Oakland: Motorcyclist killed in crash with pickup truck
OAKLAND — A motorcyclist died Wednesday night after he was hit by a pickup truck in West Oakland, police said. The pickup truck driver was also critically injured, according to Oakland police. The...
View ArticleTwo arrested in shooting of Pittsburg woman
PITTSBURG — A vehicle pursuit resulted in the arrests of two suspects in the Thursday shooting of a woman, police said Friday. Police did not say name the suspects or said if they were men or women....
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in West Oakland collision identified
OAKLAND — A motorcyclist who died Wednesday night after police said he was hit by a pickup truck in West Oakland was identified by the coroner’s office Friday as Richard Wilson, 36. The driver of the...
View ArticleFather arrested for filing false police report about 3-year-old daughter’s...
OAKLAND — The father who told police that his 3-year-old daughter had been abducted during a carjacking Saturday night, sparking a statewide Amber Alert, has been arrested for filing a false police...
View ArticleFour wounded in Richmond shootings Sunday night
RICHMOND — Four people were wounded in shootings Sunday night — one in a drive-by attack — that happened within 90 minutes, police said Monday. All were hospitalized but their conditions were not...
View ArticleWoman in Fremont suffers major injuries after being hit by car Sunday night
FREMONT — A pedestrian suffered head trauma and other major injuries Sunday night when she was hit by a car, police said Monday. Police were in the process of confirming the woman’s identity. They said...
View ArticleOakland: Big rig engulfed in flames causes major delays for WB-580 to WB-80
OAKLAND — A tanker truck loaded with soybean cooking oil ignited in flames early Tuesday on the ramp from westbound Interstate 580 to westbound Interstate 80, causing lengthy backups for commuters,...
View ArticleHouse burns in Oakland hills
OAKLAND — It took firefighters more than an hour Tuesday morning to control a house fire in the Oakland hills, officials said. The fire started at the multi-story home on Eastwood Court just off off...
View ArticleRobbery suspect who escaped Fremont courthouse still on loose
FREMONT — A Union City robbery suspect who escaped a Fremont courtroom Monday afternoon remained on the loose Tuesday, authorities said. An Alameda County sheriff’s sergeant suffered a knee injury...
View ArticleTwo men slain in Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Two men were shot to death Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in different areas of Oakland, authorities said. The killings are not related, police said. At 3:06 a.m. Wednesday police...
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Dad suspected of lying about daughter’s Oakland abduction criminally charged
OAKLAND — A misdemeanor charge of false report of a criminal offense was filed Tuesday against a man police say lied to them about his 3-year-old daughter being abducted when his Mercedes Benz was...
View ArticleUC student robbed at knifepoint on campus
BERKELEY — A Cal student was robbed at knifepoint on campus Wednesday night, authorities said Thursday. The 20-year-old man was not injured. UC police said the robbery happened about 10:05 p.m....
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UC student charged in Berkeley sexual assaults
BERKELEY — A UC Berkeley student was charged Thursday with multiple counts of rape and other charges in suspected sexual assaults of two women in 2017 and March of this year and is a suspect in other...
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Suspect confessed to 3 Bay Area killings, court documents say
OAKLAND — The suspect in three Bay Area fatal shootings last month, who has been in custody in Nevada after a shootout with deputies there, confessed to the killings, according to court documents...
View ArticleWoman killed in wreck on Emeryville freeway
EMERYVILLE — A vehicle wreck Wednesday night on Interstate 80 near Powell Street left a woman dead and some other people with major injuries, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday. The name of...
View ArticleDriver dies after car hits tree in Oakland
OAKLAND — A 38-year-old man died Thursday night after the car he was driving collided with a tree in West Oakland, police said Friday. The man’s name has not been released but police said he was an...
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Hidden camera recorded kids in bathroom of East Bay trampoline park
FREMONT — A 36-year-old Antioch man suspected of secretly videotaping adults and children in the bathroom of a trampoline park has been charged with four criminal counts, according to authorities and...
View ArticleMan fatally shot near Oakland elementary school is identified
OAKLAND — A man fatally shot Wednesday morning near an East Oakland elementary school was identified by police Friday as 29-year-old Gustavo Fuentes Ponce. Ponce, who lived in another area of Oakland,...
View ArticleMan slain in West Oakland home identified; suspect charged
OAKLAND — A man was charged with murder Friday in the fatal shooting earlier in the week of a West Oakland man who was his former roommate, according to authorities and court records. Michael...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A 36-year-old man was fatally shot in East Oakland Friday night, authorities said Saturday. The man’s name was not released pending notification of relatives. Authorities did say he was an...
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