The county was able to close a $106 million gap by eliminating vacant staff positions and tapping into a reserve fund.

A 3-month-old baby was rescued from an East Oakland home containing a fentanyl lab as deputies conducted a major drug bust ...

A former Oakland school board member, who is also an attorney, has been arrested for allegedly smuggling contraband into the ...

Christopher Dobbins used to serve on the Coliseum authority and Oakland school board, where he found himself in another ...

Alameda PD seized over 1,500 illegal fireworks from a storage unit, the largest bust in Alameda County this year.

Researchers tracked death records and emergency room visits from 2019-2023, detailing a historic rise in gun homicides during the pandemic that could be used as a blueprint to respond to gun ...

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office asks for assistance in an 18-year-old cold case.  Gary Wayne Jones was fatally shot while he was buying gas at ABE gas station in the intersection of ...

The latest statistics from California show that crime in nearly every major crime category was down last year, despite ...

Christopher Dobbins, a former Oakland school board member, is under investigation as prosecutors consider formal charges.