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Father Aidan McAleenan, pastor of St. Columba Church, a North Oakland Catholic church known for social activism, said the city could be doing more to expand its central crime-fighting strategy, Operation Ceasefire.
The body of 23-year-old Karina Banta of Hayward was found Monday afternoon at a landfill on Altamont Pass Road near Livermore. Authorities consider the death suspicious.
Oakland police said Thursday that they hope video footage will help them identify and arrest the driver and passenger of a vehicle that struck a 14-year-old bicyclist in the Fruitvale district on Wednesday afternoon, leaving him in critical condition.
Transit agencies announced the closure of West Oakland BART Station at around 6:15 p.m. Thursday evening due to an active protest and vigil for Sahleem Tindle.
Police are looking for a pickup truck driver who hit a woman in a pedestrian crosswalk in Pleasanton and then drove away after providing false information.
Coachella's newly-announced 2019 lineup features R&B singer H.E.R. and rap group SOB x RBE, both from Vallejo.
Oakland's homicide rate is at its lowest level since 1999. The city's end-of-year crime report shows that there were 68 homicides in Oakland in 2018.
An Alameda County Superior Court judge was formally assigned to preside over the trial for Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris.
House progressives, including a lawmaker from the Bay Area, are threatening to reject a rules package backed by Democratic leadership over a requirement they believe could thwart their most ambitious policy plans.
Walter "Earlonne" Woods was recently released from San Quentin State Prison after California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted his 31-years-to-life sentence for attempted armed robbery.
A 6-year-old girl playing her Oakland backyard early Tuesday was struck by a stray bullet fired in an illegal New Year celebration.
Each year Wanda Johnson, her family and the Oakland community make the same resolution on New Year's Day. They resolve to fight to keep Oscar Grant's legacy alive.
Caltrans crews worked to remove a tree that was leaning over westbound I-580 in Oakland on Tuesday.
Workers discovered a human body Monday afternoon among the piles of debris dumped at the Altamont Landfill.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden found another former television analyst to help him on his rebuild of the team.
