From The Rockridge News For some reason this is suddenly happening in an area of Oakland better known for good food, not bad crime. by Janet Somers Rockridge, North Oakland and the city as whole are in the midst of a robbery wave, according to North Oakland police commander Lt. Lawrence Green. Green said that as of mid-November (the last date for which statistics were available) year-to-date robberies were up 31% in North Oakland and 27% in Oakland. (He said overall crime was down 77% here and 2% in the city, with a reduction in car break-ins accounting for much of the decline.) In Rockridge, there were 11 street and inhabited-home robberies during the first two weeks of November, up from only one incident during the last two weeks of October, according to crime reports available on Green’s public website, www.northoaklandpolice.com. Recent incidents have included armed and strongarmed robberies of pedestrians on College Avenue and side streets including Taft Avenue and 62nd Street, so
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