From balls to ballots: Oakland Arena to host voting center
The Oakland Arena — formerly known as Oracle Arena — will serve as an accessible voting location starting next month, the Oakland A’s ...
Victim in critical but stable condition after seemingly random BART stabbing
A 69-year-old man stabbed on a BART train Friday morning remained in critical but stable condition on ...
Crews contain five-alarm Oakland Chinatown building fire
Fire officials said a fifth alarm commercial building fire Wednesday morning in Oakland’s Chinatown has been contained ...
Vehicle strikes, kills man who ran across I-880 lanes
A man was struck and killed in a collision on Interstate Highway 880 Monday evening in Oakland, ...
Oakland opens additional respite centers to escape unhealthy air quality
Two additional respite centers opened Saturday in Oakland for residents seeking relief from unhealthy air smothering the ...
Employee stable after stabbing incident in customer dispute
An employee at a business in Oakland was stabbed Monday morning following a dispute with two customers, police said Tuesday.
Officers went at 6:20 ...
Warriors to host polling locations at facilities across three cities
The Golden State Warriors announced Friday that the team’s Oakland facility and the Santa Cruz Warriors’ Kaiser ...
Coroner identifies Antioch, Oakland victims who died in fiery solo crash
The Contra Costa County coroner’s office has identified two 18-year-old women and a 47-year-old man who died ...
Police say ‘agitators’ turned peaceful Oakland protest violent, destructive
Over 600 people participated in largely peaceful protests Wednesday night against the police shooting of a Black ...
Man dies after crashing into parked vehicle
A man died in a fatal crash shortly after midnight Saturday in Oakland, police said.
Oakland police and ...
Woman, 19, dies in fiery crash into telephone pole
A 19-year-old woman died when her vehicle crashed into a telephone pole and caught fire in Oakland on Tuesday evening, police said.
Officers responded ...
Joe Biden picks Sen. Kamala Harris as VP on 2020 ticket
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has selected U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, former San ...
Police investigate Oakland shooting that killed one person, injured three others
Police in Oakland are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and sent three people to ...
Police announce $10,000 reward for information leading to arrest in fatal stabbing
Police are asking for help in solving the killing of a 25-year-old homeless man earlier this month ...
Oakland police report three homicides over past four days
Oakland police have reported three homicides in four days at the end of July.
Two people are in ...
Schaaf says Oakland vandalism ‘agitators’ play into Trump’s ‘twisted campaign strategy’
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf chastised people who attended a protest over the weekend for vandalizing a police station and attempting to set the ...
Covid-19 weekend update: 16th San Quentin inmate dies, Oakland cases outpace three counties, pandemic unemployment benefits expire
As the GOP mulls their own stimulus proposal, millions of unemployed people Sunday are certifying their last ...
Palo Alto, Oakland rallies planned in solidarity with Portland protesters
Two rallies to support protesters in Portland, Oregon are planned Saturday in the Bay Area, one in ...
Roof collapses in Oakland structure blaze, firefighter suffers injuries
One firefighter was injured and nine people were displaced as a result of a two-alarm fire in ...
Schaaf tells Trump she needs PPE, not federal law enforcement
Oakland needs help overcoming Covid-19 rather than troops, Mayor Libby Schaaf said following comments Monday morning by ...
State grants boost Oakland affordable housing project funds by nearly $90 million
Three environmentally friendly projects slated to provide 462 units of affordable housing in Oakland have won nearly $90 million in state grants, according ...
Video surfaces of crowd blocking fire engine in route to medical emergency
On a July 4 night when firefighters from Oakland and almost everywhere else in the Bay Area ...
Crews control Oakland brushfire near site another 2.5-acre blaze last weekend
Multiple units contained a brushfire Friday afternoon at Mountain Boulevard and Fontaine Court next to Interstate Highway ...
Oakland freeway shooting injures four, shuts down eastbound I-580 traffic
The Oakland Police Department is assisting the California Highway Patrol at the scene of a shooting on ...
Oakland students team with 3D printers to build hundreds of hospital face shields
Madison Park Academy students created more than 700 face shields to donate to hospitals across the country ...
Oakland serves free meals for students over summer break at more than 20 contactless sites
Schoolchildren in Oakland may benefit from the city’s Summer Food Service Program, which is providing free breakfast and lunch during the summer school ...
Juneteenth rallies mark 155 years of emancipation at height of Black Lives Matter movement
Several Juneteenth events in the works Friday around the region include a morning rally and march by ...
Far right ‘Boogaloo’ extremist charged with murder, attempted murder in Oakland shooting on federal officers
A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant accused of killing a Santa Cruz County sheriff’s sergeant ...
CHP officers fatally shoots man, injures woman in vehicle
Oakland police report that California Highway Patrol officers were involved in a shooting Saturday that killed a ...
Voices of Black Lives Matter span communities, generations
Dozens of Bay Area protests decrying the police killing of George Floyd have been entirely peaceful.
Police find man shooting rifle from window of Oakland home
Oakland police responded early Wednesday morning to a man shooting a rifle from the window of a home, a police spokeswoman said.
Officers had ...
County expands free Covid-19 testing in West Oakland
Alameda County officials on Tuesday announced the launch of a new free Covid-19 coronavirus testing site opening ...
Dozens arrested, businesses damaged in overnight East Bay looting incidents
Oakland police on Monday morning reported that about 60 people were arrested during Sunday’s demonstrations over the ...
Looting in Walnut Creek prompts city shutdown after peaceful protest
Another protest that began peacefully over the death of George Floyd has taken a turn as some ...
Pinole man identified as federal officer killed in Friday shooting
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Sunday appealed to the public for tips as it investigates the ...
One of two Homeland Security officers shot in Friday drive-by dies
One of two federal officers shot at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland Friday night has died, according to the ...
