Illegal gambling operation busted in Alameda, 2 arrests made
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) — Police in Alameda broke up a suspected illegal gambling operation.Two people have been arrested. KRON4 spoke with people who live in the neighborhood where the bust took place. On Tuesday morning, Alameda police seized nearly 10 illegal slot machines, gaming tables, cash, drug paraphernalia,...
Suspects from Santa Clara and Sunnyvale Arrested in Fourth of July Attempted Homicide Case
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has apprehended two individuals in relation to an attempted homicide that took place on the Fourth of July, a day more commonly spent in celebration rather than recovery from violence. According to a social media post from the Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers Association,...
Livermore K9 Unit Detects Meth, Leading to Arrest of Oakland Man on Intent to...
This morning, Livermore's streets became the stage for a routine traffic stop that swiftly escalated into a narcotics bust. A post shared on social media by Livermore PD details an encounter involving their K9 Unit, Methamphetamine, and a sizable sum of money. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. near First Street...
Endangered missing 11-year-old girl last seen in Oakland found safe: officials
The CHP says as of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the missing 11-year-old girl last seen in Oakland has been located.
Baby girl born at Burning Man to mother who didn’t know she was pregnant
BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) - A registered nurse attending Burning Man happened to be in the right place at the right time to help a woman who unexpectedly gave birth. On the fourth day of Burning Man, Maureen O’Reilly was brewing coffee for her camp like she did every morning of the eight-day arts festival in Black Rock...
Bay Area woman leads birthday celebrations for people living in homeless shelters
A Peninsula woman has made it her mission to celebrate birthdays of shelter residents, making sure people living with homelessness are not forgotten while providing them hope for the future.
Your old FasTrak tag will soon expire. Here’s how to get a new one
Every gadget has an expiration date, including those FasTrak toll-paying tags that have carried motorists across Bay Area bridges for years.
3 Oakland armed robbery suspects injured after colliding with car while trying to get...
Three armed suspects who allegedly tried to rob a security guard in Oakland were injured after the car they were in crashed into another vehicle in Hayward while fleeing the scene of the crime, according to police.
Body found floating under CA bridge in 2003 posed mystery. Now man is identified
For more than two decades, the body of a man discovered floating in the water below a California bridge posed a mystery. Now, with the help of DNA testing, the body found in Oakland in September 2003 has been identified as Robert Craig Whitsett, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Sept. 2...
California’s Best Pizza is Just a Short Drive Through the Tunnel, Food Network Says
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY – If you’ve ever argued that the East Bay quietly punches above its weight in the pizza world, consider this your mic-drop: the Food Network just named Berkeley’s Cheese Board Collective the best pizza slice in California. The pick appears in the network’s “50...