Bay Area/ Oakland/ Community & Society
Published on November 13, 2019
Top Oakland news: Pregnant mother killed outside home; city seeks to stop Coliseum sale; morePhoto: Peter Kaminski/Flickr

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Oakland.

5-months pregnant mother killed outside her Oakland home

There is shock, sadness and anger over the killing of an Oakland wife and mother. Misty Smith Walton was gunned down in front of her home on 65th Avenue Saturday, and her husband was wounded.

Read the full story on KTVU Fox 2.

Oakland seeks injunction against county to stop Coliseum sale

Attorneys for the city of Oakland have filed legal papers asking a judge to issue a preliminary injunction barring Alameda County from selling its half ownership of the 155-acre Coliseum complex to the Oakland A’s baseball team for $85 million.

Read the full story on Oakland Tribune.

Resident shot during Oakland home burglary

The victim, a man in his 20s, was in stable condition, and the suspect is being sought.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.

Oakland school board may ban public from meeting after protests

After a chaotic Oakland Unified school board meeting in October, where protesters rushed a metal barricade and were struck by police with batons and arrested, the school board — fearing the same protesters would return — banned the public from its first meeting of November and may do it again Wednesday.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.

New efforts to make dangerous Oakland intersections safer

After an Oakland woman was killed and her young niece injured in a hit-and-run accident, there are new efforts to make a dangerous intersection safer. It's one way the community is Building a Better Bay Area.

Read the full story on ABC Bay Area, KGO.


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