Oakland CA

The City has now published updated recommendations for the Gibbons/High/Fernside intersection and the neighborhood around Gibbons Drive. Based on extensive community feedback, the project team now recommends fast-tracking quick-build neighborhood traffic calming for 2026-2027, as described below:

Just south of San Francisco, there lies a little town called Colma where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1.

What began as an ordinary day for one California homeowner quickly turned into a real-life rescue mission when faint cries echoed through her bathroom walls. Alarmed and unsure what to do, she called for help, and the team at Kirkland Foundation immediately responded. The distressing sounds she heard were coming...

Agency staff attributed the outage to a power issue, and said they had to suspend the line to alleviate congestion.

A demonstration and march are planned in downtown Oakland on Saturday, Oct. 18, as part of a nationwide “No Kings” day of action organized by Indivisible. According to organizers, participants will gather at Wilma Chan Park (810 Jackson St.) at noon, march at 12:30 pm to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, and hold a...

Antioch police are calling the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl suspicious and have issued an ebony alert as officers search for the teen. Morgan Crenshaw has not been seen or heard from for more than two weeks. "You can't sit around my sister and not feel like you're uplifted," sister...

(KRON) — A teenager has been arrested in connection to a non-fatal shooting at Fruitvale BART Station last month, according to the BART Police Department. The shooting occurred aboard a train on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 16. The 16-year-old victim was left with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to the...

(KRON) — A North Carolina eye care doctor who raped a woman he met on Tinder while on a Bay Area work trip in 2023 was sentenced to prison on Tuesday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Nizar Fathallah Saleh Abdelfattah, 37, of Durham, N.C., was sentenced to six years in state […]

The family of a teen girl seriously injured when a parachutist crash-landed into spectators during San Francisco Fleet Week last year has filed a lawsuit against the city and event organizers.

Booked for multiple felony charges, including attempted murder. Oakland, Calif.—An Oakland man is in custody after shooting at vehicles on State Route 24 (SR-24) on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 9, 2025. 57-year-old Carlos Ray Thomas of Oakland was arrested by California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers after crashing on...