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There was a baby boy born in San Leandro just a few minutes after midnight last night, making him likely to have been the Bay Area's first birth of 2026. A baby boy whose name is not being made public was born at 12:03 am on January 1, 2026, at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center.

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A 31-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being shot multiple times Tuesday night during a confrontation in East Oakland, according to police. The gunfire broke out around 7:25 PM in the 900 block of 87th Avenue, where the two men clashed outside before shots were fired. The suspected shooter ran...

For nearly a year before it filed for bankruptcy, Flipcause paid over $3 million to executives, all while nonprofits’ requests to have donations transferred to them went unanswered. The transactions were discussed in bankruptcy court during a Dec. 22 hearing on the Oakland-based company’s request for protection under...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A car smashed through the doors of a boxing club in Oakland on Thursday, causing damage to the interior of the building and to the club’s boxing ring. The crash occurred overnight at Lightning’s Boxing Club, located at 5845 MacArthur Blvd, the establishment’s owner, Kris Lopez, told KTVU.

Officials said the woman has a distinctive tattoo on her right arm that reads: “Self Care,” “you always have your health,” and “Pray Meditate Laugh.”

A 26-year-old woman accused of working a coast-to-coast scam operation is in custody after Pleasanton police say a rented car linked her to a pair of follow‑home robberies targeting customers leaving a San Leandro marijuana dispensary. Investigators say the driver, identified as Latisha Lak, rented the vehicle under...

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Bay Area man was arrested for meeting up with a minor for the purpose of committing a lewd or sexual act in Porterville, committing a felony while released on bail, and kidnapping, police say. According to the Porterville Police Department, on Dec. 29, a girl in Porterville...

The man killed in a shooting at a Hilltop restaurant has been identified by his family as Romario Raso Garcia. Garcia’s family publicly identified him in a GoFundMe fundraiser created to help cover funeral and burial expenses. In a post, his sister, Arianna Garcia, wrote in Spanish that