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An Oakland man is headed to jail for recycling fraud, according to CalRecycle, the state department charged with improving conservation through recycling and waste management.
For the second consecutive year, a Washington Post survey of the most difficult high schools in America reveals that a small Oakland public charter school the most challenging institution for young minds.
After parts of the Bay Area experienced their warmest day in almost six months, expect the warming trend to peak on Tuesday before conditions return to springtime averages.
When people are forced to move they are heavily stressed. That's the finding in a new report co-authored by the Alameda County Health Department on the possible downsides of new money coming into old neighborhoods.
After another weird week in a season full of drama, the Golden State Warriors figured winning was the best way to quiet the growing chatter surrounding coach Mark Jackson's job.
Reigning AL saves leader Jim Johnson struck out two and closed it out this time after losing back-to-back outings to begin with his new team, sealing the Oakland Athletics' 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
Forty-seven new officers joined the Oakland Police Department on Friday in a graduation ceremony for what the department said was the largest recruiting class in its history.
An Oakland man was sentenced Friday to 40 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting a man who stole his brother's truck two years ago.
Oakland may be a step closer to biding farewell to its last remaining major downtown retailer. However, a deal to redevelop the old Sears building in Uptown into housing, a hotel and various retail outlets has fallen through.
A fire that burned a two-story house used as administrative offices for Children's Hospital in Oakland is being investigated as arson, a fire battalion chief said.
Bay Area home prices are increasingly unaffordable, and a change in mortgage rates could dramatically worsen the crisis.
A suspicious fire overnight Friday raged through a converted two-story home used as an administrative office of Children's Hospital in Oakland.
Oakland is hoping to shed its shady image by launching a public relations campaign to attract tourists.
An East Bay high school is under scrutiny over plans to move to a location that could put kids in close contact with parolees and possibly sex offenders.
A motorcyclist performing wheelies and speeding at more than 100 mph was arrested in Oakland on Wednesday after officers aboard a California Highway Patrol airplane videotaped the reckless driving and followed him home, a CHP officer said Thursday.
An East Bay grandmother hasn't slowed down in her retirement. In fact, she rolled up her sleeves to save a little known slice of Oakland history.
One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in East Oakland late Tuesday night and the suspect remains at large.
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a 6-year-old girl near an Oakland elementary school on Friday.
There is a strong possibility of thunderstorms—and possibly lightning—for the Bay Area Tuesday afternoon, a spokesman for the National Weather Service said.
A flight arriving in Oakland Monday afternoon was struck by lightning in its approach to the Bay Area, but was undamaged and no one onboard was injured, an airline spokeswoman said.
Camera equipment was stolen from a KTVU news van in Oakland over the weekend.
An Oakland police vehicle hit a man walking in downtown Oakland near Police Headquarters shortly after noon on Monday, according to police.
Thunderclaps echo through Bay Area, with Twitter helping track the storms. The Oakland A's game is still on, but wet weather is likely to impact play.
Oakland Police Department says a 17-year-old is dead and a 22-year-old is recovering from a gunshot wound to his leg in a pair of shootings early Monday.
The start of the 2014 Major League Baseball season marks five years since the league began looking into the possibility of allowing the Oakland A's to relocate to San Jose.
