Apartment fire in Oakland’s Uptown district injures one person, displaces...
OAKLAND — A fire at an Uptown district apartment building Tuesday afternoon left one resident with minor injuries and several residents displaced, authorities said. The fire erupted about 12:20 p.m....
View ArticleWoman pistol-whipped, carjacked at East Oakland gas station
OAKLAND — A 30-year-old woman pumping gas Wednesday evening at an East Oakland station was pistol-whipped and had her truck stolen, authorities said. The woman was in stable condition after being taken...
View ArticleMan fatally shot in Hayward’s first homicide of 2023
HAYWARD — A man was fatally shot Wednesday morning in a residential area, becoming the city’s first homicide victim of the year, authorities said. Police did not release the man’s name, age or city of...
View ArticleMan slain in Oakland’s first homicide of 2023 is identified
OAKLAND — A 55-year-old man fatally shot Jan. 1 in Oakland’s first homicide of 2023 was identified by police Thursday as James Stephens. A 52-year-old Hayward man, a friend of Stephens who was also...
View ArticleTwo men wounded in East Oakland shootings
OAKLAND — Two men were shot — one by an assailant in a vehicle — within a four-hour period Thursday night and early Friday in different areas of East Oakland, authorities said. Both men were reported...
View ArticleMurder charge filed against Antioch woman accused of fatally shooting neighbor
ANTIOCH — An Antioch woman has been formally charged with murder in the Dec. 27 fatal shooting of her neighbor, prosecutors said. Serico Justice, 37, is accused in the fatal shooting of Hannisha...
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50 abused Chihuahuas seized in Livermore now up for adoption
LIVERMORE — Some 50 Chihuahuas, seized by authorities last month after they were found living in filthy conditions at a man’s home, have been given new bills of health and are in the process of being...
View ArticleMan fatally beaten in Oakland’s second homicide of 2023
OAKLAND — A man was fatally beaten Sunday morning in West Oakland. The adult man, who was in his 60s and lived in the area, was attacked at about 10:30 a.m. near 21st and Adeline streets, authorities...
View ArticleWoman, 71, fatally stabbed in West Oakland; possible suspect detained
OAKLAND — A 71-year-old woman was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning in West Oakland, and a possible suspect was later detained, police said. The woman’s name was not immediately released. Police said...
View ArticleTeen shot Saturday in East Oakland dies from wounds
OAKLAND — A 15-year-old San Francisco boy who was shot multiple times Saturday morning in East Oakland later died from his wounds, police said Wednesday. The youth, who died Tuesday afternoon, was not...
View ArticleMurder charge filed in West Oakland beating death
OAKLAND — A man has been charged with murder in the Sunday morning beating death of another man in West Oakland, according to court records and authorities. Deshaughn Johnson, 33, of Oakland, is...
View ArticleAppliance apparently ignites Berkeley woman’s clothing, leaving her severely...
BERKELEY — A woman in her 80s suffered severe burns Wednesday evening when an electric hot plate in her apartment apparently caused her clothing to catch fire, authorities said. The woman’s name and...
View ArticleGunman robs bank in Oakland’s Montclair district
OAKLAND — A man brandishing a pistol robbed a Montclair bank branch of cash Thursday morning, authorities said. The robbery happened about 11:10 a.m. Thursday at the Wells Fargo Bank branch, which is...
View ArticleOakland: Two injured in East Oakland shooting
OAKLAND — Two people were wounded Thursday afternoon after a shooting along an East Oakland corridor, authorities said. Shortly after 3:10 p.m., officers responded to reports of ShotSpotter activity in...
View ArticleAlameda County DA charges suspect with murder of postal worker
OAKLAND — For years, Dilma Franks-Spruill had safely made the few blocks’ walk to her West Oakland home from her job at the main post office, authorities said. She did not make it Wednesday morning....
View ArticleHuman skeletal remains found on Berkeley’s Clark Kerr Campus
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley police and the Alameda County coroner’s office are investigating human skeletal remains discovered Tuesday in a vacant building on the Clark Kerr Campus, authorities said Friday....
View ArticleStolen car crash in Oakland leaves two injured; police seeking driver
OAKLAND — Authorities are looking for a suspected car thief who crashed into a concrete barrier Sunday night in East Oakland, leaving two passengers hospitalized. The collision happened about 8:47 p.m....
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More than 70 dogs and cats rescued in Martinez house fire
MARTINEZ — Seventy Pomeranian dogs and three cats were rescued in a house fire Tuesday morning that injured one resident, authorities said. None of the canines or felines were injured and they were...
View ArticleMan shot in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A 19-year-old man was shot Tuesday night in East Oakland after he got into an argument with some other people, authorities said. The man, an Oakland resident, was treated at a hospital for a...
View ArticleBerkeley: Fire at Bayer complex injures contractors
BERKELEY — Two flooring contractors were hospitalized with burns Tuesday after a fire at Bayer Corporation, authorities said. A third person who was briefly trapped was able to flee the burning...
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