OAKLAND -- Problems hit the popular Oakland First Friday
festival again Friday night when a man with a gun was arrested
following the Uptown district event that is meant to highlight
the city's art, music and creative resurgence, but has seen
violence in recent months.  The name and age of the man with the
gun was not released.  No one was injured.  Police said someone
saw the man with a gun and alerted officers, who tried to stop
him. The man ran away and attempted to get rid of the gun before
officers caught up to him and detained him. It was not
immediately clear Saturday how he attempted to dump the gun.
The Oakland First Fridays Arts Festival is officially open
between 5 and 9 p.m. and is centered around Telegraph Avenue
from West Grand to 27th Street, according to the event website
The gun incident occurred about 10 p.m. when the festival was
officially over but people remained on the streets. Organizers
have scaled back the event since a man was killed following the
event in February. It now ends an