San Leandro News

An Oakland resident was charged with armed robbery Monday in connection with a June 22 purse snatching to which his brother also has been linked, police said.

A Hayward man, scheduled to be tried this week on a charge of intimidating a witness to an October 2008 robbery, was arrested Saturday afternoon on suspicion of shooting off weapons in a residential neighborhood, police said.

The City Council has agreed to settle two lawsuits that accuse a former police officer of sexual harassment and assault.

People are never too young - or too old - to learn personal safety. That's why San Leandro's senior service program is offering a free class, "Assertiveness and Personal Safety," from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Marina Community Center, 15301 Wicks Blvd.

Former San Leandro resident Matthew Hoy says he plans to sue San Leandro police over the shooting death of his girlfriend's dog on Memorial Day weekend.

A 14-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of punching and biting a clothing store's security guard who was trying to detain her and her mother for shoplifting, police said.

The Bay Fair BART station in San Leandro has reopened Thursday night after a report of someone pointing a gun at the stop led authorities to close it temporarily.

Almost every parent knows the pain of being away from a child, if only for a day or two.

Use the library? Like city landscaping to look trim and green? Most importantly, want to pay extra - through an assessment district, for example - for services traditionally subsidized through property taxes? Those may be among the questions that residents, business operators, and owners of commercial and industrial properties could be asked in a ...

A 31-year-old Castro Valley business owner who was fatally shot inside his hydroponics equipment store Friday afternoon has been identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as Christopher Bolton.

Rosemary Lam swiveled a hula hoop around her hips Friday, disproving both her age - 59 - and the fact she suffered a massive stroke just over 18 months ago.

A 31-year-old Castro Valley business owner was fatally shot inside his hydroponics equipment store Friday afternoon, an Alameda County sheriff's sergeant said.

Police arrested four men on Blanding Avenue Friday after a witness reported that they allegedly were dealing drugs and drinking.

San Leandro school trustees, having already sliced and diced 2009-10 programs and staffing, figure they'll get through the next school year.

The city is positioning itself for a post-recession boom through a mix of transportation-based planning and zoning decisions, a nationally known community planner said Monday.

Orchard Avenue hasn't changed much since the Brotherhood of the Divine Holy Spirit held its first Holy Ghost festival and parade there in 1909.

School districts can bar election endorsement literature from internal school mailboxes, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a San Leandro case.

Police were investigating three shootings in East Oakland early today that left five people injured in the span of three hours, including one in the parking lot of a Denny's Restaurant.

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There's good news and bad news for residents whose homes border the east and west sides of Interstate 580.