Police arrest East Bay armed robbery suspect after chase into Macy's store

Alameda County Sheriff's deputies and Dublin Police officers apprehended a man suspected in multiple armed robberies in San Leandro and San Lorenzo Thursday following a chase that ended inside a Macy's store in Pleasanton.

Afghan family who fled Taliban's hail of bullets looks to rebuild lives in Hayward

An Afghan family who was forced to flee the Taliban has now resettled in Hayward, leaving the relatives – who are journalists, pizza shop owners and teachers – to rebuild their lives after leaving nearly everything behind.

Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan hit and killed by vehicle
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Earlier in the day Wednesday, she had been walking her beloved dog, Maggie, and was hit by a vehicle. She suffered a serious head injury and was rushed to Highland Hospital where the medical staff was unable to revive her.

Oakland Tech students protest sex assaults

Oakland Tech students say they're protesting sexual assaults on campus and the lack of school enforcement.

Supply chain crisis at California ports could sink holiday gifts

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an online shopping surge, causing a supply chain crisis and bottleneck at California's ports. It is all threatening the holiday shopping season.

Alameda County food bank sees staggering need ahead of the holidays

At the Alameda County Community Food Bank, the number of people in need is staggering. A spokesman says before the pandemic, one in five residents struggled to put food on the table. Now it's one in four.

As Oakland expands guaranteed income program, early recipients call it success

One of the largest guaranteed income pilots in the country was launched in Oakland in June. The first phase includes 300 eligible families from East Oakland. Over the next 18 months, they'll receive $500 a month, no strings attached. Two families spoke to us about what it means.

Oakland woman, 54, dies after driver hits her electric scooter

Police are looking for the driver and the vehicle, described as a four-door gray sedan, which failed to stop after striking Michelle Marbley, who suffered a severe head injury due to the collision.

These 2 Bay Area counties slip in COVID metrics

Two Bay Area counties won't be lifting their mask mandates any time soon. They had been in line to be the next counties to allow people to stop wearing masks in nearly all indoor settings.

Oakland to provide tiny-home shelters in vacant lot ahead of winter weather, heat included

Many of the residents of a tent encampment on East 12th Street near the Alameda County Courthouse, will soon be moving right next door into what the city is calling Lakeview Village.

Large-scale tiny home village to open by Lake Merritt

The city calls it the first large-scale tiny home village with space for 65 people on the largest parcel of city-owned land near Lake Merritt, in District 2.

Day of the Dead celebration returns to Oakland's Fruitvale district

Organizers asked attendees to wear masks, while offering a number of services and entertainment. The pop-ups offered both Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson vaccines.

Decades later, a new look for Black Panthers and their legacy

It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party co-founder who was feared and hated by many Americans. Members of the party were dismissed as racist, gun-toting militants.

1 dead, 3 injured in Fremont house fire

A house fire in Fremont killed one person Saturday night and injured three more, according to the Fremont Fire Department.

Mom questions use of force in son's shooting by former Oakland cop

Desoni Gardner's mother said her son was wrong to rob Ersie Joyner and that he's “already been held accountable.” But she questions whether use of deadly force was necessary.