City of Oakland California

Oakland, CA — The Oakland Police Department is requesting the assistance from the media and the public in locating Ying Ying Li who speaks limited English. Li’s family is concerned for her mental state. more »

Oakland, CA (10:00 am)– This morning at 4:30 am, the Oakland Police Department began enforcement of the “Notice of Violations and Demand to Cease Violations” issued on Friday, November 11, to persons staying overnight in Frank Ogawa Plaza. The operation went smoothly and peacefully. more »

Oakland, CA –On November 10, 2011, Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan was accompanied by US Marshal Donald O’Keefe, US Attorney Melina Haag, Mayor Jean Quan, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, City Administrator Deanna Santana and Director Ron Brooks of the Northern California HIDTA task force in a joint press conference to announce the successful completion of a joint operation. more »

Oakland, CA – The Oakland Police Department has received a large number of requests for video footage obtained by officers during the October 25th Occupy Oakland event. The images contained in this release are only a portion of what was captured; there are many hours of footage still being reviewed. more »

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 »