Alameda County

Nationwide, hundreds of marches are set to take place, as part of a movement to harness the political power of women.

Since the start of the year, there have been more than two dozen such thefts, and most have occurred after dark, police said.

While the number of evictions has been declining in the last several years from the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, housing advocates say the problem is actually getting worse because the displaced residents can’t find anywhere to go.

A woman picking up her child from school was killed Friday afternoon in a hit-and-run crash, police said.

"Numerous people have been subjected to predatory foreclosures and wrongful evictions, leading to displacement and thousands of people living on our streets." -- Rebecca Kaplan

The 14th richest person in the world took BART on Friday, heading from San Francisco to Oakland where he met with Mayor Libby Schaaf outside Beauty’s Bagel Shop on Franklin Street.

Police continue to investigate the disappearance of a19-year-old Hayward woman who was last seen on Jan 18, 1971.

The event hosted by Council members Ben Bartlett and Cheryl Davila and Wireless Radiation Education & Defense (WiRED) will be held at the South Berkeley Senior Center at 2939 Ellis St. near Ashby Street at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The flights between Oakland and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport start on April 1, joining Spirit's existing Oakland flights to Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, airport officials said.

A man who was found fatally shot early Sunday morning was identified by police as 19-year-old Farrarri Johnson of Oakland.

Police responded to the scene of a bank robbery in downtown Oakland Thursday morning 

Newsom has proposed a new law that would force communities to house the homeless.

There is a big change in the world of women's sports. The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) has agreed to a new contract that will double the maximum salary for female basketball players. 

Police in Union City released a picture of a suspect’s car in a double homicide investigation. Police said it was involved in the shooting deaths of two young boys last November. 

Fake parking tickets are leaving some victims of a prank confused and police are not amused.

Critics say a new tool unveiled by Uber can be problematic for a neighborhood that is considered undesirable due to high crime, or that it could simply be discriminatory. Some say the ride share is trying to avoid classifying their workers as employees under AB-5.

“This decision to close Station 30 is a disaster waiting to happen, and it does not have to be this way,” said Sean Burrows, president of Alameda County Firefighters Local 55.