Since Saturday, there have been five shooting deaths on Oakland streets.
Detectives were investigating three shooting deaths over a 12-hour period from late Saturday night through midday Sunday.
The City of Oakland is moved forward Thursday night with selecting a new police chief.
A woman is shot in a vehicle; accused mail thief arrested; fire at regional park quickly halted; a jail inmate is found dead in his cell.
U.S. Attorney David Anderson and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Rafael Nuñez announced the verdict on Wednesday afte ...
Chase ends in fatal jump, senior goes missing for 24+ hours, $409K drug device, PPP fraud & more police & fire news this week from the area.
“We’ve increased our officers walking in the community, doing neighborhood patrols,” said Oakland Police Deputy Chief Leronne Armstrong.
Especially concerning is the use of fireworks in the hills, with wildfire danger sky-high.
With the help of firefighters using heavy equipment, police broke open a safe and seized valuables, drugs and cash.
The victim was 56 years old. Police provided no information about what led to the shooting.
“We are seeing a major spike in gun crime and shootings in many of our major cities in this quarter."
The condition of the three wounded victims was not known and the identity of the victim who died has had not been released.
The planned changes follow a grand jury’s findings that police dispatchers are overworked and the center is short-staffed and underfunded.
"It's only a matter of time until the virus gets into Santa Rita and other jails," said Derick Almena's defense lawyer, arguing for release.
An epidemic of murders in Oakland, California, has claimed hundreds of lives in the past decade.
Christopher Damon Newton, 26, of Oakland had five felony warrants for his arrest involving thefts at yoga studios across the Bay Area.
Two arrested in Halloween shooting while other suspects released, cold-case arrest and other police & fire news this week from the area.
Eighteen-year-old Nia Wilson was stabbed to death last year at the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.
He was forced to drive to an ATM to withdraw cash, police say, then he was let out in Berkeley and his vehicle stolen.
An accused plant thief is arrested; and police need help identifying a hit-and-run pickup that injured a pedestrian, shown in the photo.
Parents in one city are warned about a teen starting sexual conversations with little kids at a park; police chase 3 accused bank robbers.
The shooting was reported shortly before 9 p.m.
Plus, police need help identifying a suspect; a child molestation suspect is found dead in jail; and an accused bank robber is arrested.
The suspect was tased by BART police, subdued with a wrap-device, and taken into custody.
Police respond to a report of a dead bat — it tests positive for rabies; and store thieves are arrested.
Residents without power should be ready to survive 5 days without electricity.
Oakland is on the list of Alameda County cities expected to have power shut off. See a map of the potential impact area.
School hit-and-run, burglar in the house, cyclist killed, abducted infant, jewelry scam and other stories from police precincts in East Bay.
Suspects crashed their car while trying to flee the scene when witnesses intervened, police said.
The Alameda County coroner's bureau has released the name of a woman who was killed a vehicle collision Tuesday morning in Oakland.
A motorcyclist is thrown from a bridge; one neighborhood installs license plate readers; a marijuana dispensary burglary; driveway carjack.
They graduated from the Basic Recruit Academy on Friday.
A 3-year-old is the victim of a sex crime, police say; a warning about SUV privacy screens over cargo areas; police officer signing bonus.
The man's name has not been released.
The crime happened at a gas station on Grand Avenue, north of Lake Merritt.
Local firefighters on NorCal fire lines; police release photos of two crimes in progress — can you ID the suspects?
Crashes snarl freeways; firefighter helmet cam video; help police by identifying suspects in photos; Ghost Ship trial's stunning end.
Oakland Police and dozens of other agencies participated in the take-down.
She was a mother of 5 and a businesswoman.
Eight East Bay residents were identified this week as crash victims; BART Police arrest 2 alleged carjackers; and multiple sex crimes cases.