Man wanted by San Francisco police in 2 deadly shootings arrested

A 32-year-old man wanted by San Francisco police as a suspect in two fatal shootings was arrested Saturday in Livermore.

Oakland Black Pride launches 'Queer Expo'

Oakland Black Pride is a relatively new organization in the East Bay; it only became an established non-profit in November 2020, during a peak of the pandemic.

Hayward police searching for dark pickup truck involved in fatal hit-and-run

On a busy street in Hayward, the family of 55-year-old Richard "Ricky" Leon Heard Jr. lit candles and laid flowers at the place where a hit-and-run driver killed him while he was on his bicycle.

Overturned box truck carrying lettuce blocks lanes on I-80 near the MacArthur Maze

A box truck packed full with boxes of lettuce overturned late Friday morning, snarling traffic along the eastbound lanes of I-80 near the MacArthur Maze for hours.

Giant 300-foot crane sails under Golden Gate and Bay bridges

A container ship carrying a giant crane overcame a tricky maneuver and sailed smoothly under San Francisco's Golden Gate and Bay Bridges on its way to the Port of Oakland.

Oakland diverts $18M from police to violence-prevention programs

The Oakland City Council voted Thursday to divert $18.4 million of what the mayor proposed spending on the police department to double the funding for community violence-prevention programs.

2 million doses of vaccines administered in Alameda County; 66% fully vaccinated

Alameda County on Thursday announced it had administered two million doses of vaccine, which means that 79.6% of all eligible residents over age 12 have received at least one dose and 66.2% are fully vaccinated. 

Oakland Promise students treated to Hamilton performance at graduation

Oakland Promise students watched actor Julius Thomas III, best known for starring in the hit musical Hamilton, during their virtual graduation ceremony.

Freeway shooting leads to multi-car crash in Fremont

A pickup driver said someone inside the Kia started shooting at him. A bullet pierced his truck. So he decided to chase him.

$17M of Oakland police budget may be shifted to department of violence prevention

The Oakland City Council may pass a budget Thursday that redirects more than $17 million from the police department to the Department of Violence Prevention with the intention of improving public safety.

Oakland police chief invited to Biden's anti-crime efforts on law-breaking gun dealers

President Joe Biden on Wednesday is announcing new efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime as administration officials brace for what could be a turbulent summer, focusing on attacking gun violence, providing money to cities that need more police and offering community support.

Giant crane on ship set to pass under Golden Gate Bridge Thursday morning

The Port of Oakland is set to receive a new, giant crane in the early morning hours Thursday via a 764-foot-long ship, the Zhen Hua 26 from China.

Subway’s tuna sandwiches found to contain no tuna fish DNA, lab tests find following lawsuit

The lab determined two potential reasons why no tuna was detected in the sample, saying, "One it’s so heavily processed that whatever we could pull out, we couldn’t make an identification … Or we got some and there’s just nothing there that’s tuna."