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When Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced that she would proclaim Thursday, April 9, as “100 Black Men of the Bay Area Day,” the organization’s board chairman and owner of D. Monaghan’s on the Hill, Danny Lee Williams knew he wanted to mark the historic moment with fanfare his community could share.

The search has intensified for an Oakland mother and business owner who has been missing for almost a month. Amy Hillyard, 52, was last seen leaving her home in Oakland on March 25. On Saturday, family, friends and volunteers hit the streets, renewing their search for her with goal of bringing her home.

Two RVs parked in Melrose caught fire Saturday night, sending a plume of smoke above East Oakland. About 20 firefighters responded, extinguishing the blaze around 7:35 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. - One person was killed and two others were critically injured in a shooting in the Millsmont neighborhood of Oakland on Saturday night. Oakland Fire Department units were sent about 8:20 p.m. to the 4800 block of 64th Avenue on reports of the shooting and found the victims wounded at the scene, the department told KTVU.

Three people were shot on the 6400 block of Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland on Saturday night, police said. Two of the victims died and the third is listed in critical condition.

The giant repair project Caltrans warned us about is here. A 1.6-mile stretch of the eastbound I-80 Bayshore Freeway is closed this weekend. Here's how drivers are coping.

Car theft in the Bay Area is not a background statistic that happens to other people. It is a daily reality that affects residents of Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and the surrounding communities at rates that consistently place Northern California among the most challenging vehicle theft environments in the United States. Oakland specifically has earned attention from law enforcement, insurance actuaries, and vehicle...

A blacksmith will transform the weapons, brought by Oakland community members, into garden tools.

A sideshow in Hayward consisting of about 60 cars early Saturday morning culminated in a participant crashing into a semi truck then abandoning it in the middle of an intersection. Hayward police were called to the area of Clawiter Road and Depot Road after receiving reports from the California Highway...

A Bay Area runner is preparing for her 40th consecutive Boston Marathon. “She shows what a human body is capable of,” said a Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology.