Chainsaw-Wielding Tree Trimmer Helps Nab Oakland Carjacking Suspect
An East Bay tree-trimmer is being credited with helping police nab a suspected carjacker Tuesday using his wits, and a chainsaw.
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An East Bay tree-trimmer is being credited with helping police nab a suspected carjacker Tuesday using his wits, and a chainsaw.
The city of San Leandro and its police department are being sued in federal court for allegedly targeting gay men in a sting operation at the local marina.
A Target pharmacy employee who works at store locations in Alameda County handled medications after being infected with hepatitis A by tainted berries sold at Costco stores, health officials said Wednesday.
Police were seeking the public's help in locating four suspects wanted in connection with a residential robbery in San Leandro Sunday night.
Police in San Leandro are working to identify a suspect who fired shots in a Costco parking lot Sunday afternoon.
The state-of-the-art REACH Ashland Youth Center celebrated its grand opening Wednesday afternoon after a decade-long, youth-driven effort to improve the neighborhood.
A San Leandro mother has been convicted of second-degree murder for the death of her 8-year-old disabled daughter two years ago in what authorities believe was an attempted murder-suicide.
A fire that destroyed six portable units on San Leandro Unified School District property early Friday morning is considered suspicious, a fire department spokeswoman said.
Police were investigating two home robberies that occurred in San Leandro this week, police said.
A massive raid in which about 300 law enforcement officers targeted a gang operating out of the Acorn housing project in West Oakland resulted in the arrest of five suspects on gun and drug charges.
For the second time in a week, police arrested a parent for leaving children unattended in a car at San Leandro's Marina Square Shopping Center.
A $20,000 reward was being offered for information leading to the conviction of two men who have conducted a series of armed robberies in San Leandro since the beginning of the year, according to police.
A two-year-old is recovering from surgery for a broken neck suffered in a freeway accident allegedly caused by an illegal sideshow last month.
A second suspect has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the January fatal shooting of an innocent bystander outside the Bay Fair BART station in San Leandro, authorities said Tuesdsay.
Halus, a company that installs refurbished windmills for the purpose of generating electricity, has proposed erecting a 100 ft. tall windmill roughly 500 ft. from the boundary of Heron Bay.
Police are searching for a male suspect who assaulted and attempted to abduct a 7-year-old student at an elementary school in San Leandro.
An Alameda man was shot and killed in San Leandro Friday night by suspects attempting to rob the man's mother-in-law.
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A suspect wanted by San Leandro police for an incident involving a fight with an officer on Valentine's Day was arrested in Hayward Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
A 2.6 magnitude quake struck the East Bay Saturday afternoon.
Police are still searching for one of the suspects in a fatal shooting at the Bay Fair BART station last month, who they say should be considered armed and dangerous.
A young man was fatally shot in an unincorporated Alameda County near San Leandro Wednesday night, Sheriff's deputies said.
A man perished in a San Leandro house fire early Wednesday morning, according to an Alameda County Fire Department spokeswoman.
The Bay Fair BART station has been completely reopened following a shooting that killed one person and injured another Saturday afternoon.
Police are searching for two armed suspects who robbed a Home Depot store in San Leandro Tuesday evening.
