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Top Oakland news: Suspect arrested in violent break-in; trial begins in fatal 2015 shooting; more

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Published on March 04, 2020
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Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Oakland.

Resident stabbed, beaten in Oakland home robbery; suspect arrested

A home invasion robbery near an East Oakland elementary school Monday resulted in the arrest of the suspect and the hospitalization of the resident with stab wounds and other injuries, authorities said Tuesday.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.

Trial begins against two charged with fatally shooting man in Oakland Hills

Reynaldo Vazquez was returning home after buying cigarettes in early 2015 when he was robbed at gunpoint, brutally beaten, stuffed inside a car trunk and shot in the head in the Oakland Hills.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.

‘We are fed up:’ New surge of housing activism forces change in Oakland

As the housing crisis bears down, Oakland residents are squatting, protesting, striking and doing whatever else they can to call attention to the problem.

Read the full story on East Bay Times.


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