On July 8, 2010, at 4:10 p.m., former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury trial in Los Angeles for the Jan. 1, 2009, shooting death of Oscar Grant. 

Oakland Local reporters have been gathering photos and videos of the city's reaction to this controversial verdict.

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Today at 3pm, community members will hold a vigil on the 1800 block of Telegraph Ave. in Oakland in remembrance of Tian Sheng Yu. On April 16, Yu was killed when he and and his adult son, Jin Cheng Yu, were attacked and beaten while shopping near the Fox Theater. Two suspects, Lavonte Drummer and Dominic Davis, are in custody without bail.

The local Chinese-American community has mobilized around the Yu murder -- packing the courtroom to overflow at the suspects' initial hearing, and organizing a fund to support the Yu family during this difficult time. The Yu attack is just one incident, and it's unknown whether race was a motivating factor (both suspects are African-American). But this incident has raised racial tensions....

Hey Oakland, what're you doing this weekend? In addition to all the Earth Day events, there's lots more cool stuff happening in and around Oakland.

Tonight, Oakland Local senior editor Amy Gahran will catch the W. Kamau Bell Curve comedy show at La Peña (3105 Shattuck, Berkeley). Shows at 8 and 10 pm, $22 -- but it's 2 for 1 if you bring a friend of a different race!

Here are a few more things to note from the Oakland Local community calendar...

The struggle over the proposed North Oakland gang injunction continues. Yesterday the ACLU of Northern California, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, filed papers opposing the injunction with the Alameda County Superior Court. Among their complaints, the advocacy groups note: "There is no way out of the injunction. The injunction does not include an opt-out provision for people who are misidentified or who have turned their lives around. If community members are wrongfully labeled as gang members, they would be bound indefinitely by the restrictions of the injunction."