Oakland News

With his brother already serving 28 years to life for a robbery that resulted in the death of a 16-year-old girl, Anthony Milton learned Friday that he would be spending the rest of his life behind bars for the same crime.

Job seekers look through job listings at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center January 9, 2009 in Oakland, California.

Oakland police handed out more than 250 flyers Friday morning to remind residents the department is still looking for leads in the hit-and-run incident that killed 11-year-old Alana Williams on Oct.

Prison officials say a man convicted of a 1987 double murder has died of natural causes, 16 years after he was sent to death row at San Quentin State Prison.

Philip Wright, a student at Oakland High School, was shot at 5:10 p.m. Thursday as he went to answer a knock at his door on the 9400 block of Oscar Avenue, said Officer Jeff Thomason, a police spokesman.

African Immigrants Social and Cultural Services is holding an event Saturday to raise money to bring educational services to rural Tanzania.

A California woman wanted in at least three other states has been arraigned in federal court in Mississippi for allegedly trying to use a stolen credit card at two businesses in the Jackson area.

OAKLAND, Calif. _ The trial of a former transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man will be held in Southern California.

A 19-year-old Oakland man was charged today with murder in the death of a 17-year-old San Ramon Valley High School senior fatally shot outside his Danville home during a marijuana deal-turned-attempted robbery in January.

A person was fatally shot Wednesday night in West Oakland, police said. The shooting happened at about 9:10 p.m. in the 1300 block of Peralta Street, according to police.

Images by: Josh Miller Widespread Panic :: 11.13.09 :: Fox Theater :: Oakland, CA Widespread Panic :: 11.13 :: Oakland It had been over two years since perennial road warriors Widespread Panic played a non-festival show in the Bay Area.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 3:07 p.m. OAKLAND, Calif. - Prosecutors say a 38-year-old Oakland man killed his girlfriend's young son, dumped his body in the water, then killed her to stop her from telling anyone.

Damon Joseph Ferreira, suspected of killing two people in Oakland in September, killed himself in a Stockton home on Nov.

A greener era in train travel has rolled into the Bay Area with the debut of an engine overhauled for $826,000 to run cleaner than any other diesel passenger train locomotive in the nation.

The fourth and final suspect wanted in connection with a May shooting and subsequent car crash that left three people dead in the East Bay was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Sacramento, a Berkeley Police Department spokesman said.

The state Attorney General John Suthers concluded in an opinion issued Monday that medical marijuana is considered personal property that can be taxed and shouldn't be treated like prescription drugs, which are tax exempt.

Turnout was poor at a Tuesday night's vigil marking three months since 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell was reported missing, an organizer said Wednesday.

San Francisco International Airport is attracting more than its share of travelers, and passengers will be stuck at gates with longer delays unless more of them start using the airports in Oakland and San Jose instead, according to a new report.

Curtis Martin, the man accused of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in a parking lot at Aquatic Park in Berkeley, also was charged Tuesday with killing her 17-month-old son, making the violent felon eligible for the death penalty.

Black Panther Party 43rd Anniversary History Month Posted By blockreportradio This October marked the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party.