One person killed overnight in Oakland
Oakland police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead on a busy commercial corridor Wednesday night.
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Oakland police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead on a busy commercial corridor Wednesday night.
Eastbound lanes on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel were blocked for part of the Wednesday evening commute after a vehicle fire in one of the bores.
A local parents' group said they'd seen the data showing how students are doing academically, and they don't like what it shows.
An Oakland business owner said she is optimistic that recovery is on the way, with Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee set to take office.
Big changes could be coming to Oakland schools with some consequential votes happening at Wednesday’s board meeting. Meanwhile, families are staging a protest as new data shows students not making the grade. John Ramos reports.
Eastbound traffic on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel has been halted Wednesday afternoon, as crews respond to a vehicle fire. Michael Hunt of the Oakland Fire Department provides an update to CBS News Bay Area reporter Ryan Yamamoto.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced that three Bay Area locations will be open on Saturday, May 3, ahead of the looming federal enforcement deadline for Real ID.
Votes are still being counted, but with her closest competitor having conceded, Barbara Lee is now considered the mayor-elect of Oakland.
Former Rep. Barbara Lee represented Oakland in Congress from 1998 until stepping down in January.
As the latest results of the mayor's race came out late Friday afternoon, District 7 Councilmember Ken Houston texted to congratulate former Congresswoman Barbara Lee.
It's not a wine bar and it's not a cocktail lounge. But what's happening in the back of this Oakland space still goes straight to your head.
Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has pulled ahead in the Oakland mayor's race. She now has a commanding lead against Loren Taylor.
A Bay Area woman who was convicted for running an on-demand delivery service for controlled substances has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Former Oakland city councilmember Loren Taylor has a slim lead over former Rep. Barbara Lee following Tuesday's special election for the city's mayor. But with ballots remaining uncounted and with ranked-choice voting being used, a winner has not been declared.
Oakland's Measure A, a half-cent sales tax proposal, was ahead in early returns Tuesday night with about 64 percent of voters approving it.
Loren Taylor was ahead of the nine other candidates on the ballot with nearly 49 percent of the vote in the first round of ranked-choice voting as of about 8:15 p.m.
Ranked choice voting has been used in Oakland since 2010, and it's led to some pretty interesting results.
A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city's Chinatown.
A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland Tuesday for stepping in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city’s Chinatown. Kara. St. Cyr reports.
Tuesday’s special election to decide the next mayor of Oakland will be decided under the ranked-choice voting system, which has led to surprising results in previous mayor’s races. John Ramos reports.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday that the Oakland Coliseum office may be closed for several months, due to damage caused by metal thieves.
Despite the high stakes, the Alameda County Deputy Registrar says less than 20% of voters had returned their ballots so far.
As Californians rush to get their Real IDs before next month’s deadline, the Department of Motor Vehicles branch near the Oakland Coliseum was closed Monday after copper thieves caused damage to the building. Kara St. Cyr reports.
With just days remaining before Tuesday's special election, Oakland mayoral candidates Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor spent the weekend canvassing neighborhoods across the city, urging residents to turn in their ballots amid what officials are calling alarmingly low voter turnout.
On Tuesday, Oakland voters will head to the polls to elect a new mayor following a recent recall — but the high-stakes mayoral race isn't the only item on the special election ballot.
