Sheng Thao leads Loren Taylor in latest vote count for Oakland mayor
It appears likely Sheng Thao will be the next mayor of Oakland following the release of voting numbers by the Alameda County elections office Friday night.
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It appears likely Sheng Thao will be the next mayor of Oakland following the release of voting numbers by the Alameda County elections office Friday night.
The Oakland Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying a vehicle that is suspected to be involved in a kidnapping.
A University of California, Berkeley task force is exploring how to improve the institution's brand identity after decades of students, staff, alumni, and fans using both of the terms "Berkeley" and "Cal" for the school.
One of six people shot at an Oakland school campus in September has died, police said Friday.
A renamed street was unveiled in Alameda this week to remember and honor late Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, who died unexpectedly about a year ago in a traffic collision.
Authorities have identified the five people -- including three children age nine and under -- who were killed early Thursday morning in a horrific crash triggered by a wrong-way driver on Highway 4.
Police in Concord on Friday confirmed that the person found dead near an intentionally set house fire Thursday evening appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot.
A report by the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office released Friday concluded that Pittsburg Police were justified in the deadly shooting of a man suspected in a domestic dispute last year.
Investigators released photos Friday of Juan Lopez in the hopes the images will bring in tips leading to the arrest of a suspect in the slaying of Pablo Garcia Jr.
Police in Oakland are searching for a man wanted in a deadly shooting in East Oakland late last month.
A motorcyclist was killed in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley Thursday, authorities said.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) said Thursday it's reached an impasse on contract negotiations with the United Teachers of Richmond and will seek outside mediation.
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday felony and misdemeanor charges filed against an unlicensed contractor for allegedly defrauding multiple victims in the county.
The University of California, Berkeley's law school joined Harvard's and Yale's law programs in pulling out of U.S. News & World Report's rankings Thursday over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds.
A suspect arrested following a shooting in Fremont last week has been charged with attempted murder and attempted robbery, among other charges.
