'Leave your mark:' Oakland Tech basketball team wins state championship

The Oakland Tech High School girls basketball team won the CIF Division 1 championship – and they said they had their coach's mantra on their minds.

Jury awards $8.25M to Black mother, daughters handcuffed outside Castro Valley Starbucks

A federal jury awarded a mother and her two daughters $8.25 million after they were unlawfully searched and handcuffed by Alameda County sheriff's deputies outside a Castro Valley Starbucks on their way to taking one of the young women to a college math test in Berkeley. 

Pothole shuts down 2 lanes of I-880 in Oakland

The punishing rains created a pothole large enough to shut down two lanes of Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland early Wednesday morning, which caused a traffic headache for hours. 

Bay Area power outages force several school closures

Winds howling through the Bay Area Tuesday knocked out power and forced several schools to close. Here is a list of schools that are closed Wednesday.

Giant tree smashes teen's room at Livermore apartment complex

Powerful winds in Livermore uprooted a massive tree, sending it crashing into the side of an apartment building on Tuesday. A teenage boy escaped from the room that absorbed the direct hit from the tree.

Amazon truck jackknifes in Pleasanton

An Amazon truck jackknifed early Tuesday morning in the rain, causing an East Bay traffic backup for two hours.

Partially-paralyzed man at Oakland care facility shot dead in room

A 23-year-old man, who was already partially paralyzed, was shot and killed in his room in the middle of the night at an Oakland care facility.

2 Oakland basketball teams make history with state championship titles

The Oakland High Wildcats and the Oakland Tech Lady Bulldogs both claimed victory Friday night during the state basketball championships in Sacramento.

Putting a stamp on the 'Herstorical Women of Oakland, California'

A woman celebrates the 'Herstorical Women of Oakland, California' by commemorating them with her own faux stamp series, a unique artform that utilizes some pretty cool retro equipment.

CHP chopper crew helps nab armed robbery suspects in Oakland

A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew helped police on the ground in Oakland locate three armed robbery suspects.

Person shot and killed on Hegenberger Road

Oakland police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man Sunday morning on Hegenberger Road.   

Wet weather jams traffic on I-880

This latest round of storms is being blamed for shutting down traffic in both directions for hours Sunday on Interstate 880 between Fremont and Union City.

Some Bay Area reservoirs spilling over after latest round of storms

While snow piles in the Sierra and rain soak the Bay Area, California’s reservoirs are filling up. Some are even spilling over.

Coroner finds 160 remains stored in Hayward warehouse

Cremated remains and bodies were recovered from a Hayward warehouse that was linked to an unlicensed crematory, authorities said.

Suspect in Oakland gay men's chorus member's slaying identified

The Oakland Police Department on Friday said they arrested the person suspected of fatally stabbing a singer in the Oakland Gay Men's Chorus.

Oakland Gay Men's Chorus singer stabbed and killed in his home

Family and friends of a singer in the Oakland Gay Men's Chorus, who was stabbed and killed over the weekend, are mourning his death. 

Oakland warehouse roof collapse kills longtime Peet's employee

A longtime Peet's employee was killed at an Oakland coffee distribution warehouse early Friday morning when the roof partially collapsed following heavy rains, a company spokeswoman said.