Alameda County News

Even the though the 2014 election season in Oakland is over a year away that doesn't preclude potential candidates from starting early.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is investigating an officer-involved shooting on westbound Interstate Highway 580 near Castro Valley that occurred late Thursday night, deputies said.

An expanded menu. A new wine market. New services. And a new name. All of that in the same building at Central Avenue and Oak Street that had been known as Angela's Bistro.

A 59-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train Wednesday near San Lorenzo High School has been identified.

The Pleasanton Antiques and Collectibles Faire has been called an "antique lover's dream." It is a phrase I can relate to, since I've unearthed my share of treasures at this well-attended extravaganza that takes place twice a year, in May and October.

A Hayward man has been arrested in connection with an officer-involved shooting outside the Department of Motor Vehicles in Hayward last week, police said Thursday.

A UC Berkeley graduate student faces up to 12 years in prison after pleading no contest to vehicular manslaughter for killing his girlfriend and her 6-year-old son by crashing into a tree last year while intoxicated.

A judge on Wednesday ordered that a diagnostic study be conducted for a Livermore high school teacher who pleaded no contest to nine felony counts for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old male student from December 2010 to May 2011.

The public got a look Tuesday at plans for a 12-mile toll lane on westbound Interstate 580 from Livermore to Dublin and Pleasanton.

A motorcyclist who collided with an SUV Monday on a residential street north of Concannon Boulevard has died, according to a spokeswoman at the Alameda County Coroner's office.

A woman will spend nearly 16 years in prison for her role in the fatal shooting of a Virginia man visiting the San Francisco Bay area for a job interview at Google Inc.

The Municipal Advisory Council gave small businessman Mark Michieli a big break Monday night by urging the county to give him a three-year interim permit to open Muzo's Grill on Castro Valley Boulevard.

When the archives have been recovered and the names counted, the experts who made the decisions that climaxed with three dozen snapped steel bolts on the new Bay Bridge in March may fill an auditorium.

A Livermore software engineer convicted in the 2011 road-rage killing of a Fremont man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday.

The general election is about 18 months away, but Rep. Eric Swalwell received a significant endorsement Monday with his re-election campaign on the horizon.

East Bay Municipal Utility District General Manager Alexander Coate has proposed a 19 percent water rate increase for customers over the next two years to pay for infrastructure and maintenance work.

Former Pleasanton planning commissioner Kathy Narum, who cruised to victory in a special election for a vacant city council seat, will be sworn in at the May 21 council meeting.

The Center for Health Reporting reveals that 276 hospitals are paying a new Medicare penalty - Oakland Local research shows 4 of 6 local hospitals are also getting hit with the fine.

Castro Valley High School student Deonray Stanley stayed light on his feet while throwing punches in rapid succession on a recent Wednesday afternoon.

Napa police are investigating the drowning death of former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata's daughter-in-law, who was found in her home's swimming pool Saturday morning.