Oakland police investigating shooting near MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland police are investigating a shooting that took place early Saturday morning in the area of Fisher Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland police department.

$8M in federal money coming to Oakland nonprofit to help children read

Reading Partners' tutoring program serves 16,000 students each year in grades K-4. In the East Bay, it's been helping more than 500 students at 14 schools in Oakland and San Lorenzo.

Public memorial service for slain TV news guard Kevin Nishita

The noon gathering at the San Jose Civic Center was large because of just how many people Kevin Nishita touched. He was a retired police officer, who worked in San Jose, Hayward and Colma as well as for the Oakland Housing Authority.

Kaiser employees get omicron at Wisconsin wedding

A group of fully vaccinated and boosted Kaiser employees are at home recovering from exposure to the omicron coronavirus variant.

Oakland man accused of posing as police officer, approaching teenage girls arrested

Berkeley police announced the arrest of a man accused of posing as a police officer and approaching teenage girls with criminal sexual intent of minors. 

Oakland police searching for missing at-risk 25-year-old woman

Police in Oakland need the public's assistance in finding a missing 25-year-old woman, considered at-risk because her family said she has mental health challenges. 

Oakland schools delays student COVID vaccine requirement deadline

Oakland Unified School District officials say they won't be enforcing the student COVID vaccine mandate until January 31. That's four weeks later than they originally planned.

Downtown Oakland vaccine clinic abruptly closes

The non-profit ‘Covid Clinic’ that operated a free walk-up vaccination and testing site at Frank Ogawa Plaza abruptly announced it had to close on Wednesday, saying they are facing significant staffing and vaccine shortages.

Celebration and outpouring of love for Oakland woman who turned 104

A very special celebration was held on Tuesday for an Oakland woman on her 104th birthday, as she was honored and revered as a woman whose life was about caring for others.

Oakland cannabis business hit twice in back-to-back burglaries

An Oakland marijuana delivery service is the latest in the Bay Area's cannabis industry to be hit by a gang of thieves. They struck Presto Canna in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood, not once, but twice this week, in back to back days.

Oakland's Jack London Square Christmas tree torched

An arson investigation was underway in Oakland on Monday, after the large Christmas tree at Jack London Square was torched overnight.

Flamenco dancer, guitarist miss one payment, foreclosure pending on Oakland home

An Emmy-award winning flamenco dancer and her guitarist husband will likely have to leave their Oakland home this holiday season as one missed mortgage payment has gotten them in financial trouble with their service lender.