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Engineers say the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would be able to handle a large earthquake much better than its aging counterpart which was damaged by the Loma Prieta temblor in 1989.
A vehicle struck a fire hydrant and then fled the scene in East Oakland Friday morning, according to fire officials.
A judge today granted a temporary restraining order that allows an Oakland charter school that has high-achieving students but allegedly engaged in financial improprieties to keep operating for now.
Adam Rosales hit a two-out homer in the top of the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics had a season high four home runs in a 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.
Piedmont residents, concerned about the uptick in burglaries in adjacent Oakland, will have cameras installed to keep track of every car coming into the town.
While the youth unemployment rate is around 17 percent, there are some programs in the Bay Area helping young people get a job this summer.
PG&E is investigating the possibility that copper thieves were to blame for a power outage in Oakland's Fruitvale District on Tuesday night. Meanwhile a fallen tree in San Francisco has caused an outage for residents there.
Oakland firefighters controlled a two-alarm blaze at a Victorian house near Seventh and Harrison streets, a fire dispatcher said.
Oakland police are seeking a suspect believed to be responsible for a series of serious crimes in a 74-minute period late Tuesday morning.
Starting Saturday, Oakland will take a big step towards fully implementing its neighborhood policing plan by assigning officers to one of five newly identified districts in the city.
The Oakland Police Department headquarters were closed to the public Tuesday after overnight flooding, a police officer said.
One person was killed and another person was injured in a crash and shooting in East Oakland late Monday night, according to police and fire officials.
A teenager who was killed in a shooting on International Boulevard in East Oakland on Sunday afternoon has been identified as a 17-year-old Oakland boy, a police spokeswoman said.
Oakland police interim Chief Sean Whent and community partners held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce strategies to address sideshow activity in the city.
An unrepentant Oakland man who claims that he is innocent was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murdering a Virginia man who had come to the Bay Area for a job interview at Google three years ago.
Kidd won an NBA title and two Olympic gold medals, is second on the career list in assists and steals, and was a 10-time All-Star. But he struggled badly in the playoffs for the Knicks shortly after turning 40 and decided to walk away with two years and more than $6 million left on the deal he signed last summer.
Police in Oakland were investigating a shooting that injured three people Monday morning, an officer said.
Police were called to an early morning shooting at a side show near 106th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland.
Four people were shot in two separate shootings in Oakland Saturday morning.
A man was sentenced Friday to 91 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting another man in Oakland who he claimed had been stalking his sister.
A federal crime task force conducted parole and probation compliance checks at a public housing complex in West Oakland Friday morning, a FBI spokesman said.
A $7.6 million youth center five years in the making may close before it has a chance to open. While the West Oakland facility is almost finished, the city is having problems finding the money to run it.
A fire at an East Oakland transmission shop is now under control, according to the Oakland Fire Department.
Firefighters battled a one-alarm fire at a marijuana grow site inside a warehouse in East Oakland Thursday morning, fire officials said.
Jack Vance, an award-winning mystery, fantasy and science fiction author who wrote more than 60 books, has died. He was 96...
