In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies

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In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
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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.

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Sounds pretty par for the course for Oakland, tbh. The locals probably know better, but the airport ought to be notifying visitors that they can't be leaving valuables in their cars in that city. And that they're gonna want the insurance on their rentals.

For real. I learned about this from a guy delivering my weed when we visited. That’s when I learned what biping was. Never would have known. “You dont want to rent a car in Oakland”

What is biping for those of us not in the loop?

Bipping is the act of stealing from cars, often through the use of “splashing” (breaking the car windows).

It's an exit away from the airport. It's def scetch. I only worked down there when I could park my car or bike inside a gate.