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Members of the Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee voted Tuesday to seek the full council's input on the recommendations of Reimagining Public Safety Taskforce rather than approving them. 

The driver of a Maserati SUV is lucky to be alive after a short pursuit with Highway Patrol officers in Oakland ended with the luxury vehicle slamming into the underside of a freeway on Monday, the CHP said.

Fortune Magazine this week released its annual list of 100 best companies to work for, and during an unprecedented year of shutdowns and major workplace adjustments due to the pandemic, two Bay Area companies rose to the top as the number one and two best firms based on employee input.

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Monday to allocate $10 million to restore vital community services for the fire and police departments, as the police chief called for more resources to be reallocated to the department.

Salesforce, the largest private employer in San Francisco, announced that it will reopen its global headquarters in May.

The Silicon Valley company that popularized the "poke" is helping people get a much sought-after poke in the arm with the COVID-19 vaccine.

Oakland firefighters extinguished a house on fire in the 2500 block of 12th Avenue early Sunday, following initial reports of people trapped inside.

Police in Oakland on Friday reported a surge in violent crime in the city during the past week.

Amazon workers voted against forming a union at a warehouse in Alabama, handing the online retail giant a decisive victory and cutting off a path that labor activists had hoped would lead to similar efforts throughout the company and beyond.

A massive rockslide on Highway 50 shut down traffic in both directions Friday morning just outside Lake Tahoe, Caltrans said.

Crews with the Oakland fire department quickly contained a grass fire burning near I-580 near Keller & Mountain Blvd.

These latest two suicides bring the total number of people killed at Santa Rita Jail to 50 since 2014. That is the highest number of in-custody deaths of any jail in the Bay Area. 

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong in Washington D.C. on Thursday after Biden announced a series of new executive orders on gun control. Armstrong was the only law enforcement leader invited to the White House. 

Santa Clara police officers are being assisted by officers from San Jose Thursday evening with a situation on El Camino Real. 

It was a day of action on both sides of the Bay, mobilizing against crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

Highway 1 along Big Sur is expected to reopen by April 30 because work to repair a huge piece of roadway that crumbled during a storm is nearly two months ahead of schedule, CalTrans announced Thursday.