Police: Man arrested for more than 100K images of child porn in Oakland
OAKLAND — A registered sex offender with a long history of molesting children has been arrested and charged with possessing more than 100,000 images of child pornography, authorities said Thursday....
View ArticleEast Bay Crime in 2017: Regional gang busts bring local relief
Dead man walking. That’s how Pittsburg police Chief Brian Addington described it. An order from the top of a notorious East Bay gang had been delivered to certain members to carry out a hit, and a city...
View ArticlePeople injured by ‘celebratory’ gunfire New Year’s Day in the East Bay
A woman in San Leandro and a man in Oakland were each wounded by stray bullets early on New Year’s Day amidst a series of “celebratory” gunshots across both cities, police said Monday. Between 10 p.m....
View ArticleMulti-car crash injures at least two near Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland
OAKLAND — A chain-reaction crash that began on a rain-soaked Oakland freeway Monday morning wound up involving five cars, on a frontage street and a busy parking lot nearby, authorities said. At least...
View ArticlePolice identify BART officer involved in fatal West Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — The name of a BART officer involved in a fatal shooting last week was released on Wednesday by authorities. BART officer Joseph Mateu fatally shot Shaleem Tindle, 28, near the West Oakland...
View ArticleTwo injured in West Oakland car crash
OAKLAND — Two people were injured Tuesday when two vehicles collided in West Oakland, police said. Police responded to the intersection of 35th and West streets around 10:24 a.m. and saw a Nissan SUV...
View ArticleTwo killed in East Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — A woman and a man were killed in separate East Oakland shootings on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, police said. The man, whose name has not been released, was found dead around 2:15...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot in East Oakland Friday night, police said. Police said the man was 34 years old, but did not name him pending notification of his family. Related Articles Santa Cruz...
View ArticlePolice investigate East Oakland injury shooting
OAKLAND — A man was wounded Sunday afternoon in an apparent exchange of gunfire between the occupants of two vehicles, authorities said Sunday. The adult male struck and taken by other people to an...
View ArticleFour hospitalized with smoke inhalation in East Oakland fire
OAKLAND — Firefighters rescued an elderly woman from a blaze in East Oakland that hospitalized four people early Wednesday, according to the Oakland Fire Department. Crews were called at 7:24 a.m. to a...
View Article1 injured in blaze on 10th floor of Oakland retirement home
OAKLAND — One resident was injured early Saturday after a fire broke out on the 10th floor of a senior care home near Interstate 980, a fire official said. The injured woman was taken to a hospital to...
View ArticleMan hurt in apparent hatchet attack at Oakland homeless camp; 1 arrested
OAKLAND — An apparent hatchet attack Friday night at an East Oakland homeless encampment left one occupant with facial injuries and another arrested after a standoff with police, authorities said...
View ArticleChase Bank near Lake Merritt robbed Friday afternoon
OAKLAND — The Chase Bank near Lake Merritt was robbed by an unknown suspect who fled on foot Friday. About 2:20 p.m., an lone male suspect entered the Chase Bank at 270 E. 18th St. and handed a note to...
View ArticleTeenager slain in East Oakland shooting, brother wounded
OAKLAND — A teenage boy died and his older brother wounded in a gang-related shooting Monday in East Oakland, police said. Police have not made any arrests in the shooting, which happened around 6:30...
View ArticleBay Area begins week with wild weather, earthquake
MONTEREY — The work week got off to an apocalyptic start in the Bay Area with torrential downpours, hail, snow, thunder, lightning strikes and even an earthquake reported in the region. The magnitude...
View ArticleNew details in case of man accused of burning UC Berkeley employee with...
BERKELEY — A man accused of throwing chemicals at UC Berkeley employee earlier this month is a lifelong sex registrant with a long criminal history, court documents show. William Kearney, 62, was...
View ArticleTwo survive shooting in East Oakland
OAKLAND — Two men survived a shooting Monday in East Oakland, police said. The 34-year-old and 30-year old each were in stable condition at a hospital, police said. They were expected to recover The...
View ArticleTwo survive shooting in East Oakland
OAKLAND — Two men survived a shooting Monday in East Oakland, police said. The 34-year-old and 30-year old each were in stable condition at a hospital, police said. They were expected to recover The...
View ArticleMan, woman killed in East Oakland shooting ID’d
OAKLAND — Police identified the man and woman found shot to death in East Oakland. Just after 9:30 p.m. Monday, police responded to a report of a shooting in the 1400 block of 89th Avenue, and later...
View ArticleOne killed, four injured when ambulance with patient inside overturns in crash
Click here if you are having trouble viewing this gallery on a mobile device SAN LORENZO — A female patient being driven Code 3 to a hospital Monday morning died after the ambulance she was in flipped...
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