Oakland CA

On April 17, 2026, at approximately 9:57 a.m., officers with the Richmond Police Department responded to the 5600 block of Clinton Avenue for a welfare check. The resident of the home sent an email to a family member indicating they planned to self-harm, and the family member contacted RPD. Officers...

“I’m happiest when I feel the music gets to a place where no one is really quite sure who is making the music,” the iconic conductor once said.

There's a particular kind of San Francisco week that calls for leaving the city without really leaving. The fog is heavy, the group chat is loud, and what the body actually needs is a flat trail, ocean air, and somewhere to sit on a rock for 20 minutes. Good news: Marin has a whole constellation of these walks, and most of them are under...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco Police Department officers arrested two suspects following reports of gunfire in the Russian Hill neighborhood on April 12, 2026. The initial response occurred at approximately 2:56 a.m. after reports of a suspicious occurrence involving shots fired. During the investigation, officers identified a vehicle...

A 20-year-old UC Berkeley student was arrested Thursday after slashing her boyfriend, a fellow Cal student, in the back this week, authorities report. In a prepared statement, police said the young man's injuries "are not believed to be life-threatening." No update on his condition was immediately available. Word of the incident began spreading on social media feeds Wednesday, prompting several news...

Minneapolis, Minn. - United Airlines crew resorted to coffee grounds to mask the smell after a "service dog" repeatedly soiled the cabin on a Minneapolis…

You want the Oakland that still feels like Oakland — not the glossy Yelp-polished version — these are the spots that carry it. Family-run kitchens. Trailers and corner-store counters. Dining rooms where the music matters as much as the menu. Soul isn't a menu category here. It's whether the place has roots.

Police took one person into custody in connection with a fatal shooting near 18th and Wood streets in Oakland, authorities said.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) —  The Alameda County District Attorney held a news conference Thursday with a message for alleged victims of Eric Swalwell. Earlier this April, the embattled politician resigned from Congress and dropped out of the California governor’s race over a sexual assault scandal. Speaking to reporters at the Oakland courthouse, District Attorney Ursula […]

“I always tell people that I grew up on an island,” Angela “Annie” J.B. Wilson says with pride. “It may not be a tropical island, but it’s my little island.”. For this local Alamedan, the island is a community that “comes together when someone has a need.” Annie volunteers for Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter (FAAS), and when her dog Virginia “Gigi” Woof...