Oakland police chief says he’ll resign in December, but he refuses to say why
Oakland’s police chief is resigning from his position as the leader of the city’s police department.
Driver strikes 3 pedestrians in S.F., police say
Three people were struck by a vehicle in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, police said. One of the pedestrians was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Several displaced, 2 buildings burned in San Francisco fire
SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco firefighters were on the scene of a two-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon along the 400 block of Laguna Street near Fell Street. The fire, first reported at 1:13 p.m., burned two buildings in the area, according to the fire department. The two buildings damaged were a...
San Francisco mayor, city leaders honor Urban Alchemy worker shot and killed
Sixty-year-old Joey Alexander was shot and killed outside of San Francisco's main library after he told a man to stop doing drugs in public with children being around.
Blue city erupts as 91-time felon tries to dodge prison, weasel into rehab after...
Residents in liberal San Francisco lash out at soft-on-crime policies, saying justice reform has gone too far after deadly crash case sparks fury.
S.F. police can now enforce against illegal street vending
The law walks back the three-strike system Wiener sought when he introduced the legislation. It also still requires Public Works' support S.F. police can now enforce against illegal street vending
OPD arrests 2 people linked to Berkeley gun battle Saturday
Police in Oakland arrested two people Monday in connection with a Berkeley gunfight over the weekend, authorities report. Oakland police seized "multiple firearms and ammunition" after arresting the pair with the help of the OPD helicopter, police said. Both suspects had "several outstanding warrants for their...
Albany Police Crack Down on Distraction Burglary Ring, Six Women Charged After Opportunistic Flower...
An Albany resident who thought they were simply helping out new neighbors by offering flowers from their garden was, in fact, the victim of a calculated distraction burglary. The incident, which occurred last Tuesday, was swiftly followed by a similar report involving two women with matching descriptions at another...
Cascadia fault megaquake was the worst-case scenario. Scientists just found an even bigger problem
A megaquake in the Pacific Northwest could trigger a large earthquake along California’s San Andreas Fault, creating an unprecedented catastrophe up and down the Pacific Coast, new research shows.
OPD investigating suspicious death as homicide
(KRON) — The Oakland Police Department said a suspicious death Tuesday morning is now being probed as a homicide. The incident happened just before 8 a.m. in the area of Olive and Ritchie streets. OPD said its dispatch center was notified of a “person who was down on the ground.” When officers arrived at the […]
