Oakland News

Four shootings in Oakland Sunday left the victims in local hospitals, including one man in critical condition.

A 15-year-old gang associate was in critical condition Friday after he was wounded twice by his own gun during a struggle with a 32-year-old he pointed the weapon at, police said.

Chris Rodriguez hangs out with security guard Patrick Secreast during his lunch break at the Oakland School for the Arts on Thursday, November 13, 2008, in Oakland, Calif.

"Oja" Vincent, left, and Jacinto Mingura of the Oakland hip hop group Brwn Bflo rehearse for an upcoming show in their basement studio, Wednesday, Nov.

Mayor Ron Dellums moved Tuesday to loosen restrictions on the Police Department's use of overtime pay as officials hope to keep the city safer during the holiday season.

The first of 13 City Hall closures was met Wednesday with a raucous protest from about 200 city workers who said the shutdowns are a blow to taxpayers expecting needed city services.

A 22-year-old man stalked a woman through the Internet before holding her hostage and opening fire on her and police at a San Mateo home Tuesday, according to San Mateo police.

An Oakland woman has been sentenced to 54 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $357,214 in restitution for her participation in an identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney ...

It was a close call for a six-year-old boy after somebody fired a shotgun blast at an Oakland home.

Bernadette Reiss, owner of Oakland, Calif.-based clothing company Biscotti, poses for a photograph with the dress that 10-year-old Malia Obama, daughter of President-elect Barack Obama, wore onstage at her ...

Michael Dellums, the stepson of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, was denied parole once again today for his second-degree murder conviction for killing a reputed drug dealer in Oakland in 1979, Alameda County Deputy ...

Stepped-up security measures, including metal-detection wands and bag checks, soon will be in place at a local middle school in which a gun recently discharged in a classroom, causing no injuries.

Witnesses say the 80-year-old was attacked by three men, who punched and kicked her until she was unconscious, then laughed before running-off. The city of Oakland offering a $10,000 reward for a brutal crime ...

Oakland had the fifth-highest crime rate among U.S. cities in 2007, according to a widely followed but controversial report released Monday by the publishing company CQ Press.

Charity group convicted on terror funding 15 Most Wanted The U.S. Marshals want your help finding their "15 Most Wanted" fugitives, a notorious list of suspects fleeing everything from murder and robbery to ...

She was a familiar sight in the upper Fruitvale neighborhood: a quiet, tiny, 80-year-old Chinese woman who wore a straw hat while collecting cans and other recyclables to earn spending money for her ...

The Oakland Street Show shop is a cross between a local hip-hop library branch and a vintage neighborhood video store.

A 39-year-old man died early this morning after crashing his Jetta on Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of a man found in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary off Coast Guard Island this afternoon, a Coast Guard lieutenant said.

A man was arrested on child molestation charges in Oakland on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.