Oakland CA

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department will continue to stay under federal oversight - now in its 22nd year – as it still has three out of 50 mandated reforms that the court considers out of compliance. One of the key reforms that has yet to be met...

For her series California Foodways, Lisa Morehouse is reporting a story about food and farming from each of California’s 58 counties. When most of California is asleep, a few square blocks on the edge of Oakland’s Jack London Square come alive with people, produce and machinery. It’s the Oakland Produce Market, and...

The San Francisco Zoo’s popular Himalayan red panda Tenzing has died, the zoo announced Thursday.

OAKLAND, Calif. - A big auto-theft raid in East Oakland early Thursday led to two arrests and the seizure of 15 stolen cars. The operation happened in the area of Prune, Pearmain and Pippin streets off 98th Avenue, a known hot-spot for chop shops and stolen-car activity. Several agencies involved.

If you've ever dreamed of stumbling across a vintage Coca-Cola sign, a mid-century bar cart, or the exact Pyrex pattern your grandma used to have—this is your kind of place. Oregon Street Antique Mall in Redding, CA, isn’t just a shop. It’s a full-on adventure through time, nostalgia, and charming chaos.

Prepare to question gravity—and maybe even your own senses—because at Confusion Hill, nothing is quite as it seems. Tucked among the towering redwoods along California’s scenic Highway 101, this quirky roadside attraction has been baffling and delighting visitors since 1949.

Relief washed over a San Francisco community as the San Francisco Police Department reported the safe recovery of 15-year-old Jennifer Garcia Eguigure. After an anxious search that mobilized concerned citizens, Jennifer was found and reunited with her family yesterday, per an update on the SFPD's official news...

Richmond police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year after a man was found fatally shot Thursday morning at Triangle Court Apartments.

San Leandro is grappling with the repercussions of a violent event that has claimed the life of one of its residents, setting a grim milestone for the community this year. In a press release by the Alameda County District Attorney, DA Ursula Jones Dickson declared that murder charges have been filed against...

A 22-year-old Oakland woman was sentenced Thursday for a string of bank robberies in the Bay Area and Sacramento, prosecutors said.