Fifteen people were shot after an illegal "sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday. Oakland police officers respond to a multiple shooting during a Juneteenth celebration near Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Violence breaks out at Oakland Juneteenth About 20 vehicles -- mostly all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes — …
An unprecedented red tide in the San Francisco Bay Area is killing thousands of fish and other marine life whose carcasses are washing ashore, creating a foul odor that experts say could get worse during this weekend’s expected heat wave. A dead striped bass sits on the banks of Lake Merritt, a tidal lagoon of the San Francisco Bay, on …