Severe Northwest Weather Strands Bay Area Travelers
Freezing rain in the Northwest was stranding some travelers trying to fly between the Bay Area and Seattle Thursday.
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Freezing rain in the Northwest was stranding some travelers trying to fly between the Bay Area and Seattle Thursday.
A 14-year-old Oakland boy was charged Wednesday with four felony counts for allegedly robbing and sexually assaulting two 28-year-old women.
The city of Oakland issued layoff notices Wednesday to 2,500 employees to cope with the state's decision to eliminate redevelopment agencies statewide.
City officials say they've stepped up enforcement in a 100 block area in west and east Oakland, where they say 92 percent of the crime in the city takes place. There will be intensive enforcement for three months, and then it will be reevaluated.
A teenage boy suspected in a pair of sexual assaults earlier this month has been arrested, according to Oakland Police.
A woman was assaulted during a confrontation with fellow BART passengers while getting on a train at the Coliseum/Oakland Airport station Tuesday morning, a BART police spokeswoman said.
The upper deck of the Bay Bridge will be closed over Presidents Day weekend to make way for construction, bridge officials announced Tuesday.
A man was injured in a shooting in Oakland Monday afternoon.
One victim was injured in an Oakland shooting Sunday night, an Oakland police officer said.
Police have identified the suspect as 14-year-old Brionn Glasper and consider him armed and dangerous.
One victim was injured in an Oakland shooting early Saturday morning, police said.
City spokeswoman Karen Boyd said the notices will go to employees in every city department except for employees in the police and fire departments, whose contracts bar them from being laid off.
Twelve Bay Area schools have been nominated to the 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, according to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
Commissioner Bud Selig says Major League Baseball is working "at a rather quick pace" to resolve the proposed move the Oakland Athletics to a proposed new ballpark in San Jose.
An Oakland police officer was suspended and his superior demoted for failing to report the blocking of his name badge with tape during an Occupy Oakland protest. The video was posted on YouTube.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers has announced they have postponed their upcoming U.S. tour over a crushed bone in Anthony Kiedis's right foot...
New Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie on Tuesday continued the football team's tradition of firing its head coaches by dismissing Hue Jackson after Jackson had held the job for only one year.
A man walking across an Oakland street was struck and killed by a car that fled the scene late Monday night, an Oakland police officer said.
A man was shot during a robbery in East Oakland Saturday evening, but his injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
The New York Times ranked Oakland among the top 45 places to visit in 2012.
A Chicago man was arrested at Oakland International Airport Friday after security employees found a knife in his carry-on luggage.
Mourners overflowed St. Elizabeth Church in Oakland for the funeral of Gabriel Martinez Jr., the five-year-old shot and killed near his parents' taco truck on International Boulevard last week.
At least 60 birds were killed in a fire in a home near Lake Merritt in Oakland Thursday evening, a fire battalion chief said.
Police said a 19-year-old Oakland man was shot and killed Wednesday night, making him the city's first homicide of the year.
Oakland City Hall was shut down Thursday afternoon, after two dozen Occupy Oakland protesters tried to storm the building.
