In a recent interview with KALW’s Holly Kernan, Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts spoke positively about the department’s efforts to comply with the “Negotiated Settlement Agreement,” a sweeping reform effort overseen by Federal Judge Thel

An Oakland pimp was convicted Friday of seven felony charges including kidnapping, rape and trafficking and could face life in prison after abducting two teenagers and forcing them to prostitute themselves.

Vincent Turner, 31, kidnapped the girls from the streets of Oakland in April 2009 and brought them to Stockton. There he held them in bondage and told them they had to raise upward of $1,000 by selling themselves on the streets to win their freedom, according to investigators.