OAKLAND — Kenny McElroy fixes cars, but he’s especially proud of his refurbished 1969 maroon and white Ford Falcon. “Back in 1984, I knew some ‘Falcon Boys’ on Birch Street in East Oakland. I liked ...
With the bass on a Rick James song thumping so loud his white leather seats vibrated, Dave Johnson cruised down MacArthur Boulevard in a chromed-up cloud of cool. Behind the wheel of his 1968 ...
OAKLAND — The City Council on Tuesday hired a headhunter who likened Oakland to a ghetto and urban police to an occupying army to conduct the search for the next Oakland police chief. Although several ...
East Oakland rapper Baby Gas talks about escaping the street life, getting game from E-40 and more Baby Gas describes himself as the most “ghetto vato out of East Oakland,” a place he represents down ...