Tanker carrying ethanol crashes off I-680 in Alameda County

Alameda County Fire is asking members of the public to avoid the area while crews at the scene transfer the ethanol from the crashed tanker to another. 

Hazmat teams work to transfer ethanol from crashed tanker
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Occurred along southbound I-680 near Koopman Road in Sunol on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Video: Alameda County Fire Department.

Alameda mom shares her account of being sick with COVID-19, offers insights from her experience

An Alameda mother of three is candidly sharing what it’s been like as a COVID-19 patient recovering from home, and opening up about her experience -- from the surprising diagnosis, to having the rest of her family tested.

Attorney questions deadly San Leandro police shooting

Questions swirled Monday over whether San Leandro police were justified in fatally shooting a man with a baseball bat inside a Walmart store.

Oakland police continue sideshow enforcement, break up two gatherings Saturday night

Police responded just after 7 p.m. Saturday to the intersection of Maritime Street and Middle Harbor Road, within the Port of Oakland, where police Officer Johnna Watson said approximately 100 vehicles, and an unknown number of spectators, had gathered.

Three Emeryville rail crossings reopen after freight train derailment

Those crossings were fouled when six cars of a UP freight train - three empty tank cars and three refrigerated boxcars - derailed at about 1:45 p.m. Sunday just south of the Powell Street bridge over the tracks.

Oakland café closed for coronavirus reopens to manufacture and distribute masks

This comes at a time where six Bay Area counties will require people to cover their faces when going to essential businesses, doing essential work or taking public transportation.

Suspect shot by police in Walmart identified
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Early Sunday evening, San Leandro police identified?the man who was killed as 33-year-old Steven Demarco Taylor of San Leandro.?

Fremont reports increases in commercial burglaries and auto theft, overall decline in crime

The category with the largest increase is commercial burglary, which is up 133 percent from the same period in 2019, averaging two incidents daily compared to less than one a day at the same time last year.

Hayward police investigating shooting that killed man, sixth homicide in 2020

Police responded about 9:50 p.m. to reports of gunshots in the area and located the victim. Medical units were called but the man was later pronounced dead.

Hit-and-run driver kills Oakland man crossing street

Police were called to the 2600 block of 35th Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. on reports of a collision and learned that the man was in an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection of 35th and Brookdale avenues when he was struck by a vehicle described as a Mercedes R class MPV traveling northbound that fled the scene.