Oakland CA

A 32-year-old Alameda woman is in custody after prosecutors say she beat her legally blind teenage daughter while a 3-year-old in the home ran into a busy street and was nearly struck by a passing car. The alleged assault and the near-miss happened last Saturday, and authorities say the woman was later arrested at a...

Google, Amazon and Pinterest are moving ahead with new rounds of layoffs in California, according to state filings.

Oakland has a new morning obsession, and it lives on Lakeshore Avenue in a light‑filled space where brunch feels more like a mini celebration than a meal. 🥞. Word has been spreading quickly about The Peach, a vibrant all‑day brunch spot at the historic Lakeshore address that took over the former Lakeshore Café and...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The young mountain lion seen wandering in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco is back in the wild. The Department of Fish and Wildlife shared this video of the big cat being released in the Santa Cruz Mountains early Wednesday morning. Wildlife experts found the...

Following up on multiple tips from concerned citizens, the Oakland Police Department's Alcoholic Beverage Action Team (ABAT) cracked down on an unlicensed smoke shop in East Oakland. The operation last Tuesday, orchestrated in partnership with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, yielded a trove...

The Oakland Police Department appears near the finish line in its 23-year federal court oversight program — but there’s still work left to do. That was U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick’s message to the city at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. During the hearing at San Francisco’s...

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – If you spend any time in the East Bay, it’s always just kind of there. Mount Diablo looms above everything we do. At your kid’s soccer game? The mountain’s right above you. Stuck in traffic on 24? At least you have a pretty backdrop.

The 2-year-old lion that had toured San Francisco was found to be in excellent health. He was released him into the wild early Wednesday.

At the urging of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) in 2021, Chevron agreed to return to Alameda Point and clean up the tar waste left behind when its refinery that produced kerosene was closed in 1903. The site was eventually filled with up to 10 feet of soil during construction...

(KRON) — Oakland Police Department officers have seized 16 vehicles so far this year in connection to illegal sideshows. Police said some of the cars were registered to drivers who live in Antioch, Manteca, and Solano County. The police department wrote, “OPD remains focused on preventing this dangerous and illegal...