Kara St. Cyr

1 day ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

For nearly a decade, Osvaldo Sanchez has weathered break-in after break-in at his restaurant, Agave Uptown, in Oakland. Between 2016 and 2024, the business has been targeted 22 times. "We changed the locks," Sanchez said, noting it's been about a year since the last incident. "But it's not because crime has changed, it's because we changed the locks."Each break-in costs Sanchez thousands of dollars, replacing shattered windows and doors, not to mention the hit to customer traffic and morale.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Some Democratic California lawmakers were in Oakland on Thursday to condemn the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration and its response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests. Bombarded with headlines of widespread protests throughout California as well as ICE arrests in workplaces and courthouses, Yuliana Wiser-Leon's clients are living in fear. "Living in fear looks like not leaving your house. Not going to the store in peace, not going to work.

2 months ago | ktvz.com | Kara St. Cyr

By Kara St. CyrClick here for updates on this story    OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city’s Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn’t know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. “It was all on automatic. I wasn’t afraid,” Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown.

2 months ago | krdo.com | Kara St. Cyr

By Kara St. CyrClick here for updates on this story    OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city’s Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn’t know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. “It was all on automatic. I wasn’t afraid,” Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Kara St. Cyr

Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland’s Chinatown honored A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city's Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn't know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. "It was all on automatic. I wasn't afraid," Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown.