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An Oakland man was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after being convicted in a series of armed robberies of jewelry stores in California and Arizona, federal authorities said.
Oakland Unified School District officials said nine schools were closed Thursday due to a teacher sickout, despite the district recently coming to a tentative agreement with unions regarding COVID safety protocols.
After his department investigated an alarming number of fatal shootings in 2021, Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on Wednesday told KPIX he knows what it will take to make the city's streets safer during the coming year.
The Oakland Unified School District announced it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing teachers on some COVID-19 safety issues as the district faces staffing shortages amid the omicron surge.
After a breakout of COVID-19 cases at Frick United Academy of Language in Oakland, most teachers, support staff and administrators called in sick Wednesday and Thursday to protect others from the virus, a teacher at the school said.
Police are looking for the person who casually shoved an elderly woman to the ground in Oakland's Chinatown in an assault captured on a surveillance camera, and are also looking for the victim.
Oakland City Councilmembers Dan Kalb, Noel Gallo and Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban so-called "ghost guns" and unfinished gun parts.
Officials at the Oakland School for the Arts announced Tuesday they were cancelling classes for the remainder of the week because a shortage of teachers caused by positive COVID cases and quarantines in the wake of exposure to the virus.
Better Bay Area air quality and greater safety are the aims of a new voluntary queuing system for container vessels calling on the Port of Oakland, according to three shipping groups.
A group of Oakland Unified high school students are threatening to walk off campuses if the school district doesn't provide more COVID protections or return to online learning.
A planned sickout by teachers in Oakland led to the East Bay district shutting down a dozen schools on Friday, according to Oakland Unified officials.
Amy Schneider continued to break "Jeopardy!" records with her 28th victory on Friday night, becoming the first woman in the show's history to win more than $1 million in cumulative prize money.
A public memorial service for the late John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach of the former Oakland Raiders and legendary broadcaster, has been set for Feb. 15, according to the National Football League.
Most Students Rising Above scholars build their success through hard work and determination, and Malia Johnson is doing that and more.
An Oakland man is dead following a shooting Thursday evening near a school in East Oakland, police said.
The Oakland Unified School District warned parents Thursday that some teachers may stage what they described as an "illegal sickout" on Friday, as school districts across the Bay Area face staffing shortages during the COVID-19 omicron surge.
The Alameda County Deputy Sheriff's Association on Thursday announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the death of recruit David Nguyen, who died in an Oakland freeway shooting Tuesday.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department recruit who was fatally shot in the latest deadly freeway shooting in the Bay Area has been identified as 28-year-old San Francisco resident David Nguyen.
Investigators discovered a body inside a burned vehicle in East Oakland early Wednesday morning, police said.
Authorities on Tuesday night confirmed a fatal freeway shooting and crash that closed all lanes on the westbound I-580 connector ramp to I-80 in Oakland took the life of an Alameda County Sheriff's Department recruit.
Oakland resident and reigning "Jeopardy!" game show champ Amy Schneider was robbed Sunday, she said in a recent Twitter post.
Officials at the Oakland Unified School District credited a COVID-19 mass testing effort over the holidays in helping find nearly 1,000 cases among students and staff before classes resumed Monday.
Police in Oakland announced Tuesday they have arrested suspects in connection with the city's first two homicides of 2022.
The Webster Tube, which carries one-way traffic from Oakland to Alameda, will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Naturalists said this week that they expect wild mushrooms to grow in abundance around local parks in the East Bay, fueled by recent rainfall.
