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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.
A man is in stable condition after he was shot in the 900 block of Adeline Street and then drove himself to the hospital.
Police have arrested a 25-year-old Oakland man in connection with a shooting that occurred in the city early Saturday morning.
David DeJesus and Ryan Sweeney each drove in two runs, Hideki Matsui doubled three times and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners with an 8-3 victory Sunday.
Oakland police are searching for two suspects in a shooting that sent one person to the hospital Saturday evening, police said.
Pot smokers were invited to light up outside Oakland City Hall at the International Cannabis & Hemp Expo.
A victim with multiple gunshot wounds drove about four block to an Oakland police substation before he was taken to a hospital Saturday morning, an Oakland police officer said.
A crash involving two big-rig trucks closed lanes of a connector ramp leading to the Bay Bridge for about four hours Friday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Bay Area local and Grammy award-winner, Billy Joe Armstrong of the band Green Day, became part of growing list of individuals airport security refused service...
An emotionally-disturbed man was taken into custody Friday morning after barricading himself inside an Oakland home with a shotgun, a police spokeswoman said.
Pot smokers were invited to light up outside City Hall for this weekend's marijuana street fair.
Berkeley police said as many as 74 vehicles had their tires damaged in what appears to be a slashing spree Tuesday night or Wednesday morning in South Berkeley and in parts of Oakland.
When Oakland Native Nyeisha DeWitt wanted to do something to help young people achieve in her community, she didn't have to look far.
Criminal activity near three different Oakland schools prompted lockdowns two days in a row just as the new school starts.
Students at an Oakland elementary school that was on lockdown for several hours because of a nearby police standoff were being allowed to go home Tuesday afternoon.
The bright orange catwalks leading to the tower on the Bay Bridge's new eastern span were illuminated Monday, giving residents a sneak preview of what the bridge will look like when it is completed in 2013.
Two suspects are in custody and two others remain at large following an armed carjacking Monday in West Oakland neighborhood and then an officer-involved shooting in East Oakland.
A brand new elementary school with a different philosophy held its first day of classes in Oakland Monday.
An Oakland man was shot and killed in front of his 6-year-old son during an attempted robbery, according to police.
It was that kind of night for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints, who once again used a trip to Oakland to tune up for the regular season.
