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Police in Livermore busted a vehicle theft operation allegedly being carried out by two teenagers, the department said Wednesday. Between Oct. 17 and 19, several reports of stolen Infiniti cars came into the Livermore Police Department, as well as the report of multiple attempted vehicle thefts. Article continues...

OAKLAND, Calif. - California’s United Cannabis Enforcement Taskforce has seized nearly $57 million in processed cannabis, and eradicated 58,358 illegally cultivated plants. State officials in November conducted three enforcement operations that included personnel from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife...

The family of Marcel Dupree Jones, an unhoused Black man shot and killed in what authorities have described as a hate crime, has sued the man charged with his murder, along with the nonprofit that runs the Northwest Berkeley homeless shelter where Jones was killed and the city of Berkeley, which funds the nonprofit.

A CHP helicopter turned a late-night robbery follow-up into a carefully choreographed takedown in the Oakland area yesterday, guiding officers as they trailed a wanted car from station to station before finally boxing it in at a gas pump. After a spike strip shredded the vehicle's tires, the driver tried to bolt but...

A late-night drive turned into a shooting scene in East Oakland yesterday when a 31-year-old man was hit multiple times while sitting in his parked car on the 6700 block of Eastlawn Street. The gunfire erupted at about 11:32 PM, and the victim was struck at least twice before being rushed to a hospital, where he was...

OAKLAND — Beverage company Yerba Madre has leased part of a historic building in downtown Oakland in a deal that provides a lift to a struggling East Bay office market. With the deal, the company will move its headquarters from Sebastopol in Sonoma County to 1910 Broadway in the Uptown district. The lease was...

Orinda Police officials reported a successful apprehension of a 'porch pirate' after a resident's quick thinking and home surveillance technology played a pivotal role. Last Sunday, a theft occurred on Big Leaf Road, where a suspect stole two packages from a resident's front porch. Luckily, a sharp-eyed homeowner...

A jarring helmet-cam video is raising alarms among Oakland cyclists, after an AC Transit operator appears to steer a bus back into a bike lane on Foothill Boulevard and nearly run over a rider. The cyclist, who asked that his last name be withheld out of fear of retaliation, says the close call has him wondering if...

Antioch police say during the investigation into the 16 burglaries, they found that the incidents are all related. No particular neighborhood in any of the cities is being targeted, but all of the crimes follow the same pattern.

Oakland’s public hospital network is staring at a nine-figure budget crater that could take hundreds of jobs with it. Alameda Health System has warned its Board of Trustees that federal changes to Medicaid could blow roughly a $100 million hole in its 2027 finances and trigger deep staff reductions across its East...