The transcontinental flight , carrying Sending three crew and four passengers , had originated Departing in Newark , New Jersey , with its final destination in Oakland , California .

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot Use_firearm in the early morning hours of New Year 's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland , California .

Grant was rushed Motion to Highland Hospital in Oakland and pronounced Statement dead later that day .

Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris filed Submitting_documents a $ 25 million wrongful death Death claim against BART on behalf of Grant 's family .

Damage Damaging was heavy in Santa Cruz County and less so to the south in Monterey County , but effects Influence extended Expansion well to the north into the San Francisco Bay Area , both on the San Francisco Peninsula and across the bay in Oakland .

The collapse Destroying of a section of the double-deck Nimitz Freeway in Oakland was the site of the largest number of casualties Catastrophe for the event Earnings_and_losses , but the collapse Destroying of man-made structures and other related accidents Catastrophe contributed Causation to casualties Killing occurring Presence in San Francisco , Los Altos , and Santa Cruz .

Oakland , `` Gruden 's `` old '' team '' , advanced Cause_to_make_progress to their fifth Super Bowl after an regular season .

Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon threw Self_motion a Super Bowl record Recording five interceptions , three of which were returned for touchdowns .

For the first month , overt police repression remained minimal , but this began Process_start to change Change by 25 October 2011 , when police first attempted to forcibly remove Removing Occupy Oakland .

The performance in Oakland , featuring Ronnie Wood ( The Rolling Stones ) in the encore five days later , had also been taped on video by Bill Graham Presents , but has n't been released Publishing yet .

The 1961 U.S. Open was the 61st U.S. Open , held Hold June 15–17 at the South Course of Oakland Hills Country Club in Birmingham , Michigan , a suburb north of Detroit .

He connected Connect with the Oakland Raiders Tim Brown for an 80-yard touchdown to tie the game at 23 with only 44 seconds to go .