Man lying in Berkeley street critically injured by hit-run driver
BERKELEY — Police on Tuesday continued to look for the driver of a vehicle that kept going after running over a man who was lying down in the roadway on Telegraph Avenue during a mental health crisis,...
View ArticleTaxi driver hit by stray shot during East Oakland gun battle, more than 50...
OAKLAND — A 51-year-old taxi driver was wounded in the face early Wednesday morning in East Oakland by a stray bullet fired during a shoot-out between other people, authorities said. A passenger in his...
View ArticleTwo children injured in East Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — An 8-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were injured Wednesday morning in an East Oakland shooting, authorities said. The two were treated at the scene for minor injuries suffered when they...
View ArticleTow truck driver fatally shot in Oakland is identified
OAKLAND — A 43-year-old Auburn man found fatally shot Monday morning inside his tow truck was identified by police Thursday as Tim Nielsen, who was in Oakland on a repossession assignment, officials...
View ArticleFirefighter injured, three residents displaced in two West Oakland blazes
OAKLAND — Two West Oakland fires Thursday morning left a firefighter injured and three residents of a Victorian house displaced, authorities said. Officials said the firefighter sustained burns to his...
View ArticleMan wounded in East Oakland shoot-out, 20 shots may have been fired
OAKLAND — A 35-year-old man was in stable condition after he was shot in East Oakland Friday morning, authorities said. Authorities believe he was hit in the leg by a stray bullet fired during a nearby...
View ArticleSuspected Newark shoplifter turned rooftop hopper arrested
NEWARK — It wasn’t a bird or a plane in the air last Saturday afternoon in one Newark neighborhood but a suspected shoplifter running and jumping across at least nine residential rooftops trying to...
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Man shot inside West Oakland home
OAKLAND, CA – June 18: Infinity, an Oakland resident visiting a friend, watches from the top floor window as police below clear a multi-unit Victorian home where a shooting took place on the 1100 block...
View ArticleStray bullet from shoot-out wounds woman inside her East Oakland home
OAKLAND — A 41-year-old woman was wounded inside her East Oakland home Friday night by what authorities said was a stray bullet fired from outside the residence during a shoot-out between other...
View ArticleFatal shooting in East Oakland is city’s 60th homicide of 2021
OAKLAND — A man died in an East Oakland shooting on Monday night, police said, the 60th homicide they have investigated this year. The shooting happened in the 100 block of Capistrano Drive near Tyrone...
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Man slain in East Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — A 33-year-old man was fatally shot Friday night in East Oakland, authorities said. His name has not yet been released. Police said he was an Oakland resident but did not say if he lived in...
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One killed, one wounded in East Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — A 31-year-old Stockton man was killed in one shooting and another man was wounded multiple times during a robbery, incidents that happened less than four hours apart Saturday in East Oakland,...
View ArticleBar argument leads to man being shot near Oakland’s Lake Merritt
OAKLAND — A 32-year-old man was shot early Wednesday morning near Lake Merritt after he got into an argument with some other men at a bar, authorities said. He was in stable condition with a gunshot...
View ArticleMan shot on Oakland freeway onramp
OAKLAND — A 26-year-old man was shot Tuesday night as he drove on a West Oakland freeway onramp, the California Highway Patrol said. He was able to drive himself to a nearby hospital and was later...
View ArticleEleven displaced, one injured in Oakland fire
OAKLAND Eleven residents were displaced and one of them was injured in a fire Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in the Lower Dimond area, authorities said. The fire erupted about 7:38 a.m....
View ArticleShootings in Oakland leave one dead, five wounded
OAKLAND — A 34-year-old man was killed and five other people were wounded in shootings that happened over the course of eight hours from Wednesday afternoon to early Thursday morning in different areas...
View ArticleThree arrested in Oakland shooting after police pursuit
OAKLAND — Three suspects in a Thursday afternoon East Oakland drive-by shooting were arrested after a high speed pursuit by police to West Oakland where the suspects’ vehicle crashed and two guns were...
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Violent Fourth: Shootings in Oakland leave one dead, five wounded as...
OAKLAND — One man was killed and five other people including a 16-year-old boy were wounded in shootings that happened less than seven hours apart Sunday night and early Monday as overwhelmed police...
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Woman critically injured in early morning Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — A woman was in critical condition late Monday morning after being shot in East Oakland, police said. The shooting happened around 9:54 a.m. in the 2400 block of 88th Avenue, near MacArthur...
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Man shot to death at homeless camp in Oakland’s 67th homicide of 2021
Oakland police officers investigate a fatal shooting at a homeless camp early Tuesday (photo by Harry Harris). Oakland police were investigating a homicide for the 67th time this year Tuesday morning,...
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