Oakland

Oakland police said it is currently not known whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

Oakland police on Thursday addressed what occurred at Eddy Cash 4 Gold, where a shop owner exchanged gunfire with five attempted robbery suspects and two of them died. 

The father of a 19-year-old killed this past weekend in downtown Oakland hopes his son's death will serve as a life lesson for other young people to stay off the streets and for parents to be involved in their children's lives.

An Oakland shop owner exchanged gunfire with several attempted robbery suspects Wednesday evening. The police officer's union says two suspects were killed and the shop owner was also shot.

Oakland police were seen swarming the neighborhood outside a liquor store Tuesday morning that briefly put a nearby elementary school on lockdown. 

A 28-year-old man was shot and killed walking home after buying food from a street vendor early Saturday morning after a night with friends. His family says he had recently moved from San Francisco to Oakland.

Bullet holes riddled the side of an Oakland senior shelter on Monday. This, after a series of shootings over the weekend.

OPD said the shootings that killed two people and wounded at least four suggested there was no connection between the outbreak of violence and the free festival that had ended hours earlier.

Thousands of fans packed the Coliseum in Oakland for a spirited international soccer match between Japan and Mexico, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

Mayor Barbara Lee spoke about the violence Saturday, calling it "unacceptable" and "tragic."

Macaulay Culkin, known for his iconic role in the Christmas classic "Home Alone," is coming to the Bay Area as part of a special screening and tour to mark the 35th anniversary of the enduring holiday film.

A woman in Oakland is aiming to bring joy to foster kids' faces by restoring and donating American Girl dolls.

One person was wounded in a freeway shooting in Oakland on Thursday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A police pursuit that began in Oakland ended with a crash in Hayward late Wednesday afternoon.

A 11-year-old girl reported missing from Oakland has been located, according to police.

The Mexican National soccer team is in Oakland in preparation to play Japan in a friendly match on Saturday at the Coliseum.

By early Wednesday morning, Oakland police radios - as well as most law enforcement agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties - will go silent.

The shooting of projectiles has been going on since July said one bus dweller.