Hayward CA

Oaklanders often criticize the news media for focusing disproportionately on the horrifying or the scandalous. And let’s face it: this is a complicated city with its share of challenges to overcome. At The Oaklandside, we’re not immune to overdoing it on the doom and gloom. Yet so much...

A man suffered life‑threatening injuries in a late‑night stabbing near Emeryville’s newly built Nellie Hannon Gateway supportive‑housing complex and was rushed to Oakland’s Highland Hospital for emergency surgery. The disturbance was reported at about 11:05 PM Sunday, where responding officers found the victim with a...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office said three people from Sacramento and one from the Bay Area were arrested as suspects in burglaries that happened in Upper Lake, Nice and Ukiah.

A fatal incident occurred yesterday after a sequence of events that began at the Comfort Inn on Mahogany Way in Antioch. The Antioch Police Department has reported via their press release that a 47-year-old male suspect, who had earlier triggered a fire alarm and assaulted a security guard at the hotel, was struck...

Four people were wounded in a shooting just before 4:30 PM last Saturday on 72nd Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland, a busy corridor that has seen more than its share of police tape in recent weeks. Officers arriving at the scene found two victims and had them rushed to nearby hospitals, while two other...

A tornado threat was forecast to extend from San Francisco to Los Angeles beginning Tuesday night. Conditions for tornadoes were expected to last in parts of the state through Friday.

With a fresh round of heavy rain bearing down on the Bay Area, Mountain View is offering residents free sand and sandbags at the Municipal Operations Center to prep for potential flooding. The self-serve setup is at 231 North Whisman Road, and residents are asked to bring their own shovels...

The victim in a recent hit-and-run call in Berkeley turned out to be the suspect in a robbery involving a stolen car, authorities report. Days later, many of the details remain unclear. The incident unfolded Thursday evening during what was pitched as a used car sale, Berkeley police said. The buyer, a man in his...

Yale professor who was five when her mother was murdered has sought answers for decades.

A Berkeley woman who called 911 during an armed conflict in the street Monday became a target of crime herself, authorities said. The incident began shortly after 1 p.m. when the Berkeley resident happened upon a woman arguing with someone in the street, both of them armed with knives, Berkeley police said in...