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Following reports that the Oakland Police Department will divide patrolling the city into five districts from the previous two, Chief Howard Jordan announced police commanders will be more accountable as part of a new community policing strategy.
Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer off Jered Weaver in the first inning, Luke Montz and Yoenis Cespedes each had two-run drives in the second off the Angels' ace and an Oakland Athletics split squad blew a big lead before rallying for a 13-13 tie with Los Angeles on Saturday.
Police say activists protesting capitalism broke windows and vandalized ATMs at several banks in downtown Oakland.
One person was injured in a shooting in East Oakland early Saturday morning
Alleged members and associates of an Oakland gang that Police Chief Howard Jordan said is probably the most violent group of young people he's seen were arraigned earlier this week on a variety of charges, including conspiracy to commit murder.
A man was arrested by Alameda County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday evening after he tried to evade them by swimming away in the Oakland Estuary.
While the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open to traffic in September, the work needed to take down the old roadway is expected to take years. Environmental restrictions mean the structure will have to be carefully taken apart in sections.
A lawyer for a man who claims he was wrongly put on the Oakland Police Department's "Most Wanted" list for six months in 2012 called the incident "an egregious and scandalous error."
A 13-year-old boy who was shot in East Oakland Tuesday morning is being treated at a local hospital for a serious gunshot wound, police said.
An Oakland man who spent 14 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl has had his conviction overturned based on new DNA evidence.
While low approval ratings plague Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, it doesn't appear she'll be going anywhere. Meanwhile, San Francisco's Mayor Ed Lee is leading his city in a period of rapid expansion.
Crews poured concrete for the final deck section of the new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, marking a major milestone in the new bridge's completion. Transportation officials said the massive concrete pour was more than two years in the making.
Oakland police joined forces with state and federal agencies to arrest several suspected violent offenders in a crime sweep Friday morning, a police spokeswoman said.
A San Jose man pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to a charge alleging that he attempted to detonate a car bomb at an Oakland bank last month in order to spark a civil war.
A U.S. Airways passenger was arrested at the Oakland International Airport Thursday after security agents found 67 pounds of marijuana in his bag, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.
Shares of Internet radio pioneer Pandora Media Inc. shot up on Thursday after the company said CEO Joseph Kennedy is stepping down and it reported a narrower loss and higher revenue in the fourth quarter than analysts expected.
An 18-year-old Oakland youth will likely face a sentence of life in state prison after being convicted of one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder for a shooting three years ago that left one teen dead and two others wounded.
Police expert William Bratton said Wednesday that he thinks fighting Oakland's crime problem is "a very winnable situation."
A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that surveillance videos and witness accounts will prove that George Huggins is guilty of murdering a Virginia man in downtown Oakland in 2010 while the victim was visiting the Bay Area for a job interview at Google.
At 13 percent, Oakland's unemployment rate is far above the state and national average but, a series of classes at Oakland and Berkeley's public libraries is helping those looking for work tap into the hidden job market.
The town of Piedmont is hoping to curb crime by putting cameras at all points of entry into the small city.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and civil rights attorney John Burris on Tuesday both welcomed the appointment of police expert Thomas Frazier to oversee long-overdue court-ordered reforms of the Oakland Police Department.
A suspect has been arrested and a stolen Gold Rush-era jewelry box recovered after the historic artifact was taken from the Oakland Museum of California in January, museum officials said Tuesday.
An assault rifle stolen from an unmarked San Francisco police car has been recovered in Oakland, according to police.
