Latina Club fosters pride and security for immigrant students at Oakland International High School

They came from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru without a road map. The Latina Club helps these young students relate with others and navigate their new world in Oakland.

Oakland police discuss September's surge in crime
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Oakland gun violence continued through the weekend with the 105th and 106th homicide of the year. Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong asks for help from the public in these two cases, but also highlights staffing issues on the force and the fact that 'ghost guns' remain unregulated.

Weekend sideshows erupt in San Francisco, Oakland

San Francisco and Oakland police were busy over the weekend, trying to crack down on illegal sideshows.

Family wants FBI to release video, names of agents who killed Oakland man

Family members of an Oakland man shot and killed by an FBI agent are demanding authorities release surveillance video of what happened to 31-year-old Michael Jonathan Cortez. 

Devoted family man killed in Union City's 1st homicide of 2021

Police in Union City are investigating its first homicide of the year. The victim is a 35-year-old father, who was gunned down in front of his home last Friday night.

Oakland launches online help for renters, landlords

Renters and landlords in Oakland have a new resource for financial assistance for past due rent.

Woman dies, man wounded in East Oakland shooting

A Fresno woman died and an Oakland man was injured in a shooting early Sunday in East Oakland, police said.W

Berkeley RV owners resist city street sweep

The City of Berkeley has given RV owners until Wednesday to relocate out of the area of 8th street and Harrison street, offering them permits to a new safe parking site two miles away, or risk having their vehicles towed.

Union City: One dead in Friday night shooting

A person was shot to death on Queen Anne Drive in Union City Friday night around 8:30 p.m., police said.

Oakland's vibe is alive: Triumphant return for First Fridays

For the first time in 18 months, First Fridays returned to Oakland, bringing art, music and culture back to the open streets. 

Man killed, wife hurt in Oakland home invasion, police say

One person was killed and another was wounded in an apparent home invasion in East Oakland on Friday night.

Man sues Hayward police after he was put in headlock, kicked in stomach

Keith Swain has filed a lawsuit against Hayward, saying officers used excessive force by putting him a headlock and kicking him in the stomach.

$10M cash, 500K marijuana plants seized in Bay Area's largest-ever bust

Alameda County Sheriff's Office detectives say they've recovered upwards of $10 million in cash, 100,000 marijuana plants, and 6 tons of processed marijuana valued at $40 million in the largest-ever marijuana bust in the history of the Bay Area.

University of California set to approve controversial housing at People's Park

UC Berkeley is expected to approve $300 million for a student housing development in People's Park that critics say would destroy an important piece of history.