Members of the band told SFGATE that thieves took $12,000 worth of items from their tour van.
on Saturday. Pereira said they were staying in Oakland with friends who are in Hawak, a local band that also played at the S.F. club on Saturday.
"The band is vegan and the last time we were here, our friends brought us some vegan fried chicken from the restaurant and it was great, so we decided to go drive over there with the van," Pereira said."It’s not that we had our guard down ... where we parked was very close to where we went to eat." Pereira said that when they performed at Bottom of the Hill, they were warned to leave nothing in their car while they played.
"We suspect maybe people saw us get out of the van," he said."It’s hard to make heads or tails of it. There were a lot of things that are really valuable there that they got, but they didn't get any of our instruments."Despite the loss, Pereira said they were lucky and the band will be able to re-purchase the stolen items thanks to a GoFundMe that has raised more than $13,000.