Two injured in Piedmont house fire
PIEDMONT — A resident and a firefighter were injured Tuesday morning after a house near the Oakland border caught fire, officials said. The resident suffered minor burns and the firefighter a shoulder...
View ArticleEast Bay bomb squad blows up ozone measuring equipment
CASTRO VALLEY — It had all the signs of an explosive device, authorities said. A ring holding wires that ran to a cooler like box that was emitting a humming sound. There was also the word “dangerous”...
View Article$306,000 lottery ticket sold at San Leandro liquor store
SAN LEANDRO — A man won more than $300,000 Tuesday night playing the California Lottery’s Mega Millions game at a liquor store here, officials said Wednesday. The ticket, worth $306,551, was bought at...
View ArticleSuspect sought in UC Berkeley sexual assault
BERKELEY — A man who sexually assaulted a woman Sunday night on the UC Berkeley campus is being sought by police, authorities said Thursday. In an alert posted on their website, campus police said the...
View ArticleWoman, child on sidewalk injured after truck runs off East Oakland road
OAKLAND — A woman and her son were injured Friday after a pickup ran off the road and struck them on an East Oakland sidewalk, authorities said. The severity of the injuries to the two was not known...
View ArticleOne dead, eight wounded in Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — A man was killed by a stray bullet and eight other people were wounded, including two juveniles, in a series of Oakland shootings between Friday evening and Saturday morning, police said. All...
View ArticleTraffic collision leaves Oakland police officer critically injured
OAKLAND — An Oakland police officer was critically injured Monday morning after his patrol SUV collided with two other vehicles at the Port of Oakland, authorities said. The officer, whose name was not...
View ArticleBART station closure in Berkeley was due to suicide attempt
BERKELEY — A man injured Sunday when he was hit by a BART train at the North Berkeley station had deliberately jumped in front of the train, officials said Monday. The name of the 65-year-old man or...
View ArticleStolen Oakland police SUV recovered, suspect sought
OAKLAND — An Oakland police SUV was stolen early Tuesday in East Oakland and later abandoned a couple miles away, authorities said. Nothing was taken from the marked vehicle, Officer Johnna Watson...
View ArticleRobber hits Oakland bank branch
OAKLAND — A Chase Bank branch in Chinatown was robbed Tuesday morning, police said. Police said a man came into the bank at 401 Eighth St. about 9:30 a.m. and got an undisclosed amount of cash before...
View ArticleRobber hits Oakland bank branch
OAKLAND — A Chase Bank branch in Chinatown was robbed Tuesday morning, police said. Police said a man came into the bank at 401 Eighth St. about 9:30 a.m., gave a teller a note and fled on foot with...
View ArticleMan killed by stray bullet in East Oakland was ‘hard-working’ father of 4
OAKLAND — A 40-year-old man killed early Saturday by a stray bullet in East Oakland was identified Tuesday as Chrystian Valdez Negrete, the father of four children who was a longtime employee at a...
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Oakland police officer remains in critical condition after 3-vehicle collision
OAKLAND — Oakland police Officer Jordan Wingate remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday from major injuries he suffered Monday morning after his patrol SUV collided with two other vehicles...
View ArticleMan with three prior DUI convictions charged with murder in fatal Oakland...
OAKLAND — A Berkeley man with three previous driving under the influence convictions has been charged with murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death Sunday morning on...
View ArticleMarket robbed in South San Francisco; Pittsburg man one of three arrested
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — A Pittsburg man was one of three suspects arrested in the Tuesday night armed robbery of a market, police said Thursday. Jorge Barajas, 21, was being held at the San Mateo County...
View ArticleSecond attempt to rob same Oakland bank ends with man’s arrest
OAKLAND — A man suspected of robbing a Chinatown bank on Tuesday did not fare as well Thursday when he failed to get any cash from the same branch and was arrested a short time later, authorities said....
View ArticleUber driver arrested in Union City sexual assault, police say
UNION CITY — An Uber driver has been arrested and charged in the suspected sexual assault of a woman he had picked up last month in San Francisco and was driving to her Union City home, police said...
View ArticlePart of Highway 24 in Oakland shut down after multi-vehicle wreck
OAKLAND — At least two people were reported injured and a Sig Alert was issued Friday morning after a tractor-trailer and two vehicles were involved in a collision on Highway 24, authorities said....
View ArticleTwo men injured in Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Two men were shot Friday in Oakland, one while driving his car and the other who told police he was wounded by someone trying to rob him, authorities said Saturday. Both men are expected to...
View ArticleMan detained after jumping onto tracks at El Cerrito BART Station
EL CERRITO — A man was detained by BART police Tuesday morning after jumping onto train tracks at the El Cerrito Del Norte station, authorities said. The man was not physically injured and was...
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