Three arrests connected to thefts on the Oakland Estuary last Friday have renewed concerns over crime on the popular recreational waterway and raised questions about whether progress has been made since a summer crime wave.
Many of the abandoned boats are being commandeered as makeshift shelter in communities known as anchor-outs, while others set adrift and eventually wreck or sink.
A front loader tore violently into abandoned boats while dump trucks cycled through the parking lot of the Jack London Aquatic Center on Thursday, as police began a long-awaited cleanup of the Oakland Estuary.