Oakland CA

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An Oakland man has been sentenced to three years in county jail after admitting to a weapons charge tied to the chaotic Juneteenth mass shooting near Lake Merritt in June 2024, a night of gunfire that left more than a dozen people wounded along the lakefront. Prosecutors said 29-year-old JaJuan...

Public officials and nonprofit leaders who claimed to support vulnerable communities are facing charges in a series of nonprofit fund embezzlement cases. As a result, concerns are mounting over how public money is monitored and distributed. Several organizations received substantial taxpayer funding to aid homeless...

The Station, a tiny corner eatery in South Berkeley that still carries the bones of a 1930s service station, has quietly turned into the kind of spot neighbors plan their week around. What started as Pizzaiolo's pandemic pop-up is now a permanent smashburger stand where every main item stays under $14 and tickets...

The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office announced that the suspect in a homicide that occurred in Bethel Island is now in custody. According to the Sheriffs Office, Detectives from the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit worked continuously to identify and apprehend the homicide suspect in the killing of...

The Oakland Police Department has seized more than 70 vehicles this year connected to illegal sideshows and reckless driving in Oakland. In 2025, officers towed 195 vehicles and arrested 23 people for police evasion, reckless driving, and sideshow activity.

Alysa Liu made history by winning double gold at the Olympics, ending a decades-long United States drought, and her hometown is making sure that her achievements are being celebrated

After a nearly two-year investigation, Beverly Hills police arrested five suspects accused of beating two people during an armed robbery along Rodeo Drive.

Detectives from the Novato Police Department identified 34-year-old Donald Nunez Jr. of San Pablo as the suspect in the Highway 37 shooting. Using automated license plate readers and help from the San Francisco Police Department’s Real Time Investigation Center, officers tracked his movements after the incident....

Calling the situation “an emergency,” Oakland’s superintendent urged the board to approve sweeping layoffs to help backfill a $100 million budget deficit and avoid insolvency.