I wrote earlier this weekend about Oakland's first homicide of the year. Soon after we experienced our second, followed by the freeway shooting on Interstate 80.

My condolences go out to the family of Dewey Tucker, as his career as a bass player had come to an end fatally. Tucker, who toured the world with Lauryn Hill and had also done work with Bay Area hip hop group The Coup,  will be truly be missed.

I can't describe how depressing this week has been. A man is gunned down in front of his wife and young children, another stabbed by a woman, and finally Tucker been gunned down by semi-automatic handgun in what CHP believes at the moment was a random incident.

This week serves as an example, that the issue of violence isn't just an Oakland thing, b rather a dark cloud that is currently enshrouding the entire Bay Area.

It really does seem like there's no value on human life, that people who believe violence is the answer.

Where did we go wrong? Where were the warning signs that society was heading in such a destructive direction, One that takes hundreds of life every year all over the Bay Area?

Families torn apart by senseless homicides, parents having to bury their sons and daughters even before someone does the same for them.

I can't imagine what the families of Dewey Tucker, Alvaro Ayala and the Oakland stabbing victim which resulted in our second homicide of the year are going through this week.

It must be difficult to cope with the loss of their love ones. Especially when it seems like these murders will get the same treatment from law enforcement and the media.