Oakland CA

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland city officials and organizers of Oakland First Fridays pushed back Sunday against the Oakland Police Officers Association's assertion that shootings early Saturday morning were connected to the festival. The Oakland Police Department said Sunday that the initial investigation into shootings...

A man was arrested on multiple felony charges in San Mateo after allegedly hitting someone in the face with a firearm and then pummeling the victim who was on the ground, police said.

Events for this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) promise to bring beloved traditions to audiences around the Bay, including folkloric dances, musical performances, and the region’s first-ever televised lowrider parade, cruising down Mission Street on Sept. 20. This year’s celebrations also carry...

More than 600 Kaiser Permanente midwives and nurse anesthetists in Northern California walked out Monday to protest what they see as the giant health-care provider’s failure to address their concerns about understaffing and quality of care. The one-day strike, which affects facilities in San Francisco, the greater...

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is investigating multiple alleged illegal gambling operations throughout the Californian city, with five search warrants having just taken place. On September 3, 2025, officers assigned to Mission Station, Tenderloin Station, Narcotics Division, Citywide Plainclothes Team,...

The pedestrian was taken to a trauma center after the crash on Market Street, fire officials said.

A 53-year-old Stockton man is suspected of driving under the influence in a crash that killed six people over the weekend in Napa County, authorities said Monday. Norberto Celerino was driving a Toyota Sienna minivan that veered off Pope Valley Road and hit a tree shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the...

Walnut Creek, CA — A big new retailer could be coming to Palos Verdes Mall, but it wouldn’t be taking over the vacant Rite Aid. Instead, the owners of the shopping center are actively marketing a separate piece of land at the corner of Pleasant Hill Road and Geary Road—one of the busiest intersections in the area—for...

San Francisco police let out-of-state cops run more than 1.6 million illegal searches of the city’s license-plate reader database — including at least 19 that were marked as related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained by The Standard. California sanctuary laws bar police from...

School buses are the largest mass transport system in the country, and yet they’ve barely changed over the last 100 years. Bill Weir travels to California to meet a mother who is bringing child transportation into the 21st century, and has made Oakland the first fully electric powered school bus district in the...