Oakland

A shocking video out of Oakland has been seen by thousands on social media. An Asian-American woman is seen clinging to her purse – as a thief jumps into a getaway car and drags her along for the ride.

A father who was coaching his son during a football practice in Oakland is dead after police say a man walked up and shot him in front of his children.

Lack of housing is one of the defining issues of life in the Bay Area. It’s hard to imagine one person making a difference, but an Oakland man says he’s willing to give it a try. Garvin Thomas reports.

An Oakland community group is re-emphasizing its demand that the city cut the police department budget and instead send the money to community groups.

You wouldn’t figure a shipping container in West Oakland could be the ground base for a revolution in wine, but that’s where Aaliyah Nitoto’s making her stand, bringing to the world a line of wine — crafted from flowers.

After a number of violent attacks on Asian Americans, including two high profile cases in Oakland’s Chinatown, a newly appointed police Asian liaison officer began working Thursday.

The Oakland Police Department’s new chief spoke exclusively with NBC Bay Area about the violence against Asian seniors, a spike in homicides, sideshows and how he plans to turn it all around.

After several attacks on members of the Asian-American community in the Bay Area, a rally was held in Oakland to promote multicultural healing Saturday.

A group of East Bay mothers trying to help their neighbors better understand the Black experience have turned to what they call the “anti-racist library.”

A pair of Hollywood actors are hoping a big chunk of change will lead to an arrest in a string of violent attacks in Oakland’s Chinatown.

Merchants and residents in Oakland’s Chinatown are pleading for help after a massive spike in violent attacks in recent weeks.

Oakland police say it’s a troubling trend. Illegal sideshows are happening more frequently and they’re getting bigger and more dangerous.

The master tenant of a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where 36 people perished when a fire ignited during a dance party in 2016 pleaded guilty Friday to the deaths, avoiding a second trial after the first ended in a hung jury.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ godchild and childhood friend were some of the selected few at Wednesday’s inauguration and say the experience was surreal.

On Wednesday, Oakland native Kamala Harris will be sworn in as America’s first female vice president, and her longtime friend from Oakland will be there, invited as her guest.

A man facing a second trial after a fire killed 36 partygoers at an Oakland warehouse he’s accused of illegally converting into a cluttered artists enclave is expected to plead guilty later this month, relatives of several of the victims said.

The Oakland Coliseum is one step closer to becoming a mass vaccination site for the COVID-19 shot.

A huge industrial air conditioning unit crashed onto a downtown Oakland, California, street Saturday morning, seconds after it was lifted by a helicopter.

Two domestic ducks that were likely dumped at Oakland’s Lake Merritt by a careless pet owner have found a new temporary home thanks to a mother-daughter duo that saved them.

An artist’s tribute to the memory of Breonna Taylor in Downtown Oakland that was vandalized over the weekend, and left in pieces, has now disappeared.