Oakland

Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed in Oakland on Monday, according to a tweet posted from her account.

Despite objections from the A’s, the Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved terms for the team’s Howard Terminal ballpark. The decision keeps the $12 billion waterfront project alive, but they’re not the terms the team wanted.

Four lucky lottery players around the Bay Area combined to win more than $18 million recently on Scratchers tickets, including an eight-figure winner in the North Bay, according to the California Lottery.

Oakland Police Chief wants to keep Oakland safe and stand up against gun violence, and wants community members to help him achieve that goal.

A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.

A sergeant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office may be in trouble after he played one of Taylor Swift’s hit songs on his cell phone while an activist recorded him.

The CHP says a 54-year-old homeless man had “aggressively” approached the governor, and threw a water bottle at him. Conan Nolan reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on June 18, 2021.

One person was killed and six others were injured after a shooting at the shores of Oakland’s Lake Merritt early Saturday evening, police said.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting Gov. Gavin Newsom during his visit to downtown Oakland, authorities said Friday.

PG&E on Monday announced it has secured a deal to sell its San Francisco headquarters complex and has asked for approval from regulators to return net funds from the sale to its customers, according to a company news release.

Oakland Bishop Michael Barber told his parishioners he was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend.

Comedian, actor and writer Paul Mooney died on Wednesday morning.

Someone opened fire on a party bus on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway early Tuesday, killing two women and wounding at least five others, authorities said.

Oakland police are investigating the beating of an 80-year-old man, who they said was assaulted and robbed while on his way home.

Angela Tsay started the brand Oaklandish as a public art project to show pride for the Bay Area city. It’s since grown into an apparel brand with shirts featuring the namesake oak tree, and pro athletes like Damian Lillard have worn the shirts and hats.

Despite the trending #StopAsianHate hashtag and the national headlines, Asian elders in the Bay Area are still being targeted.

Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57.

Rob Bonita was a previously little-known assemblyman from Oakland, but he was just confirmed as the new California attorney general. Conan Nolan reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

A doctor at Highland Hospital is crediting the Oakland Zoo with saving a man’s life by helping him procure a medicine in a form not approved in the U.S. for human use.