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Hundreds of Oakland, California, residents demanded the city take action on the rising crime rates during a Tuesday community safety meeting with local officials at Oakland Technical High School, with one resident saying they are the “victims of a failed progressive utopia.”

Children in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) returned to classes Tuesday after the teachers’ union reached a tentative agreement with the school board that includes “reparations” for slavery.

Oakland teachers and the Oakland Unified School District reached agreement on Saturday evening on providing “reparations” for slavery for black students, though an ongoing strike still continues.

Furious parents marched their children across picket lines of striking teachers in Oakland, California, on Friday on the seventh day of a strike in which teachers are demanding reparations for slavery, among other demands.

Newly-inaugurated “progressive” Oakland, California, mayor Sheng Thao fired Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong this week over alleged mishandling of police misconduct — and he is fighting back.

Family and friends of Jen Angel – a woman who died after a violent robbery – urged authorities against pursuit of “traditional prosecution.”

Activists are demanding California pay black residents and black-owned businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars each in reparations.

A suspected “cold-blooded” serial killer who allegedly shot six men to death was arrested early Saturday morning in Stockton, California, according to police.

Police in Northern California believe a serial killer to be behind the killing of five men in Stockton and the killing of another man in Oakland based on ballistics tests.

Oakland Police Department Chief LeRonne Armstrong has decried what he calls a “horrific” series of shootings in the city after five people were murder in three days, bringing the total number of homicides this year to 83, near last year’s pace.

A 60-year-old woman who was shot and killed in Oakland’s Little Saigon neighborhood on Sunday afternoon has been identified.

The Port of Oakland was shut down for the third day in a row on Thursday as truckers continued to protest a California gig worker labor law that could impact an estimated 70,000 truckers.

The City of Oakland, California, declared racism to be a “public health crisis” in a unanimous vote of the city council on Tuesday, allocating $350,000 to hire a consultant and data analyst in the Department of Race and Equity.

Alameda County in California’s Bay Area reimplemented a mask mandate for its 1.6 million residents, which went into effect Friday.

A California high school student rocked out on the drums for the iconic grunge band Pearl Jam Friday night after the band’s drummer came down with coronavirus.

California lawmakers have introduced legislation that would provide unemployment payments to people who are in the country illegally and have lost their jobs.

When a 13-year-old girl in Oakland, California, realized her backpack was stolen on her way to the hospital for surgery, she was devastated. 

25,000 Comcast customers in the Oakland, California, area were unable to watch the 49ers in Sunday’s NFC championship — or anything else — on Sunday after gunfire severed the fiberoptic cables linking them to cable television and Internet services.

OAKLAND, California — Teachers in yet another city are planning to stage a “sickout” in protest at what they say is a lack of safety during the ongoing coronavirus surge — despite the district receiving money for safety from the federal government.

Drivers in San Francisco are leaving their car’s trunk open in an effort to fend off potential auto burglaries as the city reported a 32 percent increase in car break-ins over the past year.

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved two new police academies and the hiring of a professional recruiter to find experienced officers.

Journalists who cover crime in Oakland, California, are now becoming the victims of crimes as news crews are being targeting for expensive equipment.

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (D) stated that the city “needs more police” and that “the defund rhetoric is challenging our ability to attract and retain recruits.” Schaaf also called for resources from the state and

Shocking video caught the moment a flatbed truck plowed rammed into a Highway Patrol cruiser on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

The City of Oakland unveiled a bust of Black Panther Party founder and leader Huey P. Newton on Sunday, honoring his legacy in the city that saw the founding of the radical party in 1966 with fellow radical Bobby Seale.

Surveillance video from Thursday shows retried Oakland police captain Ersie Joyner shoot and kill one of three alleged robbers in an exchange of gunfire that left Joyner wounded as well. 

After Oakland, California, recorded its 100th homicide in 2021 the city voted to train more police officers after defunding cops last year.

The president of the Oakland Police Officers Association slammed the Oakland City Council for voting to defund the police.

Carl Chan, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, called on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to declare a “state of emergency” on the crime wave in the city on Tuesday, after a series of assaults and robberies in Chinatown.

Former President Donald Trump warned of “Communist Democrats” destroying America’s big cities after former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was assaulted and robbed in Oakland, California, on Monday afternoon.

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was assaulted and robbed in Oakland, California, on Monday afternoon, according to a statement posted by her Twitter account and confirmed by local police. No gun was involved in the daylight robbery.

A woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted and held against her will for three days by a man she met on the Tinder app was rescued when a good Samaritan heard her cries for help in Oakland, California.

In Oakland, California, in 2021, criminals marked Independence Day by threatening citizens with deadly violence.

Just hours after Oakland, California, Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong held a news conference on Monday to slam city officials for cutting the police budget as crimes surge in the municipality, a news crew interviewing the director of the Department of Violence Prevention were the victims of a robbery attempt in broad daylight.

Oakland, California Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus” that the Democrat-led city council voting to remove $18.5 million from a proposed increase to the Oakland Police Department is “inconsistent” with citizens telling him

The Oakland, California, city council diverted over $17 million from the city’s police department Monday, redirecting the funding to social programs.