As crime runs rampant in the Bay Area, an Oakland, California, jewelry store that has been in business for 40 years was <a href="https://abc7news.com/exclusive-armed-suspects-clear-out-phuong-jewelry-in-oakland-chinatown/14649607/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robbed</a> of 85-90% of its inventory when eight thieves brandishing weapons and accompanied by two getaway cars hit the store Wednesday afternoon.
The Trinh family, which owns Phuong Jewelry in Oakland&#8217;s Chinatown Wednesday, had let their business insurance lapse because premiums had risen. Video showed the eight thieves shattering every case as they ravaged the store.
Diane Trinh, 69, hid and yelled for help as no security guard was on duty; her 76-year-old husband burst in with a firearm, prompting the thieves to flee.
&#8220;If he hadn&#8217;t done that they would have kept going,” the Trinhs&#8217; son Tony, the executive director of the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council, said. “We&#8217;ve been robbed a few times before but not at this level of brazen magnitude. Eight individuals and two getaway cars and guns drawn. I thought, did my mother get shot? Did my father get shot? Did any of our staff of community members?”
“My mom was devastated and my dad was broken,” Tony said. “It&#8217;s rough, my mom is the leader of the pack — when she suffers I suffer the same thing from her.”
Yet Tony steadfastly believes the neighborhood can improve. “I&#8217;ve seen tremendous progress even though it doesn&#8217;t feel like that. In terms of cleaning and safety, there are a lot more out there ambassadors &#8211; we have walking officers &#8211; during the pandemic we didn&#8217;t,” he said. “We can&#8217;t let our fear overcome! The only way to reduce crime is to have more traffic, events, people to get more resources. A strong Oakland Chinatown is strong for every community in Oakland.”
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8 armed suspects ransacked the legacy Oakland Chinatown business Phuong Jewelry yesterday at around 12:30. 
The family tells me, in less than one minute 85-90% of their inventory was taken. 
Watch as owner Diane runs to the back &amp; gets her year old husband. He storms out with a… <a href="https://t.co/pvsiiUeoiz">pic.twitter.com/pvsiiUeoiz</a>
&mdash; Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1778654769827258489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council initiated a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-phuong-jewelry-rebuild?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-tip&amp;utm_content=share_ai_integrated&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe site</a> to help the Trinh family.
Violent crime and other felonies <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/business/oakland-crime-business/index.html#:~:text=Robberies%20grew%2038%25%20last%20year,a%20San%20Francisco%20Chronicle%20analysis." target="_blank" rel="noopener">rose</a> in Oakland last year; robberies increased 38%; burglaries increased 23%. “15,000 cars were reported stolen last year — the highest number in the city in at least 15 years,” the San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/oakland-police-car-break-ins-19362026.php">reported</a>. In San Francisco, robberies and motor vehicle theft <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/crime-2023-trends-san-francisco-18585737.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> in 2023.

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8 Armed Robbers Smash Family-Owned Oakland Jewelry Store, Loot 90% Of Inventory, Owners Say

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The only Denny&#8217;s diner in Oakland, California, has shut down after 54 years due to rising crime, the company said this week.
The location at 601 Hegenberg Road in Oakland is now closed permanently, the company said in a memo shared with news outlets.
&#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;
Staffers who worked at the Oakland location will be offered positions at other locations where they are available.
&#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.
It is the first time in Denny&#8217;s 75 years that the diner chain has been forced to close one of its restaurants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Other Bay Area cities have struggled with rising crime as well.
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.
Denny&#8217;s still has two other Bay Area locations in Emeryville and Hayward.
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In-N-Out Burger announced on Sunday that it is closing its only location in Oakland, California, due to crime making the neighborhood dangerous for employees and customers.
Annual crime statistics released by the Oakland Police Department show that robberies in the area jumped 38% between 2022 and 2023, while burglaries increased by 23%, according to a <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/21/in-n-out-burger-closing-oakland-location-citing-crime-safety-issues/">report</a> from The Mercury News. The location that is closing is only a couple of miles away from Oakland International Airport.
Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick made the announcement, saying that &#8220;despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies.&#8221;
Crime at the location was so bad that security guards told a local publication that they took more theft reports than any other property they patrol, saying that they see about five break-ins at the location on a &#8220;regular&#8221; day.
The location will officially close on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
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&#8220;We are grateful for the local community, which has supported us for over 18 years, and we recognize that this closure negatively impacts our Associates and their families,&#8221; Warnick said. &#8220;Additionally, this location remains a busy and profitable one for the company, but our top priority must be the safety and well-being of our Customers and Associates &#8211; we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment.&#8221;
Warnick said all employees can transfer to a nearby In-N-Out location for employment or receive a severance package.
&#8220;In-N-Out Burger has a history of supporting the Oakland community through charitable giving that predates the opening of our location there,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;Although we will no longer do business there, we will continue to support local charitable organizations in Oakland through our In-N-Out Burger Foundation and Slave 2 Nothing Foundation.&#8221;

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In-N-Out Burger To Close Its Only Location In Oakland Due To Crime

A pro-Palestinian group that previously downplayed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a>’ October 7 terrorist attacks against Israel will be training teachers in Oakland, California, on Saturday to incorporate “Palestinian history, narratives, and culture into K-12 classrooms,” according to a parental rights group. 
According to a flyer <a href="https://defendinged.org/incidents/pro-palestinian-organization-offers-an-intensive-in-person-conference-focused-on-training-k-12-teachers-to-bring-palestinian-history-narratives-and-culture-into-classrooms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> with The Daily Wire by Parents Defending Education, the Middle East Children&#8217;s Alliance (MECA) will be holding a Saturday training called “Palestine in Our Classrooms: Teaching to the Moment — 75 Years of Resistance, Resilience, and Sumood.” MECA has come under scrutiny for its response to the October 7 terrorist attacks and ties to the Democratic Socialists of America.
The training will take place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at an undisclosed location in Oakland at a cost of $25. Highlights of the training will reportedly include hearing “Palestinian and Arab Youth speak” on “the effects of invisibility and silencing,” “teaching Palestine through the arts — hip-hop to murals,” “multiple perspectives framework for teaching Palestine — focus on Gaza,” and “teaching about Palestine through stories — designed for k-5 educators.”
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Parents Defending Education director for outreach Erika Sanzi told The Daily Wire that the training was just an attempt to politicize the classroom.
“There is no reason for K-5 teachers to be talking about any of this with their students. The Teach Palestine organization is providing this training because it sees teachers as a vehicle for indoctrinating young children into their geopolitical worldview during the hours they are away from their parents. It is a definite red flag,” she said.
On October 8, the day after Hamas terrorists killed over 1,200 Israelis, MECA organized a pro-Palestinian rally in San Francisco. “We are witnessing the people of Gaza rising up to respond to decades of Israeli settler colonial violence. The US govt bears responsibility for its political, economic &amp; military support of this brutal apartheid regime. Join us to stand in solidarity with Palestine,” the organization posted on X.
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TODAY! We are witnessing the people of Gaza rising up to respond to decades of Israeli settler colonial violence. The US govt bears responsibility for its political, economic &amp; military support of this brutal apartheid regime. Join us to stand in solidarity with Palestine <a href="https://t.co/MIYlToiqvE">pic.twitter.com/MIYlToiqvE</a>
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MECA was also <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/dsa-in-schools/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">associated</a> with the Democratic Socialists of America summer training on “Educators for Palestine.” One of the sessions was facilitated by Jody Sokolower, a co-coordinator of the Teach Palestine Project at the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) and a co-founder of the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies (CLES). Sokolower <a href="https://rethinkingschools.org/books/rethinking-sexism-gender-and-sexuality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> worked on a book about how to &#8220;integrate feminist and LGBTQ content into curriculum.&#8221;
In the weeks following the October 7 attacks, pro-Palestinian organizations <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ethnic-studies-groups-bringing-pro-palestinian-anti-western-curriculum-to-schools-parents-group-warns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have pushed</a> for anti-Western materials to be integrated into the classroom, often through ethnic studies classes and curriculum.
The Daily Wire reached out to MECA for comment.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters issued <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anti-semitism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anti-Semitic</a> conspiracy theories and lies during an Oakland City Council meeting on Monday night after the city council voted unanimously to call for a permanent ceasefire inside Gaza.
Prior to the vote, the city council voted 6-2 to reject one council member&#8217;s amendment that sought to explicitly condemn Hamas terrorists for murdering and kidnapping innocent civilians.
The amendment triggered a vitriolic response from the pro-Palestinian protesters, many of whom openly expressed support for Hamas&#8217; terrorist attacks against Israel.
Journalist Yashar Ali posted a video on X showing some of the most extreme responses that pro-palestinian protesters engaged in, which included Holocaust denial.
&#8220;There have not been beheadings of babies and rapings,&#8221; the first woman in the video declared. &#8220;Israel murdered their own people on October 7th!&#8221;
&#8220;Calling Hamas a terrorist organization is ridiculous, racist, and plays into genocidal propaganda that is flooding our media and that we should be doing everything possible to combat,&#8221; said the next protester, a young college-aged woman who was wearing a mask.
Another young woman wearing a mask declared, &#8220;I support the right of Palestinians to resist occupation, including through Hamas, the armed wing of the unified Palestinian resistance.&#8221;
&#8220;As an Arab, asking with this context to condemn Hamas is very anti-Arab racist,&#8221; fumed another woman.
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&#8220;The notion that this was a massacre of Jews is a fabricated narrative,&#8221; the next woman said. &#8220;Many of those killed on October 7th, including children, were killed by the IDF. An amendment condemning Hamas is bald propaganda meant to [inaudible &#8211; microphone cut].&#8221;
&#8220;To hear them complain about Hamas violence is like listening to a wife beater complain when his wife finally stands up and fights back,&#8221; a male protester said.
&#8220;Question: did anyone else notice that those who oppose this resolution are old white supremacists?&#8221; a college-aged female protester asked.
&#8220;There&#8217;s been a lot of atrocity propaganda ranging from claims of beheaded babies to mass rape,&#8221; a young man claimed.
&#8220;Hamas is not a terrorist organization just because the U.S. and Israel deems it so,&#8221; said a woman who appeared to be calling into the meeting. &#8220;Hamas is a resistance organization that is fighting for the liberation of Palestinian people in their land.&#8221;
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Last night the Oakland City Council voted on a resolution to call for a ceasefire. 
A city council member tried to insert language condemning Hamas. 
This was the reaction… <a href="https://t.co/r7aTb2mkrQ">pic.twitter.com/r7aTb2mkrQ</a>
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The Oakland chapter of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/naacp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NAACP</a> blasted city leaders and called for a state of emergency over the city&#8217;s crime &#8220;crisis&#8221; in a statement on Thursday.
The liberal California city&#8217;s chapter of the NAACP, a black civil rights organization that <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 &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement specifically as part of the reason for the crime spike.
&#8220;Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney’s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life-threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals,&#8221; Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams, along with Bishop Bob Jackson of the Acts Full Gospel Church, <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-naacp-blasts-local-leaders-calls-for-state-of-emergency-due-to-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in their statement.
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&#8220;Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows, and highway shootouts have become a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland.&#8221;
The group called on elected leaders to declare a state of emergency and deploy &#8220;massive&#8221; resources to address the public safety crisis.
They also noted that people are moving out of Oakland &#8220;in droves&#8221; and are afraid to leave their homes, sending the city&#8217;s economy into a tailspin.
&#8220;As economic pain increases, the conditions that help create crime and criminals are exacerbated by desperate people with no employment opportunities,&#8221; the local NAACP chapter said.
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The group argued that Oakland needs 500 more police officers than it currently has, meaning the 911 system does not work, and criminals know this, they said.
&#8220;There is nothing compassionate or progressive about allowing criminal behavior to fester and rob Oakland residents of their basic rights to public safety. It is not racist or unkind to want to be safe from crime. No one should live in fear in our city,&#8221; the NAACP chapter said.
Violent crime in Oakland is up 11% so far this year, <a href="https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1247649383801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data. The city has experienced more than 3,300 incidents of violent crime so far in 2023.
Robberies are up 14% to more than 1,500 robberies, and rapes are up 16% to more than 90 rapes. More than 470 robberies were strong-arm robberies, and just under 600 robberies involved a firearm.
Car thefts are also up 33% to more than 6,200, an increase of more than 1,500 compared to this time last year.
Oakland residents have been sounding off about spiking violent crime for months.
In May, hundreds of angry residents of liberal Oakland, California, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hundreds-of-angry-oakland-residents-show-up-at-town-hall-on-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed up</a> to a town hall meeting on crime.
One woman in her 50s said two teenagers &#8220;beat the s*** out of me&#8221; in front of her North Oakland home last month. At first, she thought the kids needed help, she said, but then a teen boy body-slammed her, and a teen girl joined in on the attack.
In Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, considered one of the city’s safer areas, a 63-year-old woman was <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/rockridge-oakland-crime/3241152/#:~:text=The%20Rockridge%20neighborhood%20has%20always,something%20needs%20to%20be%20done." target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked</a> in broad daylight outside a bustling indoor shopping mall in May. The attackers were part of a group of nine teens and pre-teens, police said.
Business owner Adam Stemmler, who owns a pizza shop in Oakland, said his staff had been held up at gunpoint four times over the last six years, and his shop has been broken into multiple times.
Stemmler accused the city of “encouraging this type of behavior” by refusing to address it.

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Oakland NAACP Blasts City Leaders Over Crime, Calls For State Of Emergency

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The Oakland, California, chapter of the NAACP has had enough of the lawlessness produced by Democrats&#8217; soft-on-crime policies and is demanding that the city declare a &#8220;state of emergency&#8221; due to a lack of safety.
In a blistering letter, the local branch of the NAACP, <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-naacp-blasts-local-leaders-calls-for-state-of-emergency-due-to-crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, &#8220;Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities. Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows, and highway shootouts have become a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland.&#8221;
The letter, written by Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams as well as Bishop Bob Jackson, Senior Pastor of Acts Full Gospel Church, put the blame squarely at the feet of leftist activists and politicians.
&#8220;Failed leadership, including the movement to defund the police, our District Attorney&#8217;s unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals,&#8221; the letter noted. &#8220;If there are no consequences for committing crime in Oakland, crime will continue to soar.&#8221;
As of <a href="https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Agenda-Packet-for-Police-Commission-Regular-Meeting-7.27.23-Agenda.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">July 16, Oakland</a> has seen a 15% rise in overall violent crime this year compared to 2022 — including a 49% increase in motor vehicle theft and a 22% increase in robberies.
Many place the blame at the feet of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/soros-funded-da-pam-price-calls-rally-condemn-anti-price-news-outlet-criticized-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soros-backed</a> District Attorney Pamela Price. Price is implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the kind of policies</a> that have contributed in large part to the skyrocketing crime that we&#8217;ve seen around the country — these can be described as &#8220;restorative justice” — or the idea that criminals can be “restored” through community programs and other assistance.
Essentially, politicians who back “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-county-judge-robbed-right-outside-court-house-in-soros-backed-prosecutors-district" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restorative justice</a>” believe that most or all crimes are committed simply because the individuals who commit them are victims of systemic racism or other forms of oppression. So, rather than give them jail time, Price often pursues more lenient sentences.
To really emphasize how bad things have become in Oakland, criminals are so brazen that even a county judge was mugged outside his courthouse last spring.
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While the letter noted that black Americans suffer the most from these policies and their consequences, the duo also encouraged &#8220;Oakland&#8217;s White, Asian, and Latino communities to speak out against crime and stop allowing themselves to be shamed into silence.&#8221;
&#8220;There is nothing compassionate or progressive about allowing criminal behavior to fester and rob Oakland residents of their basic rights to public safety,&#8221; the letter added. &#8220;It is not racist or unkind to want to be safe from crime.&#8221;
&#8220;No one should live in fear in our city,&#8221; Adams and Jackson wrote.
While the letter did say the city needs to provide more opportunities for youth, it failed to mention the need for strong fathers and a two-parent household for society to properly function. Until that is fixed in cities across the country, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chaos-rules-in-chicago-the-lack-of-two-parent-homes-is-to-blame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime will proliferate</a>.
For right now, the woke justice policies allowing crime to run rampant must be tossed out along with the leaders who implemented such rules. It is abundantly clear they have failed. Good on NAACP Oakland for calling it out.
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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28, 2023: Pamela Price, the newly elected Alameda County District Attorney, works with her staffer Otis Bruce in a renovating office space in Oakland, California on Tuesday February 28, 2023. DA Price is a former civil rights attorney who is implementing changes within the criminal justice system in Alameda County.

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Hundreds of angry residents of liberal Oakland, California, recently showed up to a town hall meeting on crime.
About 500 people packed into the Oakland Technical High School auditorium on May 30 and <a href="https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/05/31/oakland/rising-oakland-crime-draws-fervent-pleas-city-action/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded answers</a> and action from city leaders.
The town hall was <a href="https://www.oaklandca.gov/events/community-meeting-on-crime-and-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> by Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb, a Democrat, amid a spike in violent crime across the city. The Oakland Police Department and Department of Violence Prevention hosted the community meeting alongside Kalb.
&#8220;It&#8217;s all women,&#8221; said one woman in her 50s, who said she was attacked outside her North Oakland home last month.
&#8220;Two kids beat the s*** [out] of me in front of my house last Monday night,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Down on the pavement. Punching me, kicking me, dragging me through the street.&#8221;
At first, she thought the kids needed help, she said, but then a teen boy body-slammed her, and a teen girl joined in on the attack.
&#8220;They did not get my purse. I have lungs. And my neighbors heard me and they came out,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I’m almost 60 years old. I’m one of the old women that just got taken down. And it’s happening everywhere.&#8221;
The woman is not the only older woman to be targeted in an attack recently.
In Oakland&#8217;s Rockridge neighborhood, considered one of the city&#8217;s safer areas, a 63-year-old woman was <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/rockridge-oakland-crime/3241152/#:~:text=The%20Rockridge%20neighborhood%20has%20always,something%20needs%20to%20be%20done." target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacked</a> in broad daylight outside a bustling indoor shopping mall. The attackers were part of a group of nine teens and pre-teens, police said.
Business owner Adam Stemmler, who owns a pizza shop in Oakland, said his staff had been held up at gunpoint four times over the last six years, and his shop has been broken into multiple times.
Stemmler accused the city of &#8220;encouraging this type of behavior&#8221; by refusing to address it.
Residents criticized Kalb himself, even though the councilmember had called the meeting.
One woman said a group of nine troublemaker juveniles had lived in an RV right outside Kalb&#8217;s home.
&#8220;We were so stuck and you did nothing to help us and they were right under your nose,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/05/31/oakland/rising-oakland-crime-draws-fervent-pleas-city-action/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Open your blinds, Dan. Look out your windows.&#8221;
Police said they are working on having more visible patrols around the city.
Kalb said he wants consequences for repeat offenders and would also push for funding in the city budget for police overtime pay.
&#8220;If they&#8217;re committing these violent crimes repeatedly, we can&#8217;t just say oh, please don&#8217;t do this again,&#8221; Kalb said. &#8220;We have to catch them and create consequences.&#8221;
“We’re underfunded, we’re understaffed, we’re under-resourced and it kind of feels like the ‘Wild West’ where we’re at. And for us, it’s really about safety. We love Oakland,” Stemmler said.
Violent crime in Oakland is up 8% so far this year, <a href="https://cityofoakland2.app.box.com/s/sjiq7usfy27gy9dfe51hp8arz5l1ixad/file/1231561754450" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data. The city has experienced more than 2,800 incidents of violent crime so far in 2023.
Robberies are up 13% to more than 1,300 robberies, and rapes are up 25% to more than 80 rapes. More than 400 were strong-arm robberies, and more than 500 involved a firearm.
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Car thefts are also up 26% to more than 5,200, an increase of more than 1,000 compared to this time last year.
Other California cities have held similar town hall meetings on crime over the last several months.
San Francisco city leaders held a less heated community meeting on public safety in April, where residents expressed their fears and frustrations about crime.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t feel safe,&#8221; one San Francisco woman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5iA6cC_iI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to go out of my house at nighttime. I don&#8217;t feel safe anymore.&#8221;
Stockton, California, <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/stockton-town-hall-school-safety-violence-schools/43626463" target="_blank" rel="noopener">held</a> a town hall on public safety in the wake of a shooting that left a 17-year-old dead.

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Just how dangerous are areas where a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-soros-backed-da-wreaking-havoc-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soros-backed prosecutor</a> serves?
Well, to put it in perspective, even county judges are getting robbed at gunpoint in the courthouse parking garages in District Attorney Pamela Price&#8217;s Alameda County.
On Thursday, Kron 4 <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/alameda-county-judge-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-oakland-sheriff/?utm_source=t.co&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that local police confirmed that three masked individuals carrying firearms mugged a judge heading into work. Per a local <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/alameda-county-superior-court-judge-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-walking-to-oakland-courthouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox affiliate</a>, the victim was Judge Kevin Murphy. The individuals took his &#8220;personal belongings,&#8221; according to police. The alleged crime occurred at 8:50 a.m. local at a parking garage located right outside of the René C. Davidson Courthouse building in Alameda County.
Unfortunately for the judge, Price&#8217;s track record suggests she will go lenient on his assailants if they are ever caught.
Price, a progressive who has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-soros-backed-da-wreaking-havoc-in-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported</a> by George Soros-funded groups in the past, has done a miserable job since coming into office earlier this year. She believes in a soft-on-crime approach, often lowering punishments for violent offenders while showing disregard for victims.
In short, Price is creating a sense of lawlessness where actual justice goes unserved. Perhaps it is no surprise then that criminals feel they can break the law — even if it is practically on the courthouse&#8217;s front steps.
Instead, Price advocates&#8221;restorative justice&#8221; — or the idea that criminals can be &#8220;restored&#8221; through community programs and other assistance. Essentially, politicians who back &#8220;restorative justice&#8221; believe that most or all crimes are committed simply because the individuals who commit them are victims of systemic racism or other oppression. So rather, than give them jail time, Price often pursues lesser charges.
If you are a victim&#8217;s family — such as the parents of 26-year-old Blake Mohs, Home Depot security guard who was killed while on duty  — then Price won&#8217;t even meet with you, much less provide specific answers as to how certain cases are unfolding. Price&#8217;s office only answered the Mohs after repeated calls and emails.
&#8220;The phone call was that Pamela Price was not going to meet with us, she was not going to have a conversation with us, and we discussed my concerns about the charges, and we were not being kept in the loop with my victim&#8217;s advocate along with the DA&#8217;s office,&#8221;  Blake&#8217;s mother Lorie Mohs <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/slain-home-depot-security-guards-family-upset-with-da-pamela-prices-handling-of-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an interview with KPIX.
Now, her son&#8217;s alleged killers are having their sentencing reduced, according to Mohs, and Price has yet to explain why.
&#8220;We should not be incarcerating them,&#8221; Price said in April of criminals. &#8220;But we should be mentoring and raising our young people and supporting them and creating restorative justice opportunities for them.&#8221;
One can only wonder what sort of &#8220;opportunities&#8221; Price will come up with for the thugs who held up the judge.
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Even The Oakland A&#8217;s Are Leading California
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/even-the-oakland-as-are-leaving-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oakland Athletics</a>, one of the MLB’s most iconic franchises, announced this week that it has purchased land in Las Vegas, Nevada, after searching and failing to find land for a new stadium in Oakland.
Oakland’s team president Dave Kaval said in a statement that “Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there’s a path here in Southern Nevada.” The move has the full support of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, while Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao strongly condemned the decision. The A’s lease at its current stadium ends after the 2024 season.
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Twitter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-takes-away-blue-check-verification-from-celebrities-and-news-outlets-confusion-and-hilarity-ensue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began removing</a> blue check marks Thursday from users who don’t pay for them, including some very high-profile users. Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue-check system — many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures. But late Thursday morning, many of the checks began disappearing from these users’ profiles.
Woman Runs Marathon Five Months After Waking From Coma
A 35-year-old woman from Oklahoma <a href="https://www.today.com/health/woman-ran-boston-marathon-after-brain-injury-rcna80209" target="_blank" rel="noopener">completed</a> the Boston Marathon on Monday just five months after waking from a coma. Rachel Foster suffered a nearly fatal scooter accident in November, resulting in a 10-day coma. Foster reportedly woke up just one day before doctors planned to pull the plug on her life support. Foster had to relearn basic motor skills, including relearning to walk, but was able to run in time for the April marathon event.
“It really was a miracle. I should not be alive right now, and I definitely should not be running a marathon,&#8221; she said.
Federal Court Overturns California City&#8217;s Ban On Gas Stove
A federal appeals court has <a href="https://www.berkeleyside.org/2023/04/19/berkeley-gas-stove-ban-ruling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturned</a> a California city’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction. The court on Monday agreed with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved the ordinance. With some exceptions, the 2020 measure sought to ban new residential and commercial buildings from installing natural gas piping in favor of electrical lines.
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And, the city of <a href="https://www.insider.com/texas-city-kyles-fair-break-guinness-world-record-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyle, Texas</a>, is hoping to break the Guinness World Record for the largest same-name gathering. Organizers are calling all Kyles to the city on Sunday, May 21. Reportedly, there just needs to be more than 2,325 Kyles in Kyle at 4:00 p.m. that day. The same-name record has been held since 2017 by an event in Bosnia with a total of 2,325 participants named Ivan.
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Friday Afternoon Update: Oakland A’s Ditch California, Court Strikes Down Local Gas Stove Ban, And More

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It looks like even the Oakland Athletics are joining the mass exodus of Californians fleeing for a better life.
On Thursday, one of the MLB&#8217;s most iconic franchises announced that it has purchased land in Las Vegas, Nevada, after searching and failing to find land for a new stadium in Oakland.  Now, the A&#8217;s will be building a gigantic $1.5 billion, 35,000-seat stadium in Sin City for the ball club, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36241520/oakland-agree-purchase-land-las-vegas-strip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN.
&#8220;For a while, we were on parallel paths [with Oakland], but we have turned our attention to Las Vegas to get a deal here for the A&#8217;s and find a long-term home,&#8221; team president Dave Kaval told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. &#8220;Oakland has been a great home for us for over 50 years, but we really need this 20-year saga completed and we feel there&#8217;s a path here in Southern Nevada to do that.&#8221;
The move has the full support of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, but Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao isn&#8217;t too pleased about it. The city has now officially ended talks with the team to keep them in the city.
&#8220;I am deeply disappointed that the A&#8217;s have chosen not to negotiate with the City of Oakland as a true partner, in a way that respects the long relationship between the fans, the City and the team,&#8221; Thao said in a statement given to ESPN. &#8220;Yet, it is clear to me that the A&#8217;s have no intention of staying in Oakland and have simply been using this process to try to extract a better deal out of Las Vegas. I am not interested in continuing to play that game — the fans and our residents deserve better.&#8221;
Of course, Oakland residents would likely turn around and tell Thao that they deserve better from the city government, too, particularly from the district attorneys&#8217; office. <a href="https://freebeacon.com/california/california-judge-stops-soros-prosecutor-from-slashing-triple-murderers-sentence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Soros-backed</a> prosecutor Pamela Price is implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the kind of policies</a> that have contributed in large part to the skyrocketing crime that we see around the country. For example, Price attempted to grant a plea deal that would have cut a triple murder sentence to just 15 years, instead of the 75-to-life sentence typically doled out for those types of heinous acts, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/prosecutors-quit-over-soros-funded-das-radical-agenda-families-vow-fight-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Thankfully that deal was blocked by a judge, but as <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/price-is-not-right">pointed</a> out by City-Journal this week, Price reacted by rebuking the judge in that case on social media. City-Journal also noted that Oakland residents already organizing for a recall of Price, who only entered office just a few short months ago.
While the A&#8217;s didn&#8217;t specifically mention state policy as a contributing factor for their pending departure, one can&#8217;t help but imagine that California&#8217;s oppressive business climate and general governance insanity under Governor Gavin Newsom (D) may have contributed to the decision to go to income-tax-free Nevada.
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The team certainly wouldn&#8217;t be alone in closing up and shop and leaving, if that had any role. A recent report indicates that 500,000 Californians left the state between <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/over-500000-people-left-california-in-two-years-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2020 and July 2022</a>. Since 2018, Nearly 118,000 Californians moved to Nevada according to one data.
And unfortunately for the beleaguered state, it looks like the Oakland Athletics are going, going gone as well.
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Amidst all the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/any-first-year-student-could-win-this-case-dershowitz-says-move-trumps-trial-to-staten-island-upstate-new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">righteous indignation</a> over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicting a former president, don&#8217;t neglect another <a href="https://freebeacon.com/california/california-judge-stops-soros-prosecutor-from-slashing-triple-murderers-sentence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Soros-backed</a> prosecutor wreaking havoc in California.
In Oakland, new District Attorney Pamela Price is implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rogue-progressive-prosecutors-promote-lawlessness-not-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the kind of policies</a> that have contributed in large part to the skyrocketing crime that we see around the country. For instance, Price attempted to grant a plea deal that would have cut a triple murder sentence to just 15 years, instead of the 75-to-life sentence typically doled out for those types of heinous acts, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/prosecutors-quit-over-soros-funded-das-radical-agenda-families-vow-fight-back" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Thankfully a judge blocked that from happening, but that isn&#8217;t the only questionable case Price has seen come her way. Price has been so determined to not incarcerate any criminal that two veteran prosecutors have resigned because they were unable to fulfill their legal duties.
&#8220;It became really clear during my time that… [Price] didn&#8217;t care about the victims,&#8221; ex-prosecutor Charly Weissenbach said in a statement. &#8220;She cared more about the criminal defendants and how she can undo what she believes are historical injustices by creating what appears to be anarchy.&#8221;
In another example, emails from Price appear to suggest that she is going to seek punishment for the alleged killer of a 2-year-old child that does not include any jail time, ABC 7 <a href="https://abc7news.com/alameda-county-da-pamela-price-email-crimes-against-asian-americans-jasper-wu-oakland/13045085/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Toddler Jasper Wu lost his life due to a stray bullet during a gunfight between rival gangs. That tragedy happened in 2021.
When a concerned citizen reached out to Price&#8217;s office for the latest details on the case, the DA responded in part by saying,  &#8220;Our office is currently working on a partnership with the Asian Law Caucus to support AAPI victims of violence in ways that open up broader possibilities for healing and non-carceral forms of accountability,&#8221; the local ABC affiliate reported. (emphasis added)
One former veteran prosecutor, Norbert Chu, told ABC 7, &#8220;If I were Jasper&#8217;s parents, I would be highly offended. And I would be very fearful.&#8221; Chu added that &#8220;non-carceral&#8221; means no prison time.
In reaction to the potential plan, Wu&#8217;s family issued a statement, saying, &#8220;There are almost no consequences due to no threat of severe punishments waiting. How would that restore the public&#8217;s faith in the justice system? How would the public feel safe?&#8221;
Unfortunately, that&#8217;s the question millions of Americans are asking as Soros-backed prosecutors — who <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-soros-funded-das-represent-20-americans-40m-funneled-races-report-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now represent 20% of America</a> according to author Matt Polumbo — continue to dismantle the justice system and allow criminals to roam the streets.
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