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 ...

The sheriff’s office confirms four recent detainments of people upon their jail releases, and say federal agents are using ...

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 ...

Man arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Alameda County jail Last year, someone in custody at the Santa Rita Jail received a card that tested positive for meth which was intercepted by a ...

A screenshot from body-camera footage shows Steven Holland, a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, detaining Aasylei Loggervale in a parking lot in Castro Valley, Calif., on Sept. 20 ...

A local physician reveals that medical care for Fresno County jail inmates is often dictated by administrators without medical licenses.