Alameda County

Family, friends, and community members of missing woman Amy Hillyard gathered for a vigil in Oakland on Monday night to mark a "painful milestone" — two months since the disappearance of the local coffee shop owner and 52-year-old mother of two.

For the 12th year in a row, every senior enrolled in Girls Inc. of Alameda County's college access program graduated high school and earned acceptance into a post-secondary institution. 

Local residents strongly oppose changing the rules of the road, fearing that introducing heavy diesel traffic will worsen pollution, noise, and safety in nearby neighborhoods.

Bake Sum has built a devoted following in the East Bay with its "Asian Americana" approach to pastry — drawing on Pan-Asian culinary traditions and mashing them together into something entirely new.

A suspect was arrested after allegedly stealing a pickup truck in Oakland and dragging the 76-year-old owner before fleeing the scene, authorities said. He was later captured across the Bay.

An Oakland community organizer is sharing her frustration after her car was stolen and stripped bare over the weekend, exposing what she described as a localized dumping ground for stolen cars.

Oakland teen weightlifters are heading to nationals, despite being displaced from their gym.

A former bishop at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation in Livermore is facing multiple felony charges accusing him of sexually assaulting boys over the course of a decade.

Oakland homelessness numbers have dropped by over 20% in the past two years, according to an Alameda County Health report released on Tuesday. It’s the first such decline in more than a decade.

Dickson said the suspect is facing “multiple charges related to the deaths of three individuals," but did not enumerate the exact charges.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee on Wednesday hinted that she's running for mayor again. 

Some voters in Oakland are expressing skepticism over Measure E, a new parcel tax heading to the June ballot. While supporters argue the funding is critical to maintaining vital city services, opponents contend that previously approved tax hikes have failed to deliver on their promises.

Three victims killed in a Saturday night crash in Oakland have been identified by officials, KTVU has learned. 

A 16-year-old Oakland high school student, a phenom considered one of California’s best soccer players in his age group, made his pro-soccer debut over the weekend, proudly playing for his hometown.

The CHP determined that the chief was at fault for clipping another car's side mirror, but not guilty of a crime.

A 17-year-old accused of plowing into several pedestrians in East Oakland over the weekend, killing three of them, was speeding at the time of the crash, authorities said Monday.

Hayward police responded Monday afternoon to a shooting, though no injuries have been reported.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee announced Monday that a city administrator resigned over "degrading and unprofessional communications" that surfaced in documents obtained through a Public Records Request.

A teenager has been arrested after police said they slammed a car into six pedestrians on Saturday night in East Oakland, killing three and injuring the others.