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A tractor-trailer transporting USPS packages through Oakland early Saturday caught fire, killing the driver, officials said.

 Police in Newark are searching for a suspect involved in the fatal shooting of a man Friday afternoon.  

A man under the influence of drugs was arrested and given multiple charges after police discovered $110,000 worth of fentanyl in his vehicle on an Oakland freeway, police said.

A cannabis delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Thursday in Santa Rosa, officials said.

A man was arrested after entering an Oakland police administration building to retrieve items after an officer recognized him as an ATM robbery suspect.

Too $hort, an iconic fixture in the Oakland rap scene and proclaimed "Godfather of Bay Area hip hop" a title that no one dares contest, will likely have a street named after him.

Oakland's Amy Schneider had a 40-game winning streak on Jeopardy and made history as one of the game show's first openly transgender champions. And then she came on KTVU to talk about it.

Six additional expansion clubs will join Oakland Soul and Stockton Cargo to create the NorCal Division, the USL W League announced Thursday. The new division is expected to participate in the league in 2023.

Oakland police are searching for a man believed to be involved in a homicide.

The father of a 15-year-old boy who was killed in a crash of a pickup truck full of Livermore High School students said Thursday that the deadly collision was the result of a crime.

A woman is accused of shooting a gun into the air after being confronted by a parent for offering a child marijuana, according to arrest records.

Three small debris fires were intentionally set on Wednesday evening when at least one of them reached the side of a school building, Oakland firefighters said. 

Glowfari holiday lights event at the Oakland Zoo was canceled Wednesday night due to a power outage. 

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announced Wednesday her office has convicted Richmond resident Jerry Likaerie Graham of human trafficking.   

Alameda High School officials said hate speech was etched into different areas of the school before the Thanksgiving break. The N-word, "whites only," "blacks only," and a swastika were found in a stairwell and a restroom on campus.

An Alameda County sheriff's deputy who was hospitalized after he was involved in a crash where he was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving returned to work this week; one of his first duties back was to BBQ a meal for an academy memorial run. 

There was a damaged ATM outside an Oakland convenience store after what neighbors described as a brazen burglary.

On this Giving Tuesday we’re highlighting the life-saving care provided by UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals.