As one of the strongest deterrents to committing a crime, police clearance rates have become a public safety priority, with lawmakers crafting bipartisan measures to help law ...

Incumbents Mary Waters and Coleman Young II came out on top in the August primary, with Waters earning 33% of the votes, while Young garnered 32.2%. Janee’ Ayers came in third with 13.8% of the votes ...

Oakland police face deep staffing shortages as efforts to recruit and retain more women officers stall. Four years after OPD ...

Assistant Chief James Beere was named interim Oakland police chief, taking over Dec. 6 after Chief Floyd Mitchell steps down. Beere, a 20-year veteran of the department, recently led press conferences ...

Oakland police said alleged gang members arrested in a sweep this week are suspected in a string of violent crimes that include 31 homicides across the Bay Area, with 24 of those happening in Oakland.

Police in Oakland are investigating a shooting that took place earlier this week. On Monday just after 8 p.m., a shooting occurred in the 1400 block of 18th Avenue. When officers arrived, they located ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A federal grand jury indicted nine men with alleged ties to the notorious Sureño gang on charges related to murder, and narcotics and firearms distribution. Some of them men ...

OAKLAND — A man who police say serves as a manager at one of Oakland’s several illegal casinos has been charged with leading officers on a chase through the city as they were investigating his ...

Oakland street gangs tied to 24 homicides in the city Oakland assistant police chief warns of additional arrests Gang members facing state and federal charges OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police weighed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland was shot on campus Thursday, the second time in two days the city has had a shooting at a local school.

Laney College athletic director and former football coach John Beam died Friday after being shot on the California campus the previous night. The shooting suspect was identified as Cedric Irving Jr., ...

Oakland police officials announced Friday that they have made an arrest in connection with Thursday's shooting at Laney College. Sources at the San Francisco Chronicle identified the person shot as ...