Oakland CA

A series of earthquakes yesterday rumbled through the Bay Area and northern California. According to the US Geological Survey, one of the most powerful earthquakes – measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale – struck yesterday afternoon in the Oakland hills. SFGate reported the quake struck yesterday afternoon just...

After a four-day strike over pay and benefits, and a marathon 12-hour negotiation session, the West Contra Costa teachers' union and the school district reached a tentative agreement at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Here's what's in it.

The 26-year-old student was arrested on Nov. 12 at Cory Hall on campus, police said.

You'll now be able to do contactless credit and debit card payments on all Bay Area transit agencies as part of a new Clipper Card rollout that includes discounted and free transfers between agencies.

The controversial rules are meant to help protect homes from wildfires in certain fire-prone areas.

In San Francisco, a group of residents is having to pay for private security guards, as they say conditions in their area have deteriorated after a number of city services, like shelters, have opened in the area.

Federal prosecutors have charged 27-year-old Chadwick Gribble with distributing child sexual abuse material after investigators say they found dozens of explicit files on a phone seized at a San Pablo residence. Authorities say Gribble was living at a house on Rose Arbor Avenue with his girlfriend and her parents...

The Oakland City Council on Dec. 2 voted to reinstate the city’s cultural affairs manager position, Oaklandside first reported. The decision comes after artists campaigned for the city to rehire for the position, which oversees public arts funding and raises money for cultural programs through private grants. After...

Authorities in Berkeley seized nine firearms this week from a local man who threatened to shoot "anyone that comes onto the property" after a neighborhood boy showed up to find his ball, police report. Berkeley police arrested 34-year-old Michael Aschoff on Monday evening on a warrant stemming from the dispute and...

A cyclist was nearly run over by an apparently enraged AC Transit operator on the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, in front of Franklin Elementary on Foothill Boulevard in Oakland. George, who asked Streetsblog to withhold his last name out of fear of retaliation, said he was riding in the...