Alameda County News

A DNA cold case hit has led to the arrest of a Hayward man accused in a 1996 rape, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.

A planned sports center at the University of California at Berkeley that ignited a tree-sitting protest moved a step closer to reality when a judge gave campus officials the go-ahead to build.

Alameda County has agreed to pay $4.3 million in a settlement over illegal strip searches at its old juvenile hall facility.

HAYWARD, Calif. - DNA evidence has helped Alameda County authorities make an arrest in a rape case dating back to 1996.

A male victim was fatally shot in Oakland this morning just hours after another male victim was killed late Thursday night, according to the Police Department.

A DNA cold case hit led to the arrest of a 41-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman and setting her house on fire in Hayward in 1996.

An Alameda County judge gave UC Berkeley the go-ahead on Tuesday to clear dozens of trees next to Memorial Stadium and build a proposed athlete training center, a crucial victory for Cal in a protracted battle ...

A West Oakland liquor store employee accused of burning down the store five days after it was allegedly vandalized by members of Your Black Muslim Bakery will not have to stand trial for the crime, a judge ...

Berkeley health officials are cautioning residents to avoid contact with wild animals after a rabid bat was found in the north part of the city last week.

OAKLAND, Calif., July 22 CA-Teamsters-ports OAKLAND, Calif. , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa joined more than 3,000 environmental, community and labor advocates at a march and ...

An Alameda County Superior Court judge today issued a ruling that will allow the University of California, Berkeley to begin construction on a new sports training center and the retrofitting of the campus ...

Law enforcement officers raided an Oakland building and an Alameda home this morning, arresting six people and seizing 58 marijuana plants, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced.

Berkeley police say they've arrested six protestors of the removal of a UCB oak grove after they planted an oak seedling on the lawn of the university's chancellor.

The Alameda County coroner's bureau Monday identified a 15-year-old boy who was shot to death on Saturday night.

The city of Oakland won a legal victory Friday when a judge ruled that it was proper for the city to collect taxes authorized by a 2004 ballot measure aimed at hiring more police officers, even though the city ...

Longtime Livermore residents joke with frustration that they would like to see BART service in their town before they die.

A judge is holding a hearing today on the University of California, Berkeley's request that she modify an injunction that currently prevents the university from building a new sports training center next to its ...

A 36-year-old driver intentionally stuck and killed a 78-year-old pedestrian in Alameda on Saturday because he was angry over family problems, investigators said today.

A 39-year-old Tracy man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a co-worker from Union City during a recent fight in a Livermore parking lot.

A prosecutor Wednesday began presenting meticulous and gruesome evidence that he believes proves that a former Navy-enlisted man from Oakland who's already serving a 63-year prison term murdered five young ...