Oakland parents plan to 'liberate' Parker Elementary School

Parents of Parker Elementary School students and their allies are planning to assume control of the Oakland school starting Wednesday evening on the last day of school in the Oakland Unified School District, organizers said.

Off-duty Oakland officer shoots suspect, leading to school lockdown

An off-duty Oakland police officer shot and wounded an armed suspect in West Oakland on Wednesday, which led to the lockdown of a nearby elementary school on the last day of class.

58 people have died at Santa Rita Jail since 2014; interfaith group demands change

An interfaith group is demanding that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors make changes at the Sheriff's Office after 58 people have died at Santa Rita Jail since 2014.

Two people injured in Oakland shooting

Gunfire erupted in broad daylight in Oakland on Tuesday, leaving two people injured, police said.

Driver detained after CHP officer injured in hit-and-run

The CHP said the driver of a pickup truck veered off Interstate Highway 80 near the University Avenue exit in Berkeley and hit the patrol car where the officer was helping someone in a disabled car.

Oakland police seek missing at-risk elderly woman

Oakland Police are looking for an elderly woman who is at-risk due to dementia who was first reported missing at 11:40 a.m. on Monday. 

7-year-old Fremont boy struck and killed while on his bicycle identified

A young bicyclist struck and killed by a vehicle in Fremont on Friday has been identified as 7-year-old Harit Patel, according to the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau. 

Berkeley Unified must mask up again with rising COVID cases

Berkeley Unified School District will require students and staff to wear a mask starting Monday morning. The latest mandate is expected to stay in place until the end of the school year.

Berkeley USD to reinstate indoor mask mandate through end of  school year

Students and staff of Berkeley Unified School District are required to wear mask indoor through the end of the school year, district officials announced Friday.

Co-owner of Filipino restaurant in Oakland shot dead in front of son

Loved ones are in shock after the co-owner of a popular Filipino restaurant in Oakland was gunned down in front of his 11-year-old son.

Oakland gets $11M to create housing for homeless near Coliseum

The state of California is giving the city of Oakland $11 million to turn a hotel into a place to shelter homeless people near the Coliseum, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week.

2 dead following freeway shooting in Oakland, 2 injured

Two people died and two people were injured in a freeway shooting and crash off Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland, the California Highway Patrol said. 

Gunshots fired in Oakland near freeway; victims found in overturned car

The California Highway Patrol is investigating yet another shooting; this time in Oakland just off I-580 after gunshots were fired causing injuries to people discovered inside an overturned Nissan sedan.

More than 2 dozen Dublin prison officers reassigned in wake of sex scandal

Roughly 25 managers at the federal prison in Dublin are getting reassigned across the country – perpetuating a problem, not solving it, a union official told KTVU. 

Man charged with murder after body found dumped in Oakland hills

Authorities on Wednesday said a man found fatally shot in the Oakland hills had been attacked at a homeless camp before his body was dumped.