Police: Man dies after being pinned between truck and power pole in Oakland
OAKLAND — A man died in East Oakland Wednesday night after he was found pinned between the door of a stolen pickup truck and a power pole, police said,. Police were trying to confirm the man’s name...
View Article$175,113 lottery ticket sold at Oakland gas station
OAKLAND — A Fantasy 5 lottery game ticket worth $175,113 was sold at an East Oakland gas station Thursday, officials said. It is not yet known if the winner has come forward. The ticket, with the...
View ArticleWoman found shot next to Oakland homeless camp
OAKLAND — A 45-year-old woman was found shot Friday afternoon inside an RV parked next to a West Oakland homeless camp, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital where she was in stable condition...
View ArticleMan shot, wounded in both legs in Oakland
OAKLAND — A 41-year-old man was shot Monday morning in the Pill Hill area, authorities said. The man was in stable condition at a hospital with wounds to both legs, authorities said. The man was shot...
View ArticleTwo men wounded in separate East Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Two men were shot within two hours Monday afternoon in different areas of East Oakland, authorities said. Both men got their own transportation to a hospital and one of them was in critical...
View ArticleOakland hit-and-run victim dies from injuries
OAKLAND — A 31-year-old man died from injuries suffered Friday night when he was hit while crossing an East Oakland street by a vehicle that kept going, police said Wednesday. The driver of the vehicle...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting in Oakland leaves man wounded
OAKLAND — A 60-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in East Oakland, authorities said. The man was in stable condition at a hospital with a wound to his buttocks, authorities...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in West Oakland is identified
OAKLAND — A 20-year-old man fatally shot in West Oakland Jan.19 has been identified by police as Trevon Moore. A motive for the killing has not yet been determined and no arrests have been made,...
View ArticleFour men wounded in Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Four men were shot within a five-hour span Friday night and early Saturday in different areas of the city, authorities said. All of the men were in stable condition and none of the shootings...
View ArticleShotgun attack in Oakland leaves man wounded
OAKLAND — A 32-year-old man was wounded in a shotgun attack Sunday afternoon near the Laurel district in East Oakland, authorities said. He was in stable condition at a hospital with wounds to his face...
View ArticleFiery crash on I-680 in Concord claims person’s life
CONCORD — A male died early Monday when the vehicle he was driving swerved off Interstate 680 into a ditch where it crashed into a tree and burst into flames, authorities said. The Contra Costa County...
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Bomb threat forces closure of Oakland school
OAKLAND — A telephoned bomb threat prompted the closure of an East Oakland school Monday morning, authorities said. A thorough search of the school that lasted some two hours determined there were no...
View ArticleWoman badly injured in attempted robbery in Oakland’s Montclair district
OAKLAND — A 51-year-old woman was severely injured Tuesday night in a Montclair district supermarket parking lot when she was repeatedly punched in the face by a man trying to steal her purse, which...
View ArticleWoman shot while walking dog in Oakland
OAKLAND — A 50-year-old woman walking her dog in East Oakland Wednesday night was shot by someone in a vehicle who was apparently upset with her for blocking the road, authorities said. The woman, who...
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Death of man in East Oakland being investigated as apparent homicide
OAKLAND — The death of a man found Friday morning in East Oakland is being investigated as an apparent homicide, authorities said. Police have not yet released the man’s name or said where he lived....
View ArticleStabbing threat on BART train near Lafayette leads to an arrest
LAFAYETTE — A man was arrested Thursday evening on suspicion of threatening a BART train passenger with a knife for apparently talking too much, officials said. No one was injured. The incident...
View ArticleMan fatally shot on I-880 in Oakland
OAKLAND — Authorities said a man was fatally shot in his car Friday night on Interstate 880 in Oakland in an incident that snarled the freeway for five hours and follows a string of other freeway...
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Oakland: 14-year-old boy dies after drop-off near I-580
OAKLAND — A 14-year-old boy died of gunshot wounds Wednesday night after a vehicle’s occupants dropped him off beside an ambulance in the East Oakland Hills before driving away, authorities said. The...
View ArticleShooting at hotel near Oakland Airport leaves three injured
OAKLAND — Three 18-year-old men were shot late Friday night at a hotel on Hegenberger Road, authorities said. The victims — one from Hayward, one from Antioch and one from Modesto — were taken to...
View ArticleOakland: Suspect arrested in hit-and-run death of woman riding electric scooter
A Vallejo woman was arrested at her home Friday night in the fatal hit-and-run collision last Oct. 29 of a woman riding an electric scooter in East Oakland. Kenya Morris, 26, who was charged with...
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