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A man in his 20s was robbed by a group of armed men and teens while walking near UC Berkeley early Friday morning, authorities said. The incident happened at 2:20 a.m. on Bancroft Way, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. "The suspects threatened the man with handguns and took his property," BPD...

Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has ended her campaign to become state treasurer and endorsed Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis for the role. Schaaf had a fraction of the campaign funds of Kounalakis.

Four teenagers are in custody after an elderly man was robbed and beaten near a shopping center in Walnut Creek on Aug. 7, according to police.

In the 1960s, Alameda County and the city of Hayward forcibly displaced more than 1,000 mostly Black and Latino residents living in a 12-block unincorporated area called Russell City to make way for an industrial park. Now, the city and county have approved reparations for former residents whose homes were seized by...

Mayor Lee said she was motivated to streamline permitting because she had experienced “firsthand how frustrating it can be to navigate city processes.”

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the appointment of seven new Superior Court judges in three Bay Area counties, including Alameda, San Mateo and Santa Clara.

HAYWARD, CA — Police recently arrested a freeway shooting suspect found hanging out at a. Rony D. Murcia-Castillo, 39, of Hayward, is suspected of committing a shooting that. happened on Interstate 880 in Hayward. “Detectives identified Murcia-Castillo as a suspect in a shooting that occurred May 26,”. California...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - The mother of a teenage boy killed at Santana Row in San Jose on Valentine's Day is now suing the high-end shopping mall and its security for $10 million. The Mercury News reports that Veronica Gutierrez filed a lawsuit this week in Santa Clara County Superior Court that accuses the security guard...

Months after the former Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed man was released early from prison, a judge declined to reduce his punishment again. Andrew Hall, who was convicted in 2021 of assault for fatally shooting Laudemer Arboleda, was denied early release from his parole on Thursday.

The Walnut Creek Police Department received a 911 call for a rattlesnake found in a kitchen cabinet on Aug. 2.