Hayward CA

OAKLAND, Calif. - A large law enforcement response unfolded in a West Oakland neighborhood Thursday afternoon. What we know: — California Highway Patrol officers and Oakland police were seen near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and 26th Street. Investigation details unclear. What we don't know:....

A viral social-media trend called the “Door Kick Challenge” is gaining momentum here, and Alameda Police Department (APD) is asking parents to talk to their kids about it. The so-called “challenge” involves aggressively kicking or banging on a front door to a residence to make it sound like a home invasion and then...

Dave & Buster’s is gearing up to light up Jack London Square this spring, bringing its combo of arcade games, sports bar energy and full-service restaurant fare to Oakland’s waterfront. The multi-level venue is moving into the long-vacant building at 55 Harrison Street, where construction crews are already at work....

OAKLAND, Calif. - Nine people were hospitalized on Thursday night after a car crashed into an AC Transit bus in Oakland. AC Transit Media Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Manager Robert Lyles told KTVU that the crash occurred just before 6:30 p.m. near International Boulevard and 80th Avenue. A preliminary...

A 55-year-old man is accused of killing his wife, their two children and his in-laws at the family’s home in Alameda. His wife’s uncle offered a possible motive during a preliminary hearing.

A minor earthquake in the middle of the night is often more about adrenaline than structural damage, and that was the case when a 3.1 m jolt shook the San Francisco South Bay, startling residents out of sleep and sending a quick wave of anxiety through neighborhoods from the valley floor to the foothills. The […]

We all know the Emergency Room is the last place you want to be. Especially now. Yesterday, I saw an ambulance parked down the street at the Millers'. Later, I found out Bob had the flu, but complications set in. He waited 9 hours just to see a doctor because the waiting room was packed wall-to-wall.

Doctors and nurses said layoffs of 4% of Alameda Health System’s workforce due to major Medicaid cuts are already causing delayed care and unsafe conditions at the county’s safety-net hospitals.

Valero Refining Co. will begin laying off hundreds of workers at its Benicia refinery this spring.

You see it every day. You've probably walked around it 100 times. But there are tons of interesting things about the Lafayette Reservoir you probably didn't know. 1) It was built as an emergency backup water supply (and it can be "off duty" for drinking water)