It's a vital service meant to save lives. But how well did the emergency alert system work when the Oakland Hills fire broke ...

Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland that burned ...

Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price wrote a public letter on Monday expressing concern about two Oakland police ...

As Election Day nears, a familiar roster of groups is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to influence the ...

The Oakland Police Department says sideshows occurred in various parts of the city around 2:45 a.m. on Saturday.

The ballot measures in Arizona and Massachusetts reflect an accelerating debate over the so-called subminimum wage.

Three Oakland men have been charged in a daytime attack outside a Bel-Air home that left one person dead and another ...

The Ames Test offered a fast and inexpensive way to identify carcinogens, leading to the banning of chemicals linked to ...

Osh, the Oakland Zoo's last African elephant was recently moved from California to an Tennessee's Elephant Sanctuary. How the ...

When it comes to voting on bills, however, the California Legislature does not distinguish between a lawmaker who is absent — excused or not — and a legislator who is present but does not vote. They ...

Lateefah Simon, Democratic rising star and BART board member, faces CSU professor Jennifer Tran to replace Rep. Barbara Lee.

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office on Monday voiced public safety concerns over the arrest of a second Oakland ...