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In a series of bizarre ramblings from the witness stand, John Lee Cowell, who is accused of stabbing to death Nia Wilson on the MacArthur BART station platform, told jurors he hears voices from alien technology implanted in his ear.
An Oakland teenager has been arrested after he allegedly ran over a woman with his Honda Accord on a San Francisco street early Tuesday morning following an altercation, authorities said.
Tears flowed in an Oakland courtroom as Nia Wilson's sisters took the stand to emotionally describe for jurors the struggle to save the dying 18-year-old's life on the MacArthur BART station platform.
On Monday, BART riders got to meet representatives with the transit agency's new "ambassador" program that is aimed at improving security.
One person was killed and another taken to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation early Monday in a fire that damaged two homes in Oakland, authorities said.
Two juveniles were arrested after a police chase through Benicia and Martinez Friday night, both suspects in an armed robbery and carjacking in Vallejo
Oakland police sought the public's help Friday as they try to solve the mystery of who gunned down Edward Childress and Larry D. Lovette in pair of January 2013 fatal shootings.
A former BART police officer testified Thursday how he unsuccessfully tried to save the life of 18-year-old Nia Wilson after she was stabbed on the platform of the MacArthur BART station in Oakland in 2018.
Bullets riddled the red Chevrolet Cavalier. The driver side window was shattered and the flurry of shots left four bullet holes in the side of the car. Miraculously, the driver escaped with just a case of shattered nerves.
Authorities in Oakland late Wednesday night were investigating a shooting on the 23rd Avenue on-ramp to I-880 that temporarily closed the northbound lanes of the freeway.
Hours after President Trump was acquitted in the senate impeachment trial, protesters took to the streets across the Bay Area, from San Jose to Oakland to San Francisco.
A man driving a stolen car was arrested Wednesday in Oakland after police found him sleeping in the car with a loaded gun on his lap, police said.
An 18-year-old student was charged with special circumstances murder on Monday for his role in the death of a man who tried to get back his laptop computer, which was stolen while he worked in a coffee shop in Oakland's Montclair district last month.
All lanes on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland after being closed following a collision involving a big-rig early Monday morning, California Highway Patrol official said.
Oakland police announced the arrest of a third suspect in the killing of a man who had his laptop stolen while he sat in a coffee shop and who died when he injured chasing the robbers.
The attorney for Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena said on Friday that he and Almena are ready for a second trial on 36 involuntary manslaughter charges for a fire at the Oakland building in 2016 that killed 36 people.
Could trailers be a new temporary fix for California's growing homelessness crisis? Some people tell KPIX one local company offered them deals that were too good to be true.
A man died when an Amtrak train collided with his vehicle Wednesday night in East Oakland, Oakland fire officials said.
The new executive director of the Port of Oakland believes the proposed new Oakland A's baseball stadium can be compatible with the port's maritime operations despite concerns raised by union and business leaders.
Three Oakland sisters have been charged with running a retail theft ring that involved selling more than $300,000 worth of merchandise that had been stolen from stores at the Southland Mall and elsewhere
A man is in critical condition at a hospital after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Oakland's Chinatown district on Wednesday morning, police said.
Oakland police officers were searching Wednesday for driver who struck a pedestrian at 7th Street and Webster Street during the morning commute.
The city of Oakland opened its seventh community cabin site Thursday for those who live in the Chinatown and Jack London neighborhoods.
A passenger in a car traveling on Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland is in critical condition Monday after being shot in an incident being described as a targeted shooting.
A big-rig truck carrying 16,000 pounds of avocados overturned on state Highway 13 in Oakland Sunday night, and both northbound lanes of the freeway are expected to be closed until at least 11 p.m., the CHP said.
