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An inmate serving time for sexual assault in a Southern California prison has been charged with the 1996 cold case murder of Priscilla Lewis, whose body was found in the restroom of the Crockett restaurant where she worked as a waitress.
Both sides of state Highway 92 reopened Thursday morning after negotiators were able to talk down a suicidal person from the Hesperian Boulevard overcrossing in Hayward, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
A Capitol Corridor train collided with a vehicle in Oakland Thursday morning, a Capitol Corridor official said.
A number of staff members at Kaiser's Oakland Medical Center have tested positive for the new Omicron COVID variant. They did not get sick at work, but instead tested positive after all 11 attended a wedding in Wisconsin at the end of November.
Police in Berkeley have arrested a convicted sex offender who is accused of accosting teenage girls in multiple incidents while claiming to be a police officer.
Police in San Ramon on Wednesday morning arrested two male suspects in connection with what are believed to be multiple thefts of Home Depot stores across the Bay Area.
Oakland is now moving to hire more police officers in hopes of reversing a dramatic rise in homicides. But with crime comes other problems, and Oakland business leaders say it is hurting their recovery.
Police were at Orinda Intermediate School on Tuesday, investigating reports of a student making threats to another student and holding what looked like a gun in social media photos since taken down.
A legal wrangling is settled over the cost of bringing recycling bins to the curb at multi-family buildings in Oakland, according to the City Attorney's Office.
A non-profit healthcare clinic that provided free COVID-19 vaccinations and testing to walk-up patients in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza unexpectedly closed its doors Wednesday due to staffing and vaccine shortages.
A bomb threat Wednesday morning prompted the brief evacuation of San Ramon police headquarters, according to authorities.
Contra Costa County will spend $95.5 million to expand the West County Detention Facility in North Richmond, adding more rehabilitation and mental health treatment space while alleviating overcrowding at the Martinez Detention Facility.
The Alameda Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating an at-risk missing veteran.
The Oakland City Council voted to fund two more academies to add 60 more officers to help bring the department back to the 737 authorized positions.
Contra Costa County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff told county health services director Anna Roth on Tuesday that she wants a detailed report concerning what Roth's department is doing about 13 businesses still refusing to comply with COVID-19 indoor mandates.
