Oakland CA

Olympic champion Alysa Liu is being honored with a mural Uptown Oakland. Liu, who learned to skate at the Oakland Ice Center, won Team USA’s first Olympic gold medal in women’s singles figure skating since 2002.

Berkeley’s public works chief is leaving for a new job in East Contra Costa County. Public Works Director Terrance Davis is poised to become assistant city manager in Brentwood, Berkeley City Manager Paul Buddenhagen wrote in a memo Friday. Davis has been Berkeley’s top infrastructure official for just shy of two...

Police in Berkeley have arrested a man who was reported to be waving a gun at motorists on Sacramento Street on Saturday evening. Officers ultimately used less-lethal rounds to take the man into custody when he refused to comply with commands at the scene, Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry. In the...

WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA – Whenever people hear that one of their local libraries is closing, they freak out a bit. Libraries are a place to bring the kids for a storytime, grab books (yes, they still have those) or use a computer for free. So when the Ygnacio Valley...

Union City Police Department Press Release Re: Alicia Hughes Arrest. High School Secretary Arrested for Child Seduction. The Union City Police Department announces the arrest of Alicia Hughes, an employee of the Randolph Eastern School Corporation, following an investigation into allegations involving inappropriate...

Sierra LaMar was 15 years old when she disappeared from her Morgan Hill home.

This week, the relatives of the West Portal family of four who were killed when an 80-year-old woman allegedly going 70mph crashed into their bus stop launched a petition demanding a San Francisco judge find the defendant guilty. They want Judge Bruce Chan to impose “meaningful consequences proportionate to the...

To recognize 100 years of Black History Month, Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery is hosting a special event on Saturday to recognize 26 Black trailblazers whose remains are interred at the site. Docents Gia White and Michael Colbruno join Mornings on 2 with a preview.

It’s easy to hatch grand plans over a couple wide-brimmed bowls at Forbidden Island. It’s another thing to make them real. Last January, Laura Gillan sat at the tiki bar with a friend brainstorming solutions to a problem. Gillan, who works for Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, had a goal to raise money for the...

A woman who forced her way inside a Berkeley woman's apartment in January and repeatedly shot at her has now been charged with attempted murder, police report. No one was hurt during the shooting, but investigators have still been working to close the case. On Friday, in response to a Scanner inquiry, Berkeley police...