At least seven Oakland retail businesses were hit by thieves on Friday morning.
OAKLAND -- Some small Oakland business owners are upset over a string of robberies and break-ins that happened Friday morning.
"About $15,000 to $20,000," he said. "It makes it very hard, that's for sure, especially we are trying to get back on our feet after COVID." Farther down the hill, Oakland police said thieves robbed the 7-Eleven store on 23rd Avenue at around 3:30 a.m. " had bruising on his nose, his ear was cut," said Justyn Scissom, a 7-Eleven cashier. "It kind of makes me not want to come to work. Is it really worth coming here and possibly getting shot up just to serve a minimal wage job?"This comes after the city failed to secure state money to fight retail crime. The city admits they were late to turn in the application to the Organized Retail Theft Grant Program.