Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said in a press release on Friday that she has been told by Alameda County’s sheriff that ICE and border patrol operations have been called off for the rest of the Bay Area in addition to San Francisco.
“I spoke with Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez, who confirmed through her communications with ICE that Border Patrol operations are cancelled for the greater Bay Area — which includes Oakland — at this time,” Lee said.
Mayor Daniel Lurie yesterday announced that an anticipated immigration enforcement action in San Francisco was abruptly curtailed by President Donald Trump, who also put out a statement on his Truth Social platform. While the president’s statement only mentioned San Francisco, today’s communiques from Bay Area leaders indicate the so-called “surge” will not imminently take place in any Bay Area locale.
Lee also said she is aware of a shooting on Thursday at 10 p.m. near the entrance of the Coast Guard Island in Alameda, where border patrol agents had arrived early that morning and protesters amassed.
In a social media post on X, the Department of Homeland Security stated that a person driving a U-Haul truck backed up toward a line of Coast Guard security personnel outside of the base after being given verbal commands to stop the vehicle. The driver suddenly accelerated backwards toward the officers and the officers fired several shots at the truck.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — At approximately 10:00 p.m. (PDT) on Thursday, Coast Guard security personnel standing watch on Coast Guard Island observed a vehicle driving erratically and attempting to weaponize the vehicle to ram into Coast Guard Base Alameda.
⁰@USCG personnel issued… pic.twitter.com/oD8AogSQuo
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 24, 2025
The department stated in the post that the truck driver was “wounded in the stomach and is being held for mental health evaluation.”
No Coast Guard personnel were injured, two civilians were wounded but are expected to survive, and a bystander who was struck by a fragment and released from the hospital after treatment.
“The Oakland Police Department is assisting the Alameda Police Department in securing the perimeter of the scene. The FBI is the lead agency investigating the incident,” Lee said. “And I will continue to gather available information as it becomes accessible.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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