Oakland CA

Torres fixed shoes, wallets and bags for Mission residents for 33 years. He will be remembered for his love of merengue and shoes. Nicolas Torres, who fixed the Mission’s shoes for 33 years, has died

DRAMATIC doorbell video has captured the moment a home was devastated in an explosion that left six people injured and two missing.  Debris rained down on the street in the...

MARTINEZ — A multi-agency investigation resulted in recent arrests of two male juveniles suspected. of stealing cars in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The suspects are a 16-year-old from. Richmond, and a 17-year-old from San Pablo. Several cars were reported stolen to Livermore police in Alameda County, between...

In Elena’s 15 years as a dental hygienist in San Francisco, she has polished the teeth of Fortune 500 CEOs before board meetings, flossed cab drivers between rides, and cleaned molars for cancer patients awaiting chemo appointments. It wasn’t always the plan. When Elena — who provided only her...

San Francisco has purchased new PFAS-free gear for all 1,100 firefighters in an effort to prevent the risk of cancer.

The Bay Area has its first official “ICE-free zone.” The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance on Tuesday, immediately creating it. Supervisors say it will limit federal immigration officers from carrying out raids on municipal property. The new law does not prevent agents from...

A 48-year-old man suspected in an Ingleside hit-and-run that killed an 88-year-old woman in October has been charged with murder, San Francisco prosecutors said.

City leaders expressed enthusiasm about the idea of bringing a Costco to the old Army base at the western edge of Oakland, taking an initial step at a City Council committee meeting Tuesday toward kicking off a years-long development process. But it’s far from certain that Costco will build one...

Former Mayor Sheng Thao and two other people indicted on federal bribery charges earlier this year seek to suppress evidence seized in headline-making FBI raids last year, accusing the agency of ignoring a key informant’s “lifelong history of criminal arrests, fraud and deceit.”. Motions filed last week by...

The murder trial that has shadowed an East Oakland corner for more than a year now looks like it will never happen. Oakland rapper ChaiBenjii4, whose legal name is Michai Adams, appears on track to avoid murder and assault charges after taking a plea this week to a single gun-possession count, a move that could see...