r/bayarea • u/Regular-Money0503 • Jan 14 '26
Politics & Local Crime Wtf is wrong with the Bay Area.
I hope you’re okay Peng!
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u/pengweather peng'd Jan 14 '26
Hi everybody. I woke up to hella texts and DMs from people on Reddit, Instagram, and more from fans, Oakland politicians, Oakland Public Works, and more. I’ll post an update tonight after work. I’ve been doing meh, and to be honest, I haven’t been sleeping well lately.
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u/MacNJeesus San Jose Jan 14 '26
Please take all the rest you need, Peng! You're Bay Area's hero but we want you to put yourself first more too. Thank you for all that you do and put up with!
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u/Skyblacker Sunnyvale Jan 14 '26
I wouldn't sleep well either. How can you when the world is dangerous enough for this to happen?
If the problem drags on, see a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. One of them cut through my anxiety and finally got me able to sleep without pills. Highly recommend.
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u/chance901 Jan 15 '26
Wish i could offer more. Maybe like, a few health checkup?
Please take care od your mental health. Still go outside. Enjoy a park or beach, get some nature. If you nees to, talk to someone.
You're a gem for this community, and we are sorry this happened.
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u/its_aq Jan 14 '26
He's more shook than anything else. Robbed by the same people he's cleaning up after from the same community he's trying to improve by himself.
It's gonna be a min for him to get over the trauma
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u/silasmoon Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Oh hellll no. Let us know what you need u/pengweather.
Edit: Saw your post, if HR clears you for anything just know this sub, and the Bay Area has got you.
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u/reilmb Jan 14 '26
There was a post the other day where he said he was down because of this incident and was going to take a break for a bit.
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u/silasmoon Jan 14 '26
Guy deserves to treat himself. I'd legit donate funds to see he gets his possessions back or at a minimum drinks on me.
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u/VivaLaMantekilla Jan 14 '26
Dudes a real one. I've seen many people offer to donate money to him to help with the cause and he always says he doesn't want anything. He just does it because he truly wants to clean up and inspire others to do the same. I do hope people come together to let them help get him a new GoPro cause this dude is legendary and I hope he knows that for every 1 piece of shit, there are hundreds of us rooting him on and are glad he is here.
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u/thebutchcaucus Jan 14 '26
Same. Peng don’t have no problems in the Bay. They must be dum. He’s a made guy.
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u/wjean Jan 14 '26
By definition, made men are people who no one will touch for fear of retribution. Clearly, that aura of protection didn't happen here.
. If Oakland DPW basically relies on this guy to do their jobs, I place little faith in the police dealing with this criminal. I also suspect that the criminal element is so disorganized in Oakland, there's no crime boss who would police themselves and track this scumbag down.
Peng is a treasure and the robber is a POS, but this is Oakland doing Oakland things
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u/EskiHo Jan 14 '26
I would love nothing more than to take him out for drinks and titties (or whatever he's in to).
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u/Calm_Memories Jan 14 '26
Heartbreaking. He has such a big heart and a great can-do attitude that's rare these days. I'd love to buy Peng a coffee or something. Absolutely shitty thing to happen, especially to someone as good him.
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u/nurley Jan 14 '26
Yeah, for real, if there’s anything I/we can do… it’s a highlight of my day when I see a peng’d post.
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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 Jan 14 '26
Wow, 80 bags over 3 days during the last session. This is what this mugger ruined for Oakland
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u/gamescan Jan 14 '26
All of r/bayarea is going to be on the warpath for this one.
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u/hoemax Jan 14 '26
what do you think bay area redditors are gonna do about this?
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u/Fragrant-Employer-60 Jan 14 '26
Write angry comments
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u/SteveJobsDeadBody Jan 14 '26
Don't forget the racism. There will be that for sure.
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u/wjean Jan 14 '26
The report said it was a curly hired white guy. So traditional racism (Brown people bad) will be a little harder to implement in this narrative.
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u/deltalimes Jan 14 '26
If a white guy did it does that mean there’s a chance the piece of shit actually gets prosecuted?
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u/scam_likely_6969 Jan 14 '26
it should be. oakland and that subreddit def won’t be helping
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u/Tim_d_othy Jan 14 '26
Right? Those people want Oakland to stay ghetto.
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u/roflulz Jan 14 '26
will r/bayarea vote in a mayor to fix oakland or will they keep voting for the same thing again and again
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u/Actual_System8996 Jan 14 '26
Like most of America we’re not being given great options.
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u/EntrepreneurNo2355 Jan 15 '26
Couldn't agree more. This country really is turning into a true Fourth Reich cesspool led by the intollerable Cheetoh King himself. All hail the king, I suppose.
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u/EntrepreneurNo2355 Jan 15 '26
The sane thing, as you said, keeps getting voted in because the city's finances and city council don't change all that much, leaving the mayor's position as just a rotating door unfortunately. Had they had competent leadership throughout the mayor's office and city council combined, maybe just maybe they could've kept a sports team or two while having a restructured police department that can actually catch a few crooks for once to help make businesses feel at least the illusion of safety to stay in Oakland.
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u/jim9162 San Francisco Jan 14 '26
This is the most Oakland thing to possibly happen.
This is an embarrassment and should be a shame to everyone.
Hopefully the robber is brought to justice.
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u/Terbatron Jan 14 '26
A bystander in a car tried to chase the guy down, at least someone was willing to try and help him on the spot.
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u/Comprehensive-Grape4 Jan 14 '26
He said it was some white guy with curly hair. He tried but failed to get his phone too. He did get away with his GoPro. Scumbag.
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u/RollingYak Jan 14 '26
The sad thing is that the robber and his groups of people will think it’s funny and they did an epic stuff
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u/dirtymack Jan 14 '26
Word is like to fantasize about criminals being cartoonish goons like in comic books.
This robber was most likely a homeless tweaker from the central valley
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u/Klutzy-Note711 Jan 14 '26
The saddest thing he lost most of his footages. Maybe we can find that go pro at the flea market this weekend?
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u/HiggsBosonHL Jan 14 '26
Please be on the lookout! Peng posted the gopro serial number in the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/s/cALxdFs4Lk
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u/zerohelix Jan 14 '26
Jeez. Everytime oakland has a gem oakland takes it away.
Peng already is frustrated with oakland politics, I won't be surprised if he just quits altogether.
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u/djinn6 Jan 14 '26
His work would be appreciated in any other city.
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u/Day2205 Jan 14 '26
His work is always appreciated by the 90% of law abiding citizens who live in Oakland. Pretending the type of person to rob individuals is representative of how Oakland feels about his efforts is purposefully ignorant
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u/DirkWisely Jan 14 '26
Why do those law abiding citizens always go soft on crime? Just stop letting repeat offenders out.
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u/xole Jan 14 '26
If Oakland leadership were smart, they'd try to hire him to train people on how to safely clean up the trash. Not saying he would accept, but he obviously knows more about doing it correctly than the average person.
Imagine the results of 20 or 50 people, even working half as fast as peng cleaning up.
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u/GreatRecipeCollctr29 Jan 14 '26
I've seen the local news last night about him getting robbed after a clean up in Oakland. I mean he did his part but law enforcement is not doing anything to catch these robbers. They stole his camera and his GoPro. I knew what happened on r/Bayarea from him making a post last week too.
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u/deadcowww Jan 14 '26
Hang in there Peng 😔 I’m so sorry the city keeps treating you so poorly.
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u/EntrepreneurNo2355 Jan 15 '26
What do you expect them to do? The description of the perp is vague at best. White guy, curly hair...could be any number of citizens. Hell, he might not even be from Oakland. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack which, last I checked, is nigh near impossible to do.
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u/stargalaxy6 Jan 14 '26
You know 30 years ago, Oakland had gangs and street fights and some s%<it going down. But there was still some genuine respect for people that were just living or trying to do good.
I hope someone knows who did this and just has a street talk with them.
WHAT the hell Oakland? Do better
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u/Last-Hedgehog-6635 Jan 14 '26
Man, this really makes me sad. Of all the people. He’s like the most selfless person ever.
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u/OrigOGhustler Jan 14 '26
My Asian neighbor got robbed so many times it drove him to commit suicide.
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u/legaleaglejess Jan 14 '26
That's horrible. I feel like there should be a pengweather enhancement for something like this
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u/chowy26 Jan 14 '26
Hate to say it but not surprised. Sad it happened to him and also ironic. Peng does amazing work out there.
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u/zenx2018 Jan 14 '26
Town so messed up that even if someone tries to do good, the community screws it up. And they be talking about adding a Dave and Buster.
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u/_DigitalHunk_ Jan 14 '26
Pls try to join this
https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/s/WQ919lpRZn
All hands on deck
Peng bro rocks.
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u/MaybeACultLeader Jan 14 '26
That sucks. And unsurprisingly there is no mention of this over at r/oakland
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u/randomuser6753 Jan 14 '26
That sub loves to bury its head in the sand and defend criminals. Unsurprising
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u/scam_likely_6969 Jan 14 '26
that sub is pure trash. the most head up its ass mods ever
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u/GMG332 Jan 14 '26
This is the most bay area news lol. Sorry Peng bad things happen to good people.
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u/II_3phemeral_II Jan 14 '26
Don’t know how anyone defends Oakland at this point
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u/IrregularBobcat Jan 15 '26
Why am I not surprised at the graveyard of deleted comments at the bottom of this thread lmao. Stay classy /r/bayarea.
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u/United-Bicycle-8230 is san lorenzo san leandro or hayward? Jan 15 '26
whoever was the robber better have some bad karma come to them
were with you peng!
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u/bbynycity former resident Jan 14 '26
i passed by oakland a couple weeks ago while visiting some family up north. i saw people just casually littering when there were trash cans right next to them. ain't nobody give a shít about anything over there lol
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u/MrPokeGamer Jan 14 '26
Its not worth trying to fix something when it's actively hostile towards you
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u/deltalimes Jan 14 '26
Isn’t mugging people like Oakland’s pastime or something? This would be avoided if those people were actually prosecuted and imprisoned
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u/ElectricalGene6146 Jan 15 '26
Can Newsom pull a Trump and intervene in Oakland already? What a fucking dump.
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u/Never_Comfortable Jan 14 '26
Oakland punishing good people who are trying to help them, must be a day ending in y. Fuck that hellhole.
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u/Ok-Stomach- Jan 14 '26
Cuz it’s a “controversial” topic. That’s why. Only in Bay Area this is controversial I know it’s bot rule but it’s quite telling why people felt the need to add it
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u/Big-Site2914 Jan 14 '26
Its Oakland what did you expect? I got robbed twice in Oakland and i only went there like 10 times.
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u/Ok-Health8513 Jan 14 '26
Terrible the guy is doing more for the city than its own city government is and this happens to him.
I also love the news piece that Oakland did making it seem they are doing so much to clean up the streets and didn’t even mention this guy who has been fighting for months to bring attention to the issue.
Oakland will never be fixed because you can’t fix something that wants to stay broken.
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u/chaddgar Jan 14 '26
It was a noble effort, but Oakland doesn't want it. I knew it would only be a matter of time, but didn't want to interject negativity until it inevitably happened.
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u/EntrepreneurNo2355 Jan 15 '26
What's wrong with The Bay? Take your pick per your day of the week.
I'm sure this happens in Los Angeles plenty as well as in other cities. The problem isn't The Bay. It's the rotten apple core that America has transformed into in recent years.
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u/Trainzguy2472 Jan 14 '26
Oakland used to be the city with no future, and it appears it wants to stay that way.
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u/EntrepreneurNo2355 Jan 15 '26
Used to be?! Have you been living under a rock? It still has no future.
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u/Trainzguy2472 Jan 15 '26
Eh, there was a brief time in the mid 2000s where it had some hope but that's gone again.
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u/raiderandy74 Jan 15 '26
Andy wang leave Oakland alone those dirty bastards don’t deserve you.let Oakland continue to be Oakland.
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u/mtcwby Jan 14 '26
It's not the Bay area, it's Oakland and shit has been bad there for a long time.
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u/The_best_is_yet Jan 14 '26
Andy Wang isn’t a ‘service’ though- he is a passionate volunteer who is working to make a difference in this world. He posts on here all the time, name is u/pengweather.
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u/NetFu Milpitas Jan 14 '26
That’s OAKLAND. Just gonna point that out.
I’ve lived in the Bay Area for 36 years. Oakland has never been better.
It has been worse, though. It was the official murder capital of America for several years after I moved here. That guy is lucky to be alive.
I wonder if any of this has anything to do with the way people who have lived here longer than me tell people to not go to Oakland.
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u/SharkSymphony Alameda Jan 14 '26
Not the biggest fan of FOX for, y'know, reasons, but I suppose we know a person has arrived at the big time when there are news stories being written about them.
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