Oakland Local News

Clarke was shot at about 1:20 a.m. Sunday inside his home on the 5500 block of Beaudry Street, said Emeryville police Detective Robert Alton. More

Police are recommending that prosecutors charge a victim in last year's tiger mauling at San Francisco Zoo with seven felony counts related to four separate shoplifting incidents in Alameda County, Lt. More

During a student protest Monday, the Legislature's Democratic leaders vowed to halt $1 billion in proposed higher-education cuts, setting the stage for a lengthy deadlock over the deficit-plagued state budget. More

A 12 year old girl who is in Alameda County Juvenile Hall in San Leandro, Calif., and who has prostituted herself and is a victim of sexual abuse and exploitation writes on her arm, "I wanna go home." ALAMEDA ... More

During a student protest Monday, the Legislature's Democratic leaders vowed to halt $1 billion in proposed higher-education cuts, setting the stage for a lengthy deadlock over the deficit-plagued state budget. More

Federal immigration authorities say a well-heeled East Bay fugitive, accused of going to Costa Rica repeatedly to have sex with a child, might go on their most-wanted list as early as today. More

Using information from a man arrested on suspicion of spending counterfeit money in Lafayette, Secret Service agents found about $250,000 in counterfeit cash and the printers used to make it in Alameda County, ... More

She was raped when she was 11. She was even younger when her grandmother started kicking her out of the house and telling her she wished she were dead. More

The California Youth Authority promised three years ago to overhaul the state's juvenile justice system to better rehabilitate the youths incarcerated within its detention centers. More

A man shot to death Sunday morning in the city's first homicide of 2008 has been identified as Chad Clark, 38. More