Oakland

Bay Area Covid-19 update: Some districts close schools rest of year, deputies to only cite for some offenses

An emergency paid sick leave ordinance recommendation was passed unanimously by the San Jose City Council during a special meeting…

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Representatives Lee, Swalwell to hold Covid-19 virtual town halls

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, will hold virtual events Thursday to provide information about the novel…

4 years ago

Missing Oakland woman found dead in vehicle

An Oakland woman who was reported missing last week was found dead in a vehicle in unincorporated Alameda County on…

4 years ago

Attorney calls Almena’s release denial ‘miscarriage of justice’ in light of coronavirus spread

A judge on Monday denied a defense motion asking that Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena be released from Santa…

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Alameda County healthcare workers demand supervisors take control of broken system

Alameda Health System workers rallied at Highland Hospital in Oakland on Thursday to demand that the Alameda County Board of…

4 years ago

Teachers, community members to virtually protest school closures, charter co-locations

Oakland public school teachers and community members will hold a virtual protest on Tuesday seeking to halt permanent school closures…

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Oakland establishes COVID-19 emergency fund

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday announced the launch of an emergency relief fund to serve the city's most vulnerable…

4 years ago

Eighteen-year-old faces murder charge for fatally stabbing friend

An 18-year-old man was charged with murder on Thursday for the fatal stabbing of a friend in East Oakland on…

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Oakland structure blaze injures firefighter, displaces 17 residents

A firefighter was injured and 17 people were displaced in a two-alarm structure fire in Oakland's Fruitvale district early Thursday…

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Crews battle two-story Oakland structure fire

A fire Sunday morning at a two-story structure in the 300 block of 38th Street in Oakland has gone to…

4 years ago

Mount Diablo Unified, Oakland Unified school districts announce campus closures

In an automated call to parents Friday morning, Mount Diablo Unified School District Superintendent Robert Martinez said that all schools…

4 years ago

Bay Area COVID-19 update: delayed ship departure, widespread school closures, bans

The California Department of Public Health reported 198 confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, cases throughout seven California counties as…

4 years ago

Attorneys face off in sanity phase of Nia Wilson murder trial

A day after John Lee Cowell was convicted of first-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of Nia Wilson at an…

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Update: Jury convicts John Lee Cowell first-degree murder of Nia Wilson, attempted murder for attack on sister

UPDATE, 4:53 p.m.: John Lee Cowell has been found guilty of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of lying in…

4 years ago

Hit-and-run driver kills 65-year-old woman while crossing street

A 65-year-old woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in East Oakland on Tuesday morning, police said. The woman, who…

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After tense day in Nia Wilson murder trial, jury hears prosecutor rebuttal before deliberation

A prosecutor and a defense attorney clashed on Monday in their closing arguments in the trial of John Lee Cowell…

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Oakland fire chief departs to lead San Rafael department

Oakland Fire Chief Darin White is leaving his post to become the new fire chief in San Rafael, further thinning…

4 years ago

Estuary coalition works to reduce East Bay urban pollution runoff into SF Bay

The San Francisco Estuary Partnership is working on a project this year to reduce how much polluted water flows into the…

4 years ago

Fatal shooting marks Hayward’s fourth homicide this year

Two people shot in Hayward early Saturday managed to make it to Oakland, but one died after police located them,…

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Warriors join officials, experts for peace walk, town hall to support gun violence reduction

The Giffords Law Center, the Golden State Warriors and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf will host a peace walk and public…

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