Alameda County

Home is where the heart is, and with COVID-19, it's also where the office is.

Police on Wednesday night were called out to investigate a shooting in East Oakland that possibly involved multiple victims.

The family of a longtime dentist is mourning the loss of their loved one who was the victim in a fatal hit-and-run.

Cellphone video from a witness shows Officer Cheri Miller firing shots at a fleeing car in July. There were three people inside the vehicle who had allegedly stolen from a drugstore.

Police say the driver, described as a man in his early 20's, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The goal is to hire peer counselors and EMTs from the neighborhoods that they would serve. Some would be formerly incarcerated and unhoused people, who truly understand the situations many people in crisis are calling about. A typical salary would be $70,000 plus benefits. 

Deputies and police have set up a large perimeter in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood while they search for suspects in a Castro Valley shooting where one victim has now died.

Legal bills show Oakland paid outside lawyers for more than 27,000 hours to defend the city in the Ghost Ship lawsuit.

Police on Tuesday said they found a 10-year-old girl missing from Union City. 

Firefighters Monday evening extinguished a two-alarm fire at a business in San Leandro, Alameda County Fire Department said.

Police announced on Monday that a second suspect has been arrested in the alleged homicide of a 75-year-old Oakland resident who was out for a walk last week.

Some teachers say they don't feel safe going back in the classroom. They're scheduled to vote on a tentative agreement over in-person learning from Wednesday to Saturday.

Fremont has received the distinction as the happiest city in America in a new survey that looked at key indicators of happiness, ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to how much leisure time spent on a daily basis.

Councilman Loren Taylor says the city needs a multi-pronged approach to solve the problem, and is looking at using improved intelligence to anticipate gatherings and respond faster.

The first phase of the agreement has in-person classes resuming March 30 for pre-kindergarten through grade 2 and priority students, with the second phase resuming April 19 for grades 3-5 and at least one secondary grade to be determined later.

The Dublin City Council on Tuesday will consider entering an agreement to develop a downtown affordable housing project near the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station.

There have been hundreds of cases of coronavirus among workers in Tesla’s Fremont factory, according to a news report.

As the Dream Act continues to hobble through Congress, the human toll on innocent, undocumented immigrant young people continues to create nightmares.  

Fremont is receiving the distinction of "Happiest City in the United States" for 2021, a new survey reports.