Oakland CA

Authorities in California say what began as a traffic stop for using a phone while driving led to the discovery of more than 200 pounds of cannabis. The California Highway Patrol Oakland field office said Thursday that at around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 6, officers stopped a Chrysler SUV traveling westbound on I-80, west of...

Oakland has a police academy and a fire academy, intensive training programs where cadets are given skills they’ll need to work as police officers and firefighters. In two years, it will also have a community violence intervention academy. The city of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention is working with...

In a recent turn of events, the Oakland Police Department's (OPD) initiative to tackle illegal drug activities led to the arrest of two individuals in East Oakland. According to a social media post by the Oakland Police Department, the arrests were made last Saturday, following community tips that directed patrol...

Justice for Linlin Guo & Her Mother – Support Her Children’s Future. According to a GoFundMe account set up by Lucy Chen, “On September 18, 2025, our dear friend Linlin Guo and her mother Beimin Cheng were tragically murdered in their home in Walnut Creek, California. The suspect, Howard Wang, Linlin’s husband, has...

The suspect in a series of seemingly random freeway shootings on Highway 24 in Oakland, in which luckily, no one was hurt, has now been charged, and he reportedly has a prior vandalism conviction. 57-year-old Carlos Ray Thomas of Oakland was arrested Thursday after crashing his vehicle into the center...

Valley Juice, LLC, the famous operator of franchisees to the Jamba Juice locations, has officially declared bankruptcy under Chapter 11 protection. The filing comes after the company reported liabilities totaling tens of millions of dollars. The filing is an indication of an effort to reorganize operations, negotiate...

A recent study warns that a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake could trigger simultaneous seismic activity along the San Andreas Fault, creating widespread emergencies across the West Coast. Led by Oregon State University marine geologist Chris Goldfinger and published in Geosphere on September 29, the...

Detectives with the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office have arrested an Oakland man accused of trafficking multiple women in the Turlock area following a months-long investigation, authorities said. On October 8, members of the department’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking (H.E.A.T.) Taskforce arrested Devonte...

The Kaiser Permanente strike is set to begin Tuesday morning involving union workers from California, Hawaii, Oregon, and southeast Washington. In Northern California, about 2,800 workers with walk off their jobs.

The investment per year is equivalent to less than 10% of the company’s revenue, which was $37.9 billion in its most recent fiscal year.