Oakland CA

A viral social-media trend called the “Door Kick Challenge” is gaining momentum here, and Alameda Police Department (APD) is asking parents to talk to their kids about it. The so-called “challenge” involves aggressively kicking or banging on a front door to a residence to make it sound like a home invasion and then...

Dave & Buster’s is gearing up to light up Jack London Square this spring, bringing its combo of arcade games, sports bar energy and full-service restaurant fare to Oakland’s waterfront. The multi-level venue is moving into the long-vacant building at 55 Harrison Street, where construction crews are already at work....

OAKLAND, Calif. - Nine people were hospitalized on Thursday night after a car crashed into an AC Transit bus in Oakland. AC Transit Media Affairs and Strategic Initiatives Manager Robert Lyles told KTVU that the crash occurred just before 6:30 p.m. near International Boulevard and 80th Avenue. A preliminary...

A 55-year-old man is accused of killing his wife, their two children and his in-laws at the family’s home in Alameda. His wife’s uncle offered a possible motive during a preliminary hearing.

Doctors and nurses said layoffs of 4% of Alameda Health System’s workforce due to major Medicaid cuts are already causing delayed care and unsafe conditions at the county’s safety-net hospitals.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. The deal announced Wednesday came...

A jury has acquitted a 24-year-old man of murder and elder abuse — and convicted him instead of involuntary manslaughter — in an attack on an 84-year-old Thai grandfather in San Francisco.

(KRON) — If you ever drive by North Main Street in Walnut Creek, you’ve probably spotted the Chick-fil-A adjacent to the 24 Hour Fitness. Since opening in 2012, that location seems to almost always have long lines, especially for its drive-thru. Perhaps to mitigate the traffic and chicken sandwich cravings of the...

Bob Weir 's send-off will be fit for a California rock 'n' roll king. The acclaimed musician and founding member of the Grateful Dead , who died on Jan. 10 , is set to be honored with a public memorial in the band's hometown of San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 17, according to a press release for the event. In...

You see it every day. You've probably walked around it 100 times. But there are tons of interesting things about the Lafayette Reservoir you probably didn't know. 1) It was built as an emergency backup water supply (and it can be "off duty" for drinking water)