A well-known 77-year-old University of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision while ...

Nonprofit leaders were stunned when Oakland’s city administrator notified more than a dozen community organizations, including Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors, last week that the city ...

Oakland’s ongoing fiscal crisis hit home for 77 city employees last week when they were served layoff notices related to the ...

As communities up and down California ban homeless encampments, one Bay Area city is trying to go a step further.

CONCORD — An appearance by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents in the city over the weekend prompted a response ...

The man, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene after authorities arrived at around 5:39 a.m. Sunday.

Many municipalities are already considering approaching voters with a wide range of new taxes and borrowing measures they ...

OAKLAND — Oakland leaders say about 100 city workers will be laid off or demoted this week and next as the full consequences ...

Rap legend Too Short posted a tearful video on social media mourning the death of his older brother, who was killed in East Oakland during a botched robbery.

The unsolved death of a teenager in 1977 haunted students and staff at Honolulu's McKinley High School for nearly half a ...

A delivery driver accused of stabbing two people, killing one, after tracking his stolen van has been charged, California ...