 9:30 pm this evening at the Emergency Operations Center, Mayor Jean Quan, City Administrator Deanna Santana, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, and Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin conducted a media briefing to provide updates on the demonstrations in Oakland associated with Occupy Oakland and the General Strike. “It appears that literally thousands of people have demonstrated primarily peacefully today in Oakland,” said Mayor Quan. more »

Oakland, CA—At 5:15 pm this afternoon at the Emergency Operations Center, Mayor Jean Quan, City Administrator Deanna Santana, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, and Omar Benjamin, Executive Director of the Port of Oakland, conducted a media briefing to provide updates on the demonstrations in downtown Oakland associated with Occupy Oakland and the General Strike. more »

At 5:15 pm this afternoon at the Emergency Operations Center, Mayor Jean Quan, City Administrator Deanna Santana, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, and Omar Benjamin, Executive Director of the Port of Oakland, conducted a media briefing to provide updates on the demonstrations in downtown Oakland associated with Occupy Oakland and the General Strike. “We’ve been out looking at some of the damage created by a very small group of protestors in what has been a peaceful demonstration by thousands of people,” said Mayor Quan. more »

Oakland, CA — At this time, it appears the crowd size is growing and we anticipate continued growth as the afternoon progresses. Traffic and transportation have been periodically disrupted in the area around 14th and Broadway. We anticipate that with the influx of more protestors, traffic congestion will worsen. more »

Oakland, CA—At 12:30 pm this afternoon at the Emergency Operations Center, Mayor Jean Quan, City Administrator Deanna Santana, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, and Isaac Kos-Read, Director of External Affairs for the Port of Oakland, conducted a media briefing to provide updates on the demonstrations in downtown Oakland associated with Occupy Oakland and the General Strike. more »

Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland and the Oakland Police Department remain committed to facilitating peaceful demonstrations and freedom of speech. We are aware of the events scheduled throughout the day and have prepared accordingly. more »

Oakland, CA — On Saturday, October 29, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Oakland Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. more »