Volunteers Pick Up Half-Ton Of Trash From Oakland Shores
Dozens of volunteers pitched in Saturday morning to scrub Oakland's coastline of trash in honor of California Coastal Cleanup Day, according to event organizers.
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Dozens of volunteers pitched in Saturday morning to scrub Oakland's coastline of trash in honor of California Coastal Cleanup Day, according to event organizers.
Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski has been charged with misdemeanor battery and false imprisonment in connection with the alleged assault of a woman in Contra Costa County last year.
A 14-year-old Oakland high school student has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and robbery for allegedly causing the death of a store owner in a violent confrontation over two bottles of vodka.
A new report indicates that the total loss in Oakland home values driven by the foreclosure crisis could reach $12 billion by the end of next year.
California's controversial high speed rail project, which lost congressional and legislative support after costs skyrocketed, still has the support of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
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Assembly Bill 57, authored by Assemblyman Jim Beall, would give San Jose and Oakland seats on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a woman who was severely injured when she was struck by one of the agency's buses.
The recent one-year anniversary of Taste of Denmark on Telegraph Ave. brought out a band and even Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.
Two pleaded not guilty Monday to special circumstances murder charges for allegedly beating a 21-year-old Union City woman to death two months ago and then setting her body on fire in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood.
The suspected gunman and the suspected driver in the drive-by shooting death of 3-year-old Carlos Nava in East Oakland on Aug. 8 both pleaded not guilty Monday.
A prosecutor told jurors in an Alameda County murder trial Monday that defendant Pierre Rushing fatally shot another man outside an East Oakland burger restaurant five months ago because he thought the man had stolen his iPod.
Two men were sentenced to lengthy prison terms Monday after being convicted of kidnapping and carjacking for an attack on a couple in Oakland's Montclair District in 1994 -- a cold case that was solved using DNA evidence.
Two suspects in an Oakland shooting were taken into custody by police after a California Highway Patrol pursuit Monday morning, an Oakland police officer said.
Homicide detectives are conducting an investigation after Oakland firefighters discovered two bodies burning in a blaze at a two-storey building early Sunday morning
Officials at an Oakland's children's museum say complaints have prompted them to cancel a planned exhibit of drawings by Palestinian children showing how they saw the Israeli assault during the 2008-09 Gaza conflict.
A man was found shot in Oakland Friday night and later died at the hospital, Oakland police said.
A suspect who held hostages overnight at an Emeryville office supply store in a botched attempt to rob the store was taken into custody Saturday morning, an Oakland police officer said.
A robbery call came in to Oakland police at 9:30 p.m. Police arrived and were told that an armed man was likely still inside the store with store employees.
A man is being sought in the armed robbery of a Safeway grocery store cashier, Oakland police said.
Oakland residents have been dropping more and more complaints with the city about what the Lake Merritt geese leave behind. More residents have been crying fowl since improvements around the lake started bringing more people down to the waterfront three years ago.
The Kansas City Royals scored five times in the ninth inning to beat the Athletics 11-6 on Monday.
The bright lights and national television audience that comes from a prime-time game seems to bring out the worst in the Oakland Raiders.
