Oakland has restored 911 phone service after an outage that lasted more than 36 hours as crews worked overnight to repair AT&T copper wire lines that were cut.
Two Oakland police helicopter pilots are accused of conspiring with a Federal Aviation Administration inspector to falsify required flight tests and obtain pilot certifications they were not entitled to, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
A suspect was taken into custody after allegedly shooting at Oakland police officers and setting a house on fire, prompting a neighborhood lockdown that lasted for hours, according to Oakland police.
A series of seemingly random stabbings that occurred in East Oakland on Monday evening were carried out by the same suspect, police said Tuesday.
Oakland police are investigating a fatal shooting Monday morning in the city's San Antonio neighborhood after officers responded to an alert and found a person with a gunshot wound.
Violent crime fell sharply across the United States in 2025, continuing a broader decline that is also playing out across the Bay Area, according to newly released FBI data and local police departments.