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Within weeks of graduating high school and turning 18, Abraham Salgado‑Alfaro pulled the trigger in an East Oakland confrontation that left a man dead. Now, a judge has handed him a nine-year state prison sentence for the killing of 29-year-old Ernesto Herrera on the 9000 block of E Street in June 2020, a case that...

Four men are now facing charges after an armed theft at an Oakland smoke shop on Jan. 14, according to court records and police accounts. Authorities say the bust may have clipped the wings of a roaming crew that investigators believe is behind a string of smash-and-grab cigarette thefts in cities across the East Bay.

Partygoers gathered to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in a Jack London Square event hall in October, watching dance performances, listening to music, and eating heaps of catered food. The free bash, attended by hundreds according to its organizers, was put on by Tiger Arts, a nonprofit created...

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Milpitas detectives say one suspected mail thief is off the streets after an arrest tied to a November mailroom break-in on the 1800 block of S. Milpitas Boulevard. According to the department, a 30-year-old San Francisco man was taken into custody and booked into the Santa Clara County jail after officers served a...

MENLO PARK, Calif. - Ora Farmer is heartbroken and in anguish, 43 years after she was brutally attacked and her 4-year-old son was kidnapped from her Menlo Park apartment. "I'm not sure why God still wanted me here, because to me, that should have been the end of me," Farmer said Tuesday in an interview with KTVU,...

This Bay Area town was literally named for its industrial roots. Now it needs to adapt, and quickly.

Mustard, Ty Dolla $ign, 50 Cent headline shows on Friday and Saturday. Hip-hop superstar 2 Chainz will headline an exclusive late-night show (9 p.m. to 2 a.m.) at Alameda’s Gold Bar Distillery on Thursday, February 5, as part of the distillery’s Celebration of Champions event series before the Big Game this weekend.

Fremont police say the department received multiple 911 calls of a shooting that occurred near Central Avenue and Joseph Street. The public is asked to avoid the area.

Amazon is planning a fresh round of layoffs that will slash hundreds of corporate jobs in the Bay Area, including San Francisco, this spring.