Oakland Police To Add 911 Operators, Upgrade Technology
Amid calls for police budget cuts, Oakland police plan to hire momre dispatchers, improve their dispatch center's technology and seek more funding for the center, all to improve public safety.
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Amid calls for police budget cuts, Oakland police plan to hire momre dispatchers, improve their dispatch center's technology and seek more funding for the center, all to improve public safety.
Frustration and confusion reigned Thursday at the brand new CityHealth Urgent Care COVID-19 testing site in Alameda that was forced to close temporarily.
Alameda County sheriff's deputy Oscar Rocha died Thursday evening after undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a hospital in Walnut Creek.
Oakland's cannabis businesses want more police protection after two workers were shot, one fatally, and industry advocates say that police are starting to step up but need to do more.
After being closed for four months, the Oakland Zoo will reopen next week and it will look a little different after implementing health and safety protocols.
California Attorney Xavier Becerra on Thursday announced the arrests of three individuals -- including one in Contra Costa County -- involved in an alleged $10 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 70 victims around the world.
Officials temporarily shut down a new Alameda COVID-19 testing site early Thursday after hundreds flocked to the facility on its opening day.
Oakland's cannabis businesses want more police protection after two workers were shot, one fatally, and industry advocates said Wednesday that police are starting to step up but need to do more.
In a late night vote Tuesday, the Oakland City Council were deadlocked on whether to slash millions from the police budget with Mayor Libby Schaaf casting the deciding vote, hours after vandals sent her a message loud and clear.
Dozens of friends, family members and colleagues of Janine Paiste-Ponder held up their cellphones, many containing her photo, during an emotional ceremony for the beloved registered nurse at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center who died recently because of COVID-19 infection.
An coronavirus outbreak at a Walnut Creek nursing facility has infected 130 residents and workers and taken the lives of 12 people, according to state health officials.
At Tribez Hair Salon in the Blackhawk Plaza, it's trendy, hip and moving outside. They didn't have a choice. It was make it happen or business would be cut.
An employee of a cannabis business was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire at the business late Friday night.
Three people were arrested Tuesday following an armed robbery at the Dollar Tree store on San Pablo Avenue at Gilman Street.
Police in Oakland are investigating the early Tuesday morning vandalism of Mayor Libby Schaaf's home that included splatters of red paint and sidewalk graffiti that appeared to be messages related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
