Oakland city council candidate says someone's ripping down their posters

An Oakland City Council candidate says someone has been ripping down campaign signs and banners. One of the incidents was caught on camera.

Police investigating fatal shooting in East Oakland

Oakland police are at the scene of a fatal shooting Monday afternoon. The shooting happened at 96th Avenue and International Boulevard at around 1:30 p.m., police say. 

OPD can continue use of license plate readers, but can't store data past 6 months

Police in Oakland will continue to use automated license plate readers following a unanimous vote by the city council on Tuesday, but there are stipulations.

Man assaults 3rd grader at Oakland school over alleged bullying, parents say

The Browns say he grabbed two boys on campus that day. They also believe he’s related to one of their son’s schoolmates and was upset because he thought the boys were bullying his niece over snacks.

Oakland police pursuit policy examined in wake of 2 bystander deaths

The Oakland Police Department's pursuit policies are being scrutinized after a second innocent victim was killed in a chase in less than four months.

Innocent victim killed during OPD pursuit, while on his way to work, identified

An Oakland man on his way to work was killed Monday morning, when a suspect being chased by Oakland Police Department crashed into the victim's pickup truck.  

Oakland police chase ends in deadly crash

A police chase involving an alleged hit-and-run driver in Oakland on Monday ended deadly, authorities said.

Oakland police vans destroyed by fire started in encampment

A fire that grew out of control from a cooking grill in downtown Oakland destroyed three vans from the Oakland police department's fleet on October 11. 

Oakland police investigating 103rd homicide of the year as elected leaders discuss the city's violence

OPD is investigating their 103rd homicide of the year, officials say. The latest fatal shooting took place on the same day elected leaders met to discuss the escalating violence in Oakland.

Mother still looking for answers in Oakland unsolved murder

Harris says her son Jamal Watkins, was a 33-year-old security guard and father of four boys, when he was shot and killed on 82nd Avenue July 22nd in Oakland.

Man faces murder charge in botched robbery of Oakland Brinks armored truck

Oakland police arrested a man this week in connection with an attempted robbery of an armored Brinks truck last month. The incident from Sept. 23, at 44th Avenue and International Boulevard, left one person dead and two people injured. 

Some take aim at Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf as her 8 years wind down

The three biggest issues facing Oakland now are crime, homelessness and blight, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a State of the City address Tuesday morning. 

Oakland's 100th homicide victim is uncle to city violence prevention coordinator

Kentrell Killens didn't know until he arrived at the scene that Oakland's 100th homicide victim of 2022 would be his uncle: Louis Truehill, 60, who lived just one block away.