Six people want to serve a short term representing Chinatown, Lakeshore and San Antonio. Here's where they stand on public safety and homelessness.

Emil Cochran and Devin Darnell West were in a cell together for about a day before Cochran beat and strangled West during ...

An at-risk woman who was visiting family in Hayward has gone missing after leaving their home, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

Robert Contreras, a missing 38-year-old man, has been found, as announced by the Alameda County Sheriff. Details of his ...

Three girls who are considered “at-risk” are missing in the East Bay, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said. The girls ran away from a group home for teenagers ...

The Stockton Police Department said the suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred last year was arrested in Alameda County earlier this month. According to police, on November 9, a ...

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help to locate two missing men who went missing this week. Both have been diagnosed with mental health issues and are considered at-risk.

Lawmakers heard from local law enforcement, courts, and behavioral health providers Tuesday about the challenges of implementing California’s new tough-on-crime law, Prop. 36.

As Alameda County’s new district attorney begins to reshape ... to be innovative if it wants to effectively address public safety. Putting more people in jail for longer periods of time is not the ...

On Feb. 1, 2024, Oakland law firm Pointer & Buelna, announced they are filing a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of their client Ashad against five deputies in the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

"We're here to serve the public, and when we don't have the tools to do our jobs, it affects the public," said Kasha Clarke Young, a 20-year county employee ... released from jail if their case ...