In-N-Out Burger to close Oakland restaurant due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies

Описание: (27 Jan 2024)
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Oakland, California - 26, 2024
1. Exterior of In-N-Out Burger restaurant
HEADLINE: In-N-Out Closing Oakland location due to crime
2. "Prevent Break-Ins" sign
3. Cars waiting for drive-thru service
ANNOTATION: In-N-Out Burger plans to close its only Oakland restaurant in March.
4. Employee taking drive-thru order
ANNOTATION: Company officials blame a wave of car break-ins, theft and robberies.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Vince Clagg, In-N-Out Burger customer:
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"I think it's reasonable that they're closing because crime does impact their business. There are a lot of people that don't come here for lunch because of the crime, the break ins of the cars or the car thieves, the robberies, just the lawlessness that's going on in Oakland right now."
6. Drive-thru sign
7. Cars in drive-thru line at restaurant
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Vince Clagg, In-N-Out Burger customer:
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"They look in the car, they see anything, they break the glass, grab it and go. It could be a backpack, a laptop, a piece of luggage. They don't seem to care of anything of value they're going to pull and take."
9. Cars waiting in drive-thru line
ANNOTATION: Oakland police say auto burglaries and robberies have been declining.
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Brown, In-N-Out Burger customer:
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"I remember I was here at one time and there was a passenger who was going to the airport, and they had a laptop in their car, and the car was smashed and they lost their laptop. So, I mean, in terms of the crime, I think it's real and it's unfortunate."
11. "Do not leave valuables in car" sign
12. Cars in drive thru with restaurant in background
13. Employee taking orders in drive-thru line
14. In-N-Out sign on restaurant
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Brown, In-N-Out Burger customer:
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"At least in the article in the paper they were saying that, you know, people who work here are also getting vandalized and robbed and stuff like that. I mean, they need to do something about the crime in Oakland. It's pitiful."

STORYLINE:
In-N-Out Burger says it will close its first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and robberies affecting customers and employees alike at its only restaurant in Oakland, California.

The fast-food burger joint in a busy corridor near Oakland International Airport will close on March 24 because even though the company has taken “repeated steps to create safer conditions our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized,” Denny Warnick, In-N-Out’s chief operating officer, said in a statement Wednesday.

“We feel the frequency and severity of the crimes being encountered by our customers and associates leave us no alternative,” Warnick said.

Oakland has seen a spike in property crime and robberies throughout the city located across the bay from San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The In-N-Out slated for closure is in a busy business corridor that attracts travelers headed to the airport and baseball fans who attend A’s games at the Coliseum.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported police have logged 1,335 incidents in the vicinity of the restaurant since 2019, more than any other Oakland location.


There are two officers dedicated to patrolling the area with a focus on safety at shopping centers and gas stations.

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