CRIME & SAFETY
Body found in Oakland-Alameda estuary ID'd as murder victim through DNA testing
SAN PABLO, Calif. - A body that was found in the Oakland-Alameda estuary last September has been identified as that of a woman who was killed by her son-in-law, San Pablo police say. Officials on Tuesday said the identity of 74-year-old Que Thi Tran was confirmed through DNA testing from...
Oakland police locate missing 11-year-old girl
Oakland police on Tuesday confirmed that a missing 11-year-old girl who was last seen Monday night has been found safe.Kassidy Wimberly was last seen around 9:30 p.m. Monday and was wearing a black cropped jacket, pink shirt, black leggings and was barefoot. She is a Black girl who is about 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, according to police.The Oakland Police Department posted about their search via its social media accounts Tuesday morning. Police confirmed that she had been found safe in under two hours after their initial post.
Oakland police involved in shooting, barrage of gunfire caught on camera
Oakland police say officers were involved in a shooting in West Oakland Wednesday night. A KTVU photographer who was responding to a police standoff captured gunfire on video. It is not clear who was doing the shooting. Police did not have more details to share.
8 arrested in connection to Oakland tobacco robberies
(KRON) — On Wednesday, the Oakland Police Department arrested eight suspects for a series of tobacco-related robberies. Police said the robbery happened around 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday in the 7900 block of Mountain Boulevard in Oakland. As a delivery truck driver was dropping off tobacco products, two cars with multiple armed individuals arrived and stole […]
Man charged with murder after fatal wrong-way crash on I-580
(KRON) — An Oakland man has been charged with murder after he allegedly drove his car the wrong way on I-580 and crashed into another car, killing its driver. A second man was also charged in connection to a burglary that happened before the crash. The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office alleges that on […]
Several detained after pursuit chase from San Francisco to Oakland
Several people were detained after leading officers on a chase from San Francisco to Oakland Monday afternoon. San Francisco police say they got a call reporting someone doing drugs in a car, on Dawnview Way, near Twin Peaks. Upon arrival, officers found that the car had been carjacked. The suspects...
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