Racially charged bullying of student goes ignored by school officials, mom says

A mother in the East Bay accused administrators at St. Raymond School in Dublin with turning a blind eye when her 13-year-old child complained of racially-charged bullying and allowing a teacher to assault her daughter.

Person fatally struck by Amtrak train Monday afternoon

A person was struck by a train in Hayward on Monday afternoon and was killed, according to authorities.

Driver in DUI killing of ex-KTVU news director sentenced

The man who killed former KTVU News Director Fred Zehnder in a DUI crash has been sentenced to probation.

Community members rally at In-N-Out over 'public safety crisis' in Oakland

In Oakland, there are calls for state leaders to do more to deal with crime, and community groups met on Sunday about what they describe as a public safety crisis at the In-N-Out on Hegenberger Road that is closing this month over the soaring number of break-ins. 

People's Park preservationists paint street mural next to cargo containers

A group of advocates opposing the development of People's Park in Berkeley gathered on Sunday for a day of "participatory painting, music and poetry" alongside the historic patch of land that is currently walled off by industrial cargo containers.  

Kevin Nishita shooting suspects face new charges, enhancements

The Alameda County District Attorney on Friday filed additional charges against the three men who have been blamed for the fatal shooting of security guard Kevin Nishita in 2021.

Fatal shooting leaves woman dead, man wounded in San Leandro

A woman was killed and a man was left wounded after being shot in unincorporated San Leandro Friday night, police said.   

PG&E workers robbed near Oakland headquarters

A group of PG&E workers were targeted by thieves who broke into their car as they were about to pull into a garage near the utility's headquarters near Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Oakland crime gets Gov. Newsom's attention

Gov. Newsom said the recent headlines about crime affecting Oakland businesses is disappointing.

Body found floating in water near Oakland Coliseum ID'd

A man whose body was found in late January floating the water in Oakland near the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum has been identified by the county Coroner's Office as 51-year-old Chio Chien Saetern. 

Gov. Newsom sending state attorneys to help prosecute crimes in Alameda County

Days after he announced he would be sending state troopers in to help Oakland police make arrests, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is sending prosecutors from the state to help prosecute "serious and complex" cases in Alameda County amid a crime surge.

Berkeley community hasn't gotten mail delivered in more than 150 days

A rent-controlled apartment building, with elderly and disabled residents, on Milvia Street in Berkeley has been left without mail delivery for more than five months.

Deaths of two East Bay women in 1970s solved with DNA

Police on Thursday identified a man as the suspect in two sexual assaults and homicides in the East Bay in the 1970s.