OAKLAND, Calif. - More than 1,000 items, many of them indigenous historical artifacts, were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California earlier this month.

The Oakland Police Department is working with the FBI to investigate the crime, which occurred at 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 15. The announcement of the heist came on Wednesday.

The perpetrators broke into an offsite storage facility and stole more than 1,000 items, including Native American baskets and jewelry, as well as laptops and other historical artifacts.

"The theft that occurred represents a brazen act that robs the public of our state’s cultural heritage," Lori Fogarty, the Oakland Museum of California’s executive director and CEO said in a press release. "Most of these objects have been given to the museum by generous donors. We

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