Oakland CA

A woman in her 20s who works as a bartender did not go home when she realized a car was following her off the Bay Bridge into Berkeley on Saturday. Instead, she steered straight to the Berkeley Police Department, where officers quickly intercepted the trailing vehicle and said they found a loaded gun and drugs inside.

Violent crime is plummeting in Oakland, according to preliminary police data. As of late November, 2025 will be the second consecutive year that Oakland has logged big declines in shootings, robberies, and homicides. In fact, violent and property crimes citywide have fallen by double-digit percentage points so far....

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Two passengers died on separate Bay Area Rapid Transit trains in the East Bay within 48 hours, according to BART police. On December 2 just before 1 a.m., a 43-year-old woman was found “unresponsive” aboard a train at the Bay Fair station. Paramedics declared the woman deceased in the train....

Investigators allege he billed the VA for thousands of services that were never provided, including care for veterans who had already died.

The City Council has delayed a vote on a controversial policy to crack down on Oakland’s homelessness encampments after state officials warned it could jeopardize $45 million in homelessness funding.

If you feel like Bay Area bridge tolls just went up, you are not imagining it -- and another round of increases is already locked in. Starting January 1, 2026, drivers will pay more to cross every state-owned toll bridge in the region, with prices marching steadily toward double-digit tolls by the end of the decade.

(KRON) — The victim in a fatal crash on Crow Canyon Road involving a Tesla last month has been identified. Alix Mari Sparks, a 41-year-old Castro Valley resident, was in a Ford Bronco that was involved in a two-vehicle crash with a Tesla Model 3 on Nov. 29 at around 3:23 p.m. Sparks sustained fatal […]

Prosecutors, who are seeking to try the teenager as an adult, said the boy fired six times at a perceived gang rival during an argument at Westfield Valley Fair mall in San Jose on Black Friday.

A burst of gunfire in East Oakland last Wednesday left one man dead, authorities said. Officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of 28th Avenue just after 9:30 PM following several alerts from the city’s gunfire-detection system. The victim was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to police.

OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge sentenced a woman involved in a bishop’s schemes to defraud his church to time served on Tuesday, saying she showed “real remorse” for her crimes. Shelia Quintana teared up as U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White announced he was not...