Alameda County News

City Attorney John Russo was joined by Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy O'Malley on Monday in unveiling a new city-county anti-crime program aimed at fighting quality-of-life offenses in Oakland.

A veteran tennis coach accused of sexually molesting young female students had his bail increased Tuesday after an additional charge was filed.

California's top elections official barnstormed Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with service members and military authorities on how best to make sure everyone can vote in November's general election.

Authorities say a man facing manslaughter charges after his personal watercraft struck and killed a 3-year-old boy last summer has died after an apparent suicide.

The last remaining member of the notorious "Nut Case Gang" to be tried for a string of violent crimes committed in late 2002 was found guilty Tuesday on three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of ...

Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff said Tuesday that he's reviewing how Oakland police officers obtained search warrants in drug cases to see if there were any improprieties that could jeopardize ...

Oakland officials and Alameda County prosecutors are moving to crack down on so-called "quality-of-life offenses" as they try to cut down on crime in Oakland.

Oakland City Attorney John Russo today announced a new crime-fighting program aimed at prosecuting chronic non-felony crimes that he said severely impact the community's quality of life and instill "a sense of ...

Another charge has been brought against a veteran tennis instructor accused of molesting some of his young female students.

Underage prostitutes in Alameda County will get treatment and counseling under a new California law meant to strengthen protections for victims of human trafficking.

A group of five people were arrested early Saturday morning after attempting to rob passengers on an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District bus, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

A brawl broke out in a courthouse corridor Friday after an Oakland man was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison in connection with the killing of another man by shooting him at least a dozen times.

It may have been on a concrete urban plaza beneath a baking sun and towering office buildings, but for thousands of East Bay Catholics, this was truly holy ground.

A new Oakland cathedral that cost $190 million to build and was under construction for three years has now opened.

BICYCLIST KILLED BY TRUCK: A bicyclist was killed Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Joe Morgan Way and 66th Avenue, near the Coliseum in East Oakland.

A man sought by police for a "mean mugging" shooting Tuesday night of another man outside a downtown fast food restaurant was arrested after firing a shot at an officer who was in pursuit, investigators said.

A search warrant is being served in an Oakland home where the Alameda County Sheriff's Office believes suspects in connection with a San Leandro homicide last week may be hiding.

A 25-year-old Hayward man was charged with murder Tuesday for the shooting death of his sister, according to Alameda County Assistant District Attorney Richard Klemmer.

Jesus Jihad, 56, stabbed his wife, Aisha Hendricks, 35, numerous times at the apartment they shared on the 2300 block of 92nd Avenue in East Oakland, said Deputy District Attorney Casey Bates.

An Oakland man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday on two counts of murder and other charges for a high-speed, hit-and-run collision on Thanksgiving night that left two girls dead and two other people seriously ...