CHP investigates serious crash involving wrong-way driver

The CHP is investigating a serious crash involving a wrong way driver and a truck from the city of Oakland.

Baby ducks rescued from storm drain in Fremont

Over a dozen baby ducks were rescued Saturday afternoon from a storm drain by Fremont firefighters.

1 dead in 4-car-pile-up in Oakland

One man is dead following a four-car pile-up in Oakland. 

2 dead, 2 injured in Hayward shooting

Two people died, and two others were injured in an alleged targeted shooting in Hayward Saturday morning. 

Record Store Day is back, Shipyard Open Studios coming to SF Hunters Point and Friday Nights at OMCA

What goes around comes around. That may be the driving force behind this current vinyl resurgence. Another Record Store Day is here. Or maybe take a sound bath, or check out Shipyard Open Studios. We've got arts, culture and off the beaten path events.

1st Trader Joe's store unionizes in California

A Trader Joe's in Oakland has become the first of the chain's supermarkets in California to unionize. 

Will Oakland become a 'minor league' city with the A's Vegas bound?

With the Oakland A's having purchased land in Las Vegas for a new ballpark, and with the Raiders and Warriors gone, Oakland, with no major sports teams left, becomes a ‘minor league’ city. 

Alleged Home Depot shooter says gun went off accidentally in employee's killing

The woman accused of killing a Home Depot employee this week after he tried to stop her from stealing from the store said she accidentally fired the gun, arrest records show.

Oakland A's sign agreement to purchase land for Las Vegas ballpark

Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics on Wednesday announced they have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a future ballpark in Las Vegas – much to the disappointment of the mayor and others who were promised that the team was "Rooted in Oakland."  

Home Depot employee killed while trying to stop theft was Eagle Scout, engaged

A Home Depot employee was killed while trying to stop an alleged shoplifter who shot him for confronting her when she took a battery charger, police said.

Pleasanton Home Depot employee shot to death while trying to stop in-store theft

A Home Depot employee who was shot inside the Pleasanton store on Tuesday afternoon died hours after he was trying to prevent a theft in the middle of the afternoon. Two suspects have been detained. 

UCSF Benioff Children's employees strike in largest protest in hospital's history

Registered nurses and health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are holding a one-day sympathy strike on Wednesday, which organizers say will be the largest protest in the hospital's history. 

Livermore scientist named one of Time magazine's most influential people in the world

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Andrea "Annie" Kritcher has been named to Time magazine's TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  

Berkeley's natural gas ban overturned by federal appeals court

A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas lines in new buildings.

Fruitvale residents voice their concerns over a spike in crime, call for more cops
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Fruitvale residents called on city leaders to hire more police officers to patrol high crime areas. Other residents expressed the need for more bilingual and multilingual officers.