Bay Area braces for heavier rain after earlier warm-up storms

Wednesday night's storm, the strongest so far in this series, racked up relatively few major problems with Marin's Mount Tamalpais – the winner in the badly needed water derby. But the storm was merely a warm up for what's to come the rest of the week.

Former Oakland police captain injured in gun battle is now out of surgery and in stable condition
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The former head of Ceasefire and retired Oakland police captain Ersie Joyner was wounded in a shooting at a gas station on Thursday, a source told KTVU. The shooting also claimed the life of another person, police officials said.

Suicide at Santa Rita jail in quarantine intake unit

Marlon Reyes has died by suicide at Santa Rita Jail while he was in the quarantine intake housing unit, which is now standard protocol upon booking all new inmates to prevent COVID. But it does raise questions about out-of-cell time.

Oakland families gather to remember murdered loved ones

An Oakland father who lost his 16-year old daughter led the gathering to address the violence happening across the city. To date, 113 people have been killed so far this year.

Rainy, windy weather knocks out power for thousands of PG&E customers

A power outage affecting thousands of PG&E customers in Oakland and the East Bay on Wednesday was caused by rainy and windy weather in the area, a utility spokeswoman said.

5 displaced by kitchen fire in East Oakland apartment

Five people lost their home Wednesday afternoon to what was likely an accidental fire in an East Oakland apartment building, fire officials said. 

Art stolen from Oakland gallery, theft caught on camera

An artist in Oakland is asking for the public's help after someone smashed through a gallery window allowing a thief to make off with one of his artworks. It happened Tuesday evening, just days before the local artist was scheduled to show his works at an opening, and the whole heist was captured on surveillance video.

Bay Area hit with another round of rain-storm related PG&E power outages

Pacific Gas and Electric has been busy keeping up with weather-related power outages. On Wednesday evening, rain storms once again left tens of thousands of customers in the dark. 

Netflix employees 'walkout' in protest of new Dave Chappelle special, calling it 'transphobic'

Some Netflix workers on Wednesday participated in a walkout in protest of comedian Dave Chappelle’s new special "The Closer." Critics say the new special is offensive to transgender people and has the potential to instigate real-life violence.

Murder suspect allegedly ran over woman for vandalizing car

An enraged driver killed a woman by running her over after she vandalized his car in Oakland, according to authorities. 

Probe continues into Bay Area police officers' alleged threats into alleged pimp

Vallejo police are investigating two Bay Area police officers for alleged threats against an alleged sex trafficker who the officers say trafficked their daughter, an attorney familiar with the investigation said.

Facebook pays millions to settle DOJ discrimination claims in hiring process

Facebook also agreed in the settlement announced Tuesday to train its employees in anti-discrimination rules and to conduct more widespread advertising and recruitment for job opportunities in its permanent labor certification program.