Oakland CA

(KRON) — Berkeley Police Department officers using automatic license plate reading cameras made arrests for theft, robbery, and violent crime Tuesday using the new technology. One arrest was made following an alert for a car linked to a theft at Safeway. “The vehicle was found unoccupied, but the suspect was located...

SAN RAMON — About half the suspects involved in a jewelry store heist have been arrested. Police arrested 10 persons who allegedly participated in an organized mob robbery at Heller Jewelers in San Ramon. The retail. value of jewelry stolen on September 22 exceeds $1 million. More than 20...

FAIRFIELD, Calif. - A Bay Area city is expressing major hometown pride for one of its own, a well-known and beloved librarian, who will take on a new role, as the popular children’s educational show "Reading Rainbow" makes a return after almost 20 years. On Tuesday, Fairfield native Mychal...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A Tesla went off a freeway overpass and crashed down onto Interstate 280 below Wednesday night. According to the San Francisco Fire Department, a call came in around 9:47 p.m. Two adults were rescued from the white Tesla, which landed on its roof. Both of the adults rescued were taken to […]

Oakland Unified school board director Mike Hutchinson is facing 19 ethics violations over his failure to file campaign finance disclosures for his unsuccessful 2016 campaign for the school board, the city’s ethics commission has found. He could face nearly $100,000 in fines, an unusually large penalty. Hutchinson was...

Peach escaped from her home and vanished for months despite thorough efforts to find the pet

Due to a federal shutdown, the Blue Angels and U.S. Navy ships will not participate in San Francisco's Fleet Week. The event will proceed with international participants, but the absence of the military is expected to impact local businesses and the overall experience.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said “recent guidance allows support for recovery housing without creating a duplicative and costly new statutory category.” The bill’s backer called the veto “disappointing.”

One of the people who appears to be at the center of the FBI’s ongoing investigation of public corruption in Oakland, Mario Juarez, tried, four years ago, to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars from a city grant program meant to help struggling businesses, The Oaklandside has learned. And...

(KRON) — Half a year after a Martinez resident killed a man who had entered his home, he is being charged with murder by the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, police announced Thursday. The resident, 31-year-old Kyle Daniels, initially told Martinez police officers responding to the March 15 incident...