Oakland CA

An early-morning drive on southbound Interstate 880 in San Leandro turned deadly yesterday, when a single-car crash near the Davis Street exit left two men dead and a woman injured, authorities said. The collision was reported around 5:30 AM. The car became trapped between a freeway guardrail and an exit...

A Lafayette cul-de-sac became a crime scene Saturday morning after police found a man dead in a home and arrested a suspect.

When firefighters arrived, they found an unconscious man in the Bernal Heights home where a gas leak was reported.

At 2:57 PM on March 20, 2026, traffic on Interstate 80 slowed when a driver stopped his vehicle, approached another car with a knife, and made threats. CHP Oakland Area officers responded and located the suspect driving a Lincoln Navigator. The driver exited the freeway, discarded the knife on the off-ramp, and was...

On March 20, 2026, around 6:13 p.m., officers responded to Nordstrom Rack at 2280 Bridgepointe Parkway after a theft was reported. A man named Ryan Komara, age 34, allegedly stole about $150 in merchandise by removing security tags with a sensor-removal tool.

Juice House Co., a Bay Area organic juice chain with locations including San Francisco’s Ferry Building, will close all stores in April.

A woman in San Leandro, California, was stopped at a Walmart gate after being accused of stealing. She decided to record this incident and even admitted to adding Tipe Pods to a container she deemed not to be “all the way filled up.” Then, she uploaded the clip online, believing the internet would be on her side,...

After The Oaklandside’s blockbuster investigation into runaway overtime spending at the Oakland Police Department, real policies were changed. Investigative reporter Beck Klein and news editor Darwin BondGraham break it down. Plus: Oakland’s speed cameras start issuing real tickets, schools across California —...

Mayor Daniel Lurie has dismissed Florence Simon as director of the Mayor‘s Office of Innovation, The Standard has learned. The departure represents a major pivot for City Hall’s reform efforts less than a year after Simon, a former McKinsey consultant, was hired, and just as her department was set to expand.

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco authorities are investigating a possible gas leak in the St. Mary’s Park neighborhood on Saturday evening after a person died amid reports of a permeating odor. Emergency crews called:. Fire department units were sent about 6:15 p.m. to the 3900 block of Mission Street,...