“The one thing that made me proud was my plaque on 7th Street Walk of Fame in Oakland presented by Ronnie Stewart and Blues Hall of Fame. Now thieves have stolen about 40 plaques to have them me ...

Nearly half of the historic metal plaques on Oakland’s blues “Walk of Fame” valued at approximately $150,000 were recently stolen, according to the nonprofit that installed them.

Stewart said with the manufacturing and installation of the plaques, replacing the ones that were stolen is going to cost about $150,000. “Why come and take up something like that? Our awards ...