Santa Rita Jail seems to be emerging from a dark shadow, making reforms in the areas of mental health and the number of ...

District 5 Supervisor Nikki Fortunato-Bas, the chair of the committee, said they will create a fund for countywide responses ...

Two men who were sleeping in a car in Polk County were arrested after one of them attacked a deputy and their police dog.

The DA’s move to dismiss charges against Mario Juarez comes weeks after federal prosecutors charged former mayor Sheng Thao ...

A Flood Watch prevails in the region from Thursday morning through Friday afternoon for Marin and Sonoma counties for flooding caused by full creeks and streams with more rainfall expected. Residents ...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors last week appointed Superior Court Judge Ursula Jones Dickson to take over as District Attorney, choosing her from a list of seven finalists for ...

Ursula Dickson says her office will communicate better with victims. Her progressive predecessor was widely criticized for shutting victims out of the process.

Ursula Jones Dickson, a superior court judge, has been chosen as Alameda County’s new District Attorney, 3 months after ...

A former UC Berkeley employee charged in the killing of a gay Black man in Oakland two years ago has been sentenced to 11 ...

Judge Ursula Jones Dickson has experience working for Alameda County’s former district attorney — informing how she’ll lead ...

The family of Eliyanah Crisostomo, who was killed in an freeway shooting in 2013, hopes the new Alameda County District Attorney will add murder with special circumstances charges to the three men ...