Oakland police gun buy-back takes in 131 firearms
Oakland Police Department's "Guns to Gardens" gun buy-back on Saturday netted 131 surrendered firearms, the OPD said.
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Oakland Police Department's "Guns to Gardens" gun buy-back on Saturday netted 131 surrendered firearms, the OPD said.
Neighbors in Oakland's Fruitvale District said they're seeing an uptick in gun violence near the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and 35th Avenue in recent months.
Oakland police chief Leronne Armstrong on Thursday night addressed the homicide of a 16-year-old juvenile that occurred earlier in the evening.
While mass shootings get the most press coverage, everyday incidents of gun violence harm communities across the county in similar ways. In Oakland -- a city once infamous for violent crime -- a buyback program hopes to ease that pain.
Former U.S. Air Force Sgt. and alleged "Boogaloo Boys" follower Steven Carrillo was sentenced to 41 years in prison Friday for the fatal 2020 shooting of a federal officer in Oakland.
Chief LeRonne Armstrong has been with the Oakland Police Department for 24 years, before the Riders scandal hit. That scandal sent the department into federal oversight and ultimately receivership.
The Oakland Police Department is set to begin a one-year probation period that could end two decades of federal oversight. Andria Borba spoke to Chief LeRonne Armstrong on the major step the department is taking. (6/1/22)
Dramatic video shows flames erupting in a West Oakland furniture store in a broad-daylight arson attack earlier in May with the family-run business now struggling to rebuild.
A federal jury found that former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged misconduct within the city's police commission.
An Oakland man was killed and another person apparently wounded in a shooting in the eastern neighborhoods of Oakland Wednesday night, police said Thursday.
Police in Oakland are investigating a non-fatal shooting Wednesday morning involving an off-duty OPD officer.
Many people living near Oakland's Lake Merritt feel helpless with the recent shootings and sideshow activity. They accused city leaders of not doing enough to address the violence and dangerous sideshows on Lakeshore Avenue.
A judge placed the Oakland Police Department on a one-year probationary period Thursday before he decides whether to release the department from nearly 20 years of federal oversight, court records show.
Two people died from gunshot wounds they suffered in separate shootings in Oakland Thursday evening and early Friday morning, police said.
Police in Oakland are investigating a surge in two dozen armed robberies that occurred between Friday and Sunday.
Police are asking for help finding a 74-year-old San Francisco woman who went missing in Oakland early Friday morning.
Police in Oakland are searching for a vehicle possibly linked to a fatal stabbing next to Lake Merritt last weekend.
A violent weekend near Oakland's Lake Merritt has left a police officer hospitalized, detectives investigating a fatal stabbing and neighbors on edge over a surge in local crime.
A new class of graduates from the Oakland Police Basic Academy celebrated finishing the program Friday morning and prepared to begin working as officers on duty.
On Friday morning, the Oakland police department welcomed 26 new officers to its ranks. Shawn Chitnis reports. (4-29-22)
Police in Oakland are asking for help from the public in finding a teen who has been missing since last weekend and is believed to be at-risk due to her age.
A federal judge is set to ease decades of federal oversight of the Oakland Police Department.
The Oakland Police Department will soon have federal oversight over police sharply reduced.
Oakland police are set to close the book on one of its darkest chapters. After 20 years, the department will see significantly reduced federal oversight stemming from a scandal involving a group of rogue officers. Kenny Choi reports.
A man was arrested for alleged battery on an Oakland Police officer as authorities cracked down on a large sideshow in East Oakland on Easter Sunday.
