Oakland

Contra Costa and Alameda counties, along with the state, are now running the Oakland Coliseum mass-vaccination site rather than FEMA.

Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Jeffery Hazelitt cranked up the heat at the Oakland airport to force an erratic person to shed his clothes so that he could rush in and snatch the weapon.

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

The City of Oakland recently put restrictions in place at Lake Merritt, including heightened police presence that activists argue is unnecessary.

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

Contra Costa County residents 16 and older can now get vaccinated from COVID-19 at the Oakland Coliseum, county health officials said Saturday. 

The men are accused of conspiring to destroy communications and other records about the May 29, 2020, killing of federal security officer David Patrick Underwood and attempted murder of his partner as they guarded federal Building in Oakland.

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

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. 

Community members are rallying behind an Oakland father, who was a victim in a hit-and-run in Antioch and lost both his legs in the crash.

After six straight games to start the season when almost nothing went right, Mitch Moreland made sure the Oakland Athletics would have something to feel good about when they head out on the road.

Nirivana "Nob" Allen, a parent at Brookfield Elementary School, was struck by a car from behind while pushing his vehicle on the side of the road. He has since lost both his legs.

Multiple residents are displaced after Oakland firefighters knocked down a three-alarm fire at a two-story home, officials said Tuesday evening. 

Governor Gavin Newsom's office on Tuesday announced an agreement with Alameda and Contra Costa counties to continue operations at the Oakland Coliseum mass vaccination site.

Terminal 1 at the Oakland International Airport was closed for nearly four hours Tuesday morning after a suicidal man with a knife threatened to harm himself. But deputies were able to de-escalate the situation by altering the temperature inside the airport and deploying Tasers - not guns -  yielding a positive and non-deadly ending to a tense morning. 

FEMA is now expanding its efforts to provide COVID-19 shots to Oakland's underserved communities.

Vice President Kamala Harris will only be in the Bay Area a few hours where she is expected to focus on jobs, small businesses, and the importance of investing in infrastructure.