Oakland CA

Hundreds of Oakland Unified employees may lose their jobs as the district grapples with a $100 million budget deficit and declining enrollment. Last week, the OUSD school board voted to eliminate 421 positions and reduce hours for another 144 employees. Unless the district finds some other way to save funds, the...

Sirens shattered the stillness of South of Market just after 1:30 a.m., when police raced to the 100 block of Sixth Street on reports of gunfire. Moments later, paramedics were speeding a critically wounded victim toward an area hospital—where the person was pronounced dead. Authorities have not yet released the...

What started as a routine traffic stop for a mechanical issue in Oakland today turned into a major fentanyl bust, thanks to a California Highway Patrol K9 with a very sharp nose. CHP Golden Gate’s K9 unit says a driver was pulled over for the violation when officers called in...

An unidentified burn victim found in Downtown Berkeley died Friday evening. The Berkeley Fire Department responded to the victim, transferring the individual to a nearby trauma hospital where they were later pronounced dead. At 4:59 p.m. on Friday, the BFD dispatched officers in response to a report of a person...

Human limbs found weeks apart in East Oakland were from the same person. Police are investigating the death as a homicide.

DISCOVERY BAY, CALIFORNIA – A man has tragically died in a jet ski accident, and locals have a lot of questions. The man died Sunday after a personal watercraft (jet ski) flipped near the Discovery Bay Marina launch ramp, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies...

You may have noticed recent transportation and safety improvements on local streets, including the Central Avenue Safety Improvements Project, featuring Alameda’s first roundabouts and a protected two-way cycle track, and a protected two-way cycle track on Grand Street, from Shoreline Drive to Otis Drive.

Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, are on the rise in parts of California. It typically causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but could lead to more-severe disease in vulnerable individuals.

One change is the first of its kind in at least a decade.

Oakland talks a big game about cracking down on illegal dumping, with eye-popping fines for people caught tossing trash on city streets. On the ground, though, the money mostly never shows up, while the same hot spots keep filling with junk and city crews keep rolling out to clean it up. Neighbors say the...