Oakland CA

A quiet Belmont neighborhood got a jarring reminder that the wild is still very much next door when a mountain lion was caught on video killing a deer today. The clip, recorded on a homeowner's camera, shows the big cat with the carcass in a residential area and has been making the rounds among neighbors, reinforcing...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KRON) — An apparent DUI crash left two people dead and a third injured on southbound I-880 near Davis Street in San Leandro early Saturday morning, according to California Highway Patrol officials. Officials with the CHP said the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. Officers on the scene said a black...

Anar Rustamov helped orchestrate the filing of thousands of false claims for medical equipment through Medicare Advantage, prosecutors say.

Eric McCain, 54, was found dead inside his unit at the Jazzie Collins Apartments in the Mission on Nov. 16, 2025, after going several days without being seen by staff or family. His sister, Aisha McCain, says she repeatedly begged building staff to check on him and raced across the Bay Bridge when they told her they...

It had been roaming around the city for 30 hours. Officials issue warning after residents spot mountain lion lurking in major city: 'It was so big' first appeared on The Cool Down .

Emily Starr was feeding her baby early Thursday morning when she began to hear pops and explosions outside. The noises were louder than fireworks, all too common in the neighborhood due to illicit activity in the nearby Lawrence Hall of Science parking lot. When Starr felt the house shake, her concern spiked. She...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Police Department officers arrested a 31-year-old Oakland man on March 16, 2026, following an observed incident in the Tenderloin district. At approximately 8:06 a.m., officers patrolling the vicinity of 7th and Market streets witnessed what appeared to be an aggravated assault. Upon...

Oakland labor organizers are taking a big swing at East Bay paychecks. A coalition of Oakland and Alameda County community and labor groups has filed a ballot initiative to raise the countywide minimum wage to $30 an hour, arguing that current pay rates are nowhere near enough to keep up with local living costs. If...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A convicted thief has been charged with burglarizing an Oakland fire station, where authorities say she was found wearing stolen fire gear. Crystal Coleman, 41, is accused of entering Fire Station 20 near 98th Avenue and International Boulevard. Firefighters found her inside the station wearing a...

(KRON) — Police in Alameda announced Thursday that they had uncovered an “elaborate scheme” involving a former employee of a local nonprofit organization embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of several years. Alameda Police Department detectives began the investigation in October 2025 and...