CBS Bay Area, “UPDATE: Oakland baker Jennifer Angel dies following brazen purse snatching” [Video]

February 10, 2023

OAKLAND — The family of Jennifer Angel, owner of Oakland’s popular Angel Cakes bakery, announced Thursday she had been declared dead after suffering life-threatening injuries during a brazen daylight purse snatching in the parking lot of a Wells Fargo Bank branch.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Oakland baker, small business owner, social justice activist and community member Jen Angel has been medically declared to have lost all brain function and will not regain consciousness. Her official time of death was 5:48pm (PT),” the statement began.

Investigators said the purse-snatching incident took place about 12:29 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of Webster St. less than a mile away from her shop.

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