Alameda County News

More wildlife has turned up dead from a spill Friday that dumped 400 to 800 gallons of oil into the Bay.

A former Brazilian police officer suspected of raping six women in Oakland and Emeryville has been charged.

Health officials are holding free H1N1 flu vaccinations throughout the Bay Area Saturday, but the vaccines will only be available for people at the highest risk for illness from the virus.

Alameda County supervisors took another major step toward the massive Highland Hospital replacement project when they awarded a contract that could be worth as much as $431 million to an Oakland-based contractor.

After months of roller-coaster results, the U.S. auto industry showed signs of stability in October.

It looks like teacher Jennifer West has handily taken one of two seats on the Emeryville City Council with 707 votes, but the fight for the second open seat is a real horse race between Emeryville town founder descendant Frank Flores, with 628 votes, and Emery school board trustee Kurt Brinkman, with 624 votes.

Revelations on Monday that Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife Cynthia appear to owe at least $239,000 in back taxes have, in many respects, left more questions than answers: How did the Dellumses get into the tax trouble? How do they plan to get out? What are the political consequences? Dellums has said little on the matter and was mum Tuesday except ...

State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties as possible sites for the murder trail of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle.

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums says he owes back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.Alameda County records show the agency placed a lien on his property on Oct.

Friday's oil spill in the San Francisco Bay has taken a turn for the worst. Carol Singleton with the state Department of Fish and Game said that a dozen birds of an unknown species have been spotted on the Eastern Bay waters covered in oil.

Cleanup crews are still sopping up fuel that washed up on Alameda County beaches after last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay.

Three years after Oakland voters approved instant runoff voting for city elections, one Oakland mayoral candidate is questioning whether or not the city, county and voters are ready for it.

Nikia Blair was on a bus when she learned that she'd secured a spot at Shinsei Gardens Apartments, but that didn't stop her from shouting with joy.

Crews are working to clean up a fuel leak in San Francisco Bay a day after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of gallons into the water.Coast Guard officials say skimmer boats are scooping up shipping fuel Saturday about 2.5 miles southeast of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.An estimated 400 to 800 gallons of oil spilled into the water after a ...

NUMBERED YEARS used to be the time that East Bay residents selected many of their representatives for school boards, city councils and other local offices.

If you're a commuter to the Tri-Valley from the Brentwood/Oakley area or vice versa, you'll want to avoid Vasco Road for the Friday commute.

Tanom Domingue was tired of asking his father for money, he told police during a taped interview earlier this year, so he and four friends got in a car and cruised around the city looking for people to rob.

Twenty years ago, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis launched En Vogue.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of attempting to kidnap two Castro Valley High School girls Tuesday morning.

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