The Piedmont City Council has selected Oakland Deputy Chief of Police Frederick Shavies to replace retiring Chief Jeremy Bowers.

OAKLAND, Calif. - A person was fatally shot in Oakland on Friday, and police are searching for their killer. The Oakland Police Department responded just after 9:30 p.m. on Friday to the area of ...

Oakland police responded to several sideshows at various locations around the city early Sunday morning. Police didn't say where the sideshows were, or how many, but as officers approached the ...

Oakland police said at a news conference that they would do everything they can to make the summer safe and to continue to bring crime down.

Community activists in Oakland rallied Thursday in a call for California Highway Patrol officers to adhere to the Oakland Police Department’s pursuit policy when they’re on city streets.

The Oakland Police Department said Wednesday that the looting at a store and a car fire were not connected to the peaceful protest the night before in East Oakland.

About an hour after a peaceful protest opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations near the Fruitvale Bart Station in Oakland on Tuesday, a group of looters broke into a shoe store on ...

By Bay City News Oakland officers arrested several people allegedly connected to a series of Bay Area robberies and burglaries, according to police.

OAKLAND — Police here arrested a suspect, who was promptly released without charges, in the recent killing of a 23-year-old man, authorities said.

The Oakland Police Commission said revisions to the local police pursuit policy alone won’t be enough to fix the underlying issues that led to last week’s deadly crash.