<p>The only Denny&#8217;s diner in Oakland, California, has shut down after 54 years due to rising crime, the company said this week.</p>
<p>The location at 601 Hegenberg Road in Oakland is now closed permanently, the company said in a memo shared with news outlets.</p>
<p>&#8220;Closing a restaurant location is never an easy decision or one taken lightly,&#8221; the memo said. &#8220;However, the safety and well-being of Denny&#8217;s team members and valued guests is our top priority. Weighing those factors, the decision has been made to close this location.&#8221;</p>
<p>Staffers who worked at the Oakland location will be offered positions at other locations where they are available.</p>
<p>&#8220;Denny&#8217;s offers its heartfelt thanks to the team members and the local community for their love of the Denny&#8217;s brand; it has been a pleasure serving you,&#8221; Denny&#8217;s said.</p>
<p>It is the first time in Denny&#8217;s 75 years that the diner chain has been forced to close one of its restaurants.</p>
<p>The decision comes after West Coast burger chain In-N-Out recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-burger-to-close-its-only-location-in-oakland-due-to-crime">announced</a> it would close its Oakland location in March, also due to rising crime.</p>
<p>In May, hundreds of angry residents of the liberal city showed up to a town hall meeting on crime, describing brutal incidents of criminals assaulting women and older people, sometimes in previously safe neighborhoods.</p>
<p>In July, the Oakland chapter of the NAACP <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oakland-naacp-blasts-city-leaders-over-crime-calls-for-state-of-emergency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted</a> city leaders and called for a state of emergency over the city’s crime “crisis.” The black civil rights organization, which <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/lets-stop-pretending-naacp-is-more-than-weaponized-left-wing-propaganda-machine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tends</a> to lean Left, blamed the “defund the police” movement specifically as part of the reason for the crime spike.</p>
<p>Murders and robberies are all up in Oakland so far this year, <a href="https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1428751996571" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data. Homicides are up to nine murders so far this year, compared to eight last year. Robberies are up 32% to more than 280 robberies.</p>
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<p>However, some bright spots in the city&#8217;s crime statistics include a 30% drop in aggravated assaults to 165 assaults, and car thefts are down 60% to under 450 thefts so far.</p>
<p>Other Bay Area cities have struggled with rising crime as well.</p>
<p>San Francisco&#8217;s worsening trifecta of crime, homelessness, and public drug use has caused many businesses to abandon the city&#8217;s once bustling downtown area. This has left many commercial buildings empty and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amid-homeless-and-drug-crises-san-franciscos-budget-deficit-could-reach-1-4-billion-officials-warn#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut into</a> the city&#8217;s tax revenue, exacerbating the city&#8217;s growing budget deficit, which city officials warned could reach nearly $1.4 billion by 2027.</p>
<p>Denny&#8217;s still has two other Bay Area locations in Emeryville and Hayward.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-n-out-burger-to-close-its-only-location-in-oakland-due-to-crime">In-N-Out Burger To Close Its Only Location In Oakland Due To Crime</a></strong></p>

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