Flames shoot out from windows from Oakland apartment building near Lake Merritt

A two-alarm fire broke out Tuesday morning at a three-story Oakland apartment building near Lake Merritt, sending hot, orange flames shooting from the windows.

Livermore planning commissioner who used word 'ghetto' will keep job

The Livermore City Council voted to allow a planning commissioner to keep his seat after he made what many viewed as an insensitive remark.

Students outraged over death of 26-year-old after struggle with Alameda police

Young people from Alameda and Oakland Tech high schools marched from the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland to Alameda police headquarters to show their outrage over the death of Mario Gonzalez.

Oakland Technical High’s first Black male valedictorian reveals his college decision on KTVU 

Standout Oakland student 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad had his choice of universities to choose from, as he was accepted to all 11 colleges he applied to, including Harvard and Princeton.

Oakland police report spike in use of ghost guns

Oakland police say ghost guns now account for nearly one-quarter of the guns seized in the city.

Store surveillance video shows machete attack inside Fremont liquor store

KTVU has obtained surveillance video of a brawl inside a liquor store where at least one of the suspects had a machete and the others had knives. It happened Sunday night at CJ’s Liquor and Wine in Fremont.

Oakland 'balcony burglar' suspect in custody

A convicted burglar, has been arrested in connection with a spree of at least a dozen incidents in Oakland's Adams Point neighborhood.

Suspect in attack on Oakland Chinatown leader faces hate crime charge

Parolee James Lee Ramsey, 25, has been charged with assault and hate crime following an attack on Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce President Carl Chan last Thursday. 

4 people arrested following stabbing in Fremont

At around 10:30 p.m. officers responded to the 4900 block of Stevenson on a report of a stabbing involving eight people.

Husband, wife found dead in San Leandro murder-suicide: police

A husband and wife were found dead at a San Leandro home in what appears to be a murder-suicide stemming from a domestic dispute, police said.

A's lefty Luzardo breaks pinkie finger playing video game

Athletics left-hander Jesús Luzardo will be off the mound for a while — and maybe off video games, too.

Fatal accident on I-880 in Oakland caused by suspected DUI driver

A traffic collision that killed one person and caused life-threatening injuries to another early Saturday was allegedly caused by a drunk driver, according to the Oakland office of the California Highway Patrol.

Thousands turn out at May Day rallies around the Bay Area

Thousands of people turned out to celebrate May Day at events this afternoon on both sides of the Bay Bridge.

Civil rights group seeks Justice Department investigation of Mario Gonzalez’s death in police custody

The nation’s oldest Latino civil rights organization has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking that the FBI investigate the in-custody police death of Mario Gonzalez.