Berkeley Police Arrest Suspect Who Accosted, Chased Child
Berkeley Police arrested a man Monday afternoon who accosted and chased an 8-year-old girl walking with her father, forcing them to take refuge at a fire station, officers said.
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Berkeley Police arrested a man Monday afternoon who accosted and chased an 8-year-old girl walking with her father, forcing them to take refuge at a fire station, officers said.
Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city flocked to an abandoned gas station to get a whiff of a corpse flower — so-called because of the stench it emits when it blooms — after its owner decided to share the rare plant with his neighbors.
A two-alarm grass fire that triggered explosions, burned a home and about a half dozen vehicles in Martinez Wednesday afternoon was triggered by juveniles playing with fire, according to authorities.
The mayors of Oakland and San Jose are among those who have partnered with a startup in an effort to challenge residents to save energy this summer.
A grass fire was burning east of the Altamont Pass at a landfill on the eastern edge of Alameda County.
Fire crews in Contra Costa County have controlled a vegetation fire in Pittsburg Wednesday that shut down Bailey Road in both directions.
As the search continued Wednesday morning for the gunmen who riddled a party bus filled with birthday party celebrants with bullets, a family in Modesto wrestled with the loss of 16-year-old Zoey Hughes.
Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor's longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died at his Oakland home. He was 79.
An Alameda County sheriff's deputy and several firefighters rushed inside a burning San Lorenzo home early Wednesday, rescuing two residents who were trapped and injured by the blaze.
Police in Oakland believe multiple shooters fired an estimated 70 rounds with high-capacity weapons at the party bus in a 21st birthday celebration that took a tragic, fatal turn early Tuesday on an Oakland freeway.
A Contra Costa County health official said Tuesday that, despite falling COVID-19 numbers, the county could be facing "ticking time bombs" related to other health issues.
The office of Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley on Tuesday announced she would not seek re-election for a fourth term.
It's a scenario that is all too familiar to Oakland sports fans. Officials from one of their beloved pro sports franchises traveling to Las Vegas to consider relocating.
The City of Alameda hired an Oakland deputy police chief to take over as chief of the Alameda Police department.
An intense fire erupted at a warehouse in an industrial area of Oakland's Jingletown neighborhood Tuesday, sending flames soaring into the sky and a smoke plume that was visible to motorists on nearby 880.
