Oakland

An Oakland police officer was arrested by the department on suspicion of stalking and threatening a city employee formerly involved in a relationship with the officer, authorities said Monday.

While the NBA mulls over when basketball season can safely begin, Warriors Coach Steve Kerr says he’s using his free time to learn about racial issues and on Tuesday, he put his words into actions.

San Francisco Unified School District’s board will vote on whether to end its relationship with SFPD, and community members in Oakland are hitting the streets to rally for the elimination of the school district’s police department. Cierra Johnson reports.

A faculty member at Laney College in Oakland has been placed on leave, and the school has launched an investigation after the instructor allegedly sent racist and xenophobic messages to a student about the pronunciation of their name.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said ropes found hanging from trees Tuesday at Lake Merritt were nooses that will be investigated as a hate crime, but others argue the ropes were used as exercise equipment.

An Air Force sergeant already jailed in the ambush killing of a California sheriff’s deputy was charged Tuesday with murdering a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in Oakland during a night of a sometimes violent protest last month.

Advocates and community leaders call on the Oakland Unified School district to end its relationship with the Oakland Police Department, and the school board is expected to discuss the issue during a Wednesday meeting. Bob Redell reports.

As the country continues its debate on defunding police departments, Oakland police are revealing more details about what led to the shooting death of a 23-year-old man.

Demonstrators gathered in Oakland Monday demanding justice for Erik Salgado, a 23-year-old man who was shot and killed by CHP officers over the weekend, one block away from his middle school and one block away from where his mother lives.

Doctors in Oakland are standing behind the Black Lives Matter movement and reminding their own community that they are fighting back against racial injustice.

Multiple lasers were pointed at NBC Bay Area’s helicopter SkyRanger Wednesday night as it flew above a demonstration in Oakland. Pointing a laser at a helicopter is a federal offense as it can temporarily blind the pilot and cause a chopper to crash.

About 300 people marched in Oakland Tuesday in honor of George Floyd, a smaller and more peaceful group than previous nights.

One security officer with the Federal Protective Service was killed, and another injured after shots rang out amid protests in Oakland amid protests over the death of George Floyd on Friday, authorities said.

In just a few days, the monster Camp Fire in Northern California tore through a Butte County community to become the state’s most destructive wildfire on record.

Derick Almena, the Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant awaiting re-trial on 36 involuntary manslaughter charges, will likely be released from jail due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Wednesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the state’s nearly 40 million residents Tuesday to avoid sporting events, concerts and large gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and adamantly warned the elderly to stay away from cruise ships as he pondered measures to restrict cruise travel off the California coast.

Thousands of increasingly bored and restless passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus waited for their turn Tuesday to get off the vessel and go into two weeks of quarantine at military bases around the U.S.

A couple who was aboard a cruise ship carrying passengers who tested positive for coronavirus has filed a $1 million lawsuit, alleging that the company exposed them to the disease. Ronald Weissberger, 74, and his wife, Eva Weissberger, 69, of Broward County, Florida, boarded the Grand Princess in San Francisco on Feb. 21 for what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation to...

An East Bay oral surgeon has been charged with a slew of sex crimes involving children, including one child as young as nine.