Oakland CA

San Francisco police are using drones to catch retail thieves. Drone Arrests – theft of over $15,000 of product from Burberry. Investigators with the San Francisco Police Department’s Real Time Investigation Center demonstrate to KTVU how they used technology, including drones, to quickly identify and arrest suspects...

Thousands of Bay Area residents whose trash is picked up by Republic Services are experiencing service interruptions due to a nationwide strike by the Teamsters union against the garbage giant.

Two convenience stores in Oakland were targeted early Thursday morning in separate burglaries in which suspects rammed vehicles into the businesses.

The San José Police Department has made a significant breakthrough in recent vehicle burglaries that turned violent in May this year. According to a report released by SJPD, two men have been apprehended and are now facing charges, including assault with a deadly weapon. On May 2, two suspects...

Officers arrived on the 9400 block of C Street Wednesday night and discovered the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

OAKLAND, Calif. - Two AmPm gas stations in Oakland were the targets of smash-and-grabs early Thursday morning, some of which were caught on video. One smash-and-grab happened on Hegenberger Road near the Oakland airport and the other burglary was on MacArthur Boulevard and 106th. They both were hit between 1:45...

A migrant was tased while shopping in a Walmart in New Mexico. Images published on social media show the man, identified as Mexican by Infobae, falling down while pleading for help. He is then being told not to move by agents. Incidents of the kind have multiplied over the past...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Cal-OSHA, the state agency that oversees safety in the workplace, has fined a San Leandro metal recycler $95,000 following the death of a mechanic – one of three employee deaths in the last eight years, KTVU has learned. $95K fine. Peter Melton, a spokesman for the...

Contra Costa County’s annual homeless census found 26 percent fewer people living without permanent housing in 2025 than just a year ago—easily the sharpest one-year decline on record. On the night of the Jan. 30 Point-in-Time (PIT) count, volunteers identified 2,118 people experiencing homelessness, down from 2,843...

Ready for an experience that will have you questioning your senses and laughing out loud? Just outside Santa Cruz, California, tucked among towering redwoods, you’ll find Mystery Spot—a strange and playful roadside attraction where gravity seems to have gone completely haywire. This curious little hillside spot isn’t just a relic of roadside Americana—it’s a place where you can tilt at impossible angles, watch balls roll uphill, and genuinely wonder what’s going on.