Man’s death after fire at Oakland homeless camp being investigated as a homicide
OAKLAND — The April death of a 76-year-old man, less than a week after a portable toilet he was using at a West Oakland homeless camp was deliberately set on fire, is being investigated as a homicide,...
View ArticleTwo killed in Oakland shooting, stabbing early Saturday
OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot and another man stabbed to death within 15 minutes early Saturday in different areas of the city, authorities said. The names of the victims have not yet been released....
View ArticlePolice: Street racer flees in Mercedes after fatally striking pedestrian in...
OAKLAND — A 58-year-old woman crossing an East Oakland street Friday night died after she was hit by a car police said was involved in a street race. The driver fled after the collision and is being...
View Article6-year-old boy wounded in Oakland shooting crossfire at gas station
OAKLAND — A 6-year-old boy was wounded in the leg by stray bullets Friday night when a shooting erupted at an East Oakland gas station, authorities said. The shooting happened two hours before a man...
View ArticleFour displaced in two-alarm Oakland fire
OAKLAND — Four residents were displaced after a two-alarm fire heavily damaged a Victorian-style home in East Oakland, officials said. No injuries were reported to the residents or firefighters. The...
View ArticleWoman shot inside East Oakland apartment
OAKLAND — An 18-year-old woman was shot inside an East Oakland apartment early Monday morning by someone who was outside the unit, authorities said. The woman was shot in the shoulder and was in stable...
View ArticleOakland police investigating 50th homicide of 2023
OAKLAND – A 60-year-old man was shot to death Monday night near his home in Oakland’s Maxwell Park neighborhood, marking the city’s 50th homicide of the year, police said. His name has not yet been...
View ArticleThree people wounded, dog killed in Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — Three people were wounded and a dog belonging to one of them was killed in a shooting Monday night in East Oakland, authorities said. The people shot — a 31-year-old woman and two men, ages...
View ArticleTwo people die in fiery Dublin vehicle crash
DUBLIN — Two men died Tuesday night when the car they were in crashed into a tree and pole and caught fire, authorities said. The men’s names were not immediately released. Police said the driver was a...
View ArticleMan slain while doing yard work outside his Maxwell Park home in Oakland is...
OAKLAND — A 60-year-old man fatally shot Monday evening night while doing yard work outside his Maxwell Park neighborhood home was identified by police Wednesday as David Schneider. Homicide...
View ArticleOne dead, three injured in crash near Byron
BYRON — One person was killed and three others injured Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on Vasco Road, officials said. The wreck happened just before 2 p.m. on Vasco Road, south of Camino Diablo,...
View ArticlePeninsula man fatally shot near Oakland’s Uptown area
OAKLAND — A 27-year-old Daly City man was fatally shot Wednesday evening near the Uptown district, authorities said. His name has not yet been released. The man was shot around 6:30 p.m. in the 400...
View ArticleMan found dead outside crashed car earlier pursued by San Pablo police
SAN PABLO — A car briefly chased by San Pablo police before police said the pursuit was cancelled Thursday morning crashed, and a 29-year-old man was found lying dead outside the vehicle, authorities...
View ArticleMan charged with murder in Oakland shooting of a person police say he did not...
OAKLAND — A three-time felon has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting Saturday morning in East Oakland of another man following a dispute of some kind, according to authorities and court...
View ArticlePolice: Woman shot in North Oakland found several miles away
OAKLAND — A 30-year-old woman who was shot early Friday in North Oakland was found two hours later more than three miles away in West Oakland, authorities said. How she got to West Oakland has not been...
View ArticleMan slain near Oakland’s Uptown district was delivering flowers
OAKLAND — A 27-year-old Daly City man was delivering flowers Wednesday evening near the Uptown district when he got into some kind of argument with a man walking a dog and was fatally shot, authorities...
View ArticleLiquor store clerk shot by customer in Oakland
OAKLAND — A 45-year-old clerk at an East Oakland liquor store was shot multiple times Friday morning by a customer he had gotten into an argument with, authorities said. The clerk was in stable...
View ArticleGoat herder discovers human remains near Oakland Zoo
OAKLAND — Homicide investigators were called to an area near the Oakland Zoo after human remains were discovered there Friday afternoon, authorities said. The remains, believed to be those of a man,...
View ArticleFour wounded in three separate Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Four people were wounded in three shootings that happened within two hours Friday night and early Saturday in different areas of the city, authorities said. All of the victims were in stable...
View ArticleOne killed, one arrested in Oakland traffic collision
OAKLAND — An East Oakland traffic collision early Saturday involving two vehicles left one driver dead and the other, who briefly fled the scene, under arrest, police said. The driver killed was a...
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