Oakland Local News

Share + Comments Nov 24, 2009 9:06 pm US/Pacific OAKLAND A San Leandro man was arraigned Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace, being drunk in public and indecent exposure in connection with a confrontation at the West Oakland BART station on Saturday. More

Job seekers look through job listings at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center January 9, 2009 in Oakland, California. More

Job seekers look through job listings at the East Bay Works One-Stop Career Center January 9, 2009 in Oakland, California. More

A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld the convictions of an Oakland father and son in a string of nearly 30 takeover-style robberies of small East Bay businesses in 2005 and 2006. More

A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld the convictions of an Oakland father and son in a string of nearly 30 takeover-style robberies of small East Bay businesses in 2005 and 2006. More

Silvia Hawkins, the aunt of Michael Gibson, talks with attorney John Burris in the hallway at the Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. More

Police remain on the hunt today for a pair of men believed to have shot a 16-year-old girl at an East Oakland BART station. More

Oakland has the third-highest crime rate in the U.S. and Richmond has the 14th-highest, according to an annual crime report just released by CQ Press. More

Booking photo for Michael Joseph Gibson after his arrest for assaulting an elderly man on a SamTrans bus earlier on the same day as the BART confrontation OAKLAND a ' Though BART police had arrested Michael Joseph Gibson on felony charges of battery of a police officer with injury, obstruction and resisting an officer, the Alameda County District ... More

OAKLAND a ' The public is getting their first glimpse at the Oakland Zooa TMs baby camels. More