Pedestrian dies on Emeryville freeway after being hit by several vehicles
EMERYVILLE — A man was killed Monday night when he was struck by several vehicles while walking on Interstate 80 after crashing his car, the California Highway Patrol said. The coroner’s bureau...
View ArticleKidnapping, assault charges filed against trio in abduction of 2-year-old...
OAKLAND — Kidnapping, assault and other charges have been filed against the parents and maternal grandmother of a 2-year-old girl abducted by force May 20 from her paternal grandmother who had legal...
View ArticleOakland street killing between strangers may be over woman, police say
OAKLAND — A man has been charged with killing a man he apparently did not know in the San Antonio district last week, according to authorities and court records. Gilbert Berry, 43, of Oakland, is...
View ArticleDriver held after killing pedestrian in Oakland; CHP had terminated ground...
OAKLAND — A pedestrian was killed Wednesday night in East Oakland when he was struck by a vehicle that California Highway Patrol ground units had stopped pursuing on city streets moments earlier,...
View ArticleInmate from Alameda County under investigation in killing of state prison...
IONE — A convicted killer from Alameda County — currently serving a term at Mule Creek State Prison for forcible rape of a mentally disabled woman — is under investigation in a suspected homicide of...
View ArticlePolice: Man dies in alcohol-related solo vehicle crash in Oakland
OAKLAND — A San Leandro man died Thursday night in what police said was an apparent alcohol-related solo vehicle crash in East Oakland. The man was identified by the coroner’s bureau Friday as Markus...
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Beloved Oakland teacher killed by driver after CHP terminated pursuit,...
OAKLAND — Castlemont High School students and staff spent their graduation ceremony on Friday grieving the death of beloved teacher Marvin Boomer, who died when a car that had been chased by California...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in West Oakland
OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Friday morning in a West Oakland parking lot, authorities said. No other information about the man was released. Related Articles East Bay woman got 15 years for...
View ArticleTwo men wounded in Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — Two men were shot — one multiple times — just over two hours apart Monday night and Tuesday morning in different areas of the city, authorities said. The shootings were about a mile apart but...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dies on Livermore freeway
LIVERMORE — A man was killed early Tuesday on Interstate 580 after the motorcycle he was riding went down in a traffic lane and he was struck by some vehicles, authorities said. A truck that hit the...
View ArticleFormer Berkeley teacher charged in sexual encounters with underage student
BERKELEY — More than 20 felony counts have been filed against a since-dismissed Berkeley private school music teacher suspected of illegal sexual activity with an underage student committed over...
View ArticleOne killed, one injured, six displaced in Berkeley apartment fire
BERKELEY — One man was killed, another man was injured and six residents were displaced in a two-alarm fire Wednesday morning at an apartment building, authorities said. The name of the man killed was...
View ArticleOne killed, one injured in head-on Oakland traffic crash
OAKLAND — A woman was killed and a man injured in a head-on traffic collision early Sunday in East Oakland that appears to have been alcohol related, police said. The name of the woman killed, a...
View ArticleNorth Berkeley BART station closed after woman struck by a train
BERKELEY — The North Berkeley BART station was closed Monday morning after a woman was struck by a train, officials said. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was removed from the trackway by Berkeley...
View ArticleLottery ticket worth more than $350,000 sold at Alameda gas station
ALAMEDA — It pales in comparison to the $93 million Super Lotto winning ticket sold there in 2007, but someone who purchased a Fantasy 5 ticket at the same gas station Monday won the $353,556 jackpot,...
View ArticleFrequently targeted Oakland convenience store robbed three times in one day
OAKLAND — A frequently-targeted convenience store in the Grand Lake district was robbed three times within 15 hours Tuesday — with a 76-year-old clerk working during two of the holdups, authorities...
View ArticleMajor medical emergency halts and disrupts some East Bay BART service
HAYWARD — One line of BART service between the Berryessa/North San Jose and Lake Merritt stations was stopped and other service was disrupted Thursday morning for more than two hours because of a...
View ArticleOakland police launch summer safety plan and will continue efforts to...
OAKLAND — Chief of Police Floyd Mitchell and other commanders vowed Thursday to make the summer season safe for the city and to work to continue the ongoing reduction in crime. Beginning Friday,...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Livermore area freeway shooting
LIVERMORE — With the assistance of license plate reader cameras, a person was arrested in a non-injury shooting Wednesday morning on Interstate 580 in the Altamont Pass area, the California Highway...
View ArticleLivermore child sexual misconduct suspect dies awaiting trial
DUBLIN — A 78-year-old man facing trial next month on charges of sexual misconduct with young girls over multiple years in Livermore died Thursday at a hospital after becoming ill at Santa Rita Jail,...
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