The encampment is located on Union Point Marina and oaklands embarcadero directly across from alameda. Tom vacar was at the park earlier this morning during the eviction and joins us live in the newsroom. Just to be clear, this is only 1 little section of a lot of other encampments that remained. It appears to be a problem that has neither any solution, resolution or end game. Reporter with a temporary federal restraining order lifted, the statement good in its longsought promise to clean up Union Point Park in an adjacent parking lot occupied by a grown was growing homeless encampment. We are getting complaint from the Coastal Commission because this is on a waterway near the park and that is unusual. There is a rat infestation that they will have to deal with. Reporter homeless advocates are in here to make sure the raptors follow the room rules. After being evicted last to come the city has promised me which they do not follow, which is why many encampments including this one and in
The purchase of the Tribune Tower. Reporter Thomas Henderson probably stands in front of the building he recently purchased, tribune town tower in downtown oakland. Authorities say henderson use illgotten gain to purchase the structure. Henderson and two other men, peter koo a Chinese National and stanford disco peter lee defrauded investors about the use of funds and made false statements in connection with the employment braced based eb5 visa program. Henderson was the founder of San Francisco Retail Center based out of the tribune building. The companys website says safe investments to set your family on a path of american citizenship. The company solicited and obtained 240 investors who believed they were investors in american countries through the eb5 visa program. The eb5 visa Program Allows for nationals to obtain permanent foreign residency by investing in qualifying american businesses and creating jobs for u. S. Citizens. Henderson and the two other men took the cash from the
As the Oakland Police Department begins a full scale clean-up of the Oakland estuary, anchor outs increasingly fear that they are being scapegoated as a community for crimes committed by a few transient "pirates".
After "pirate" crime wave, boaters fear sweep of Oakland estuary will leave them with nowhere to go mercurynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mercurynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In recent weeks, the Oakland Estuary has morphed from an innocuous playground for water sports into a semi-lawless stretch roamed by marauding thieves and patrolled by vigilantes, say members of the local boating community.