Person Dies In Suspicious Fire Outside Oakland Apartment Building
One person died in a suspected arson fire outside of an apartment building in East Oakland early Saturday morning.
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One person died in a suspected arson fire outside of an apartment building in East Oakland early Saturday morning.
Police said someone stuck a brick on the accelerator of a white SUV and let it go. The vehicle struck several parked cars before crashing into the garage of an Oakland home.
All lanes of westbound state Highway 24 in Oakland have reopened after a fatal crash blocked the roadway for more than an hour during Friday's morning commute, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A California man with delusions of joining the Taliban has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trying to blow up a bank with a car bomb he thought would go off but was actually made up of inert materials supplied by the FBI.
Passengers on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Oakland on Wednesday night became terrified when smoke suddenly filled the cabin after landing.
Two ex-convicts have been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an Alameda man in the parking lot of a Walmart store in East Oakland in December that police said took place during a marijuana deal.
A turf war is brewing between parents and dog owners in Oakland where dogs are being accused of being too rambunctious when they're off their leashes.
Skyline High School in Oakland was evacuated Tuesday morning after someone reported the smell of gas on campus.
Police in Oakland detained two people in connection with a shooting that took place near a McDonald's restaurant Sunday morning.
A man who spent nearly seven years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted for attempted murder is filing a civil rights suit against the city of Oakland, alleging he was maliciously prosecuted.
A violent fugitive from Montana spotted in several Bay Area cities last week was captured Friday night in Portland, Ore., an FBI spokesman said.
The increasingly raunchy antics of Miley Cyrus at her concerts may be prompting a backlash from concerned parents.
Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch pleaded no contest Thursday to a reckless driving charge and was sentenced to two years' probation to avoid a trial on misdemeanor DUI charges, his defense attorney said Friday.
A man was killed in a gun battle stemming from an argument on an AC Transit bus in East Oakland Thursday afternoon. The shooting was among several that took place in the area over a five-hour span.
Former Oakland A's pitcher Grant Balfour has a new team and a new ride, pulling up in a gargantuan behemoth of a black truck at spring training with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Lorde has made the shocking request that radio stations stop playing "Royals"
Oakland official have delayed a vote on hiring a contractor for a controversial surveillance system in the city.
A suspected car burglar led officers on a chase from San Leandro to Oakland on Monday night, according to police.
Two California Highway Patrol officers died Monday morning in a chain reaction crash on southbound highway 99, at Bethel Avenue near Kingsburg.
A burglary suspect was hospitalized after being shot Thursday by a private security guard trying to thwart a home burglary in the Oakland Hills.
A new co-working space has opened in Oakland, as there are continued concerns about the crime rate and increasing rent costs throughout the city.
The driver of a stolen U-Haul vehicle was taken into police custody after crashing into multiple vehicles near Highland Hospital in Oakland Thursday morning, a police spokesman said.
One person has died in a shooting in Oakland's Fruitvale District that injured a total of four people Wednesday night, police said.
The California Highway Patrol has deactivated an Amber Alert for two people believed carjacked and kidnapped by a knife-wielding man in Oakland. Police called that portion of Tuesday's incident unfounded and that the initial suspect and his two purported victims all knew one another.
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson announced in a report on Wednesday that he was removing Thomas C. Frazier from his post as compliance director.
