A judge is letting the Bassi family sue Oakland after learning an officer allegedly freed a drunk driver an hour before a fatal crash.

Lilron Jones, freed this year after a resentencing deal, is accused of forcing a 23-year-old at gunpoint into his own home.

Oakland police say phone, internet and dispatch systems froze Wednesday night, with dispatchers responding only to Priority 1 calls.

The East Oakland sign honoring rap icon Too $hort disappeared from Foothill Boulevard, and police have offered no details yet.

Police say Chyance Anderson shoved a store employee into a refrigerator while trying to walk out with merchandise.

A sprinkler-triggering office fire forced Berkeley dispatchers out Wednesday night, just days after the center landed $1 million in upgrade funds.

Neither juvenile had a license or helmet when their scooter ran a stop sign on the Ohlone Greenway, police say.

Neighbors' calls about gunshots in a backyard led Oakland police to an arrest and gun seizure on Almanza Drive.

Oakland's 42nd homicide this year unfolded on a stretch of International Boulevard.

Cynthia, mother of slain reality star Kash, says she wants the woman she believes instigated the altercation jailed after her daughter was shot outside Cave Lounge.

Police say the standoff began with an 11:50 a.m. domestic violence call near Fourth and South Livermore.

A ShotSpotter alert sent officers to West 19th and C Streets, where they learned the victim had already fled to a hospital.

Staff covered the slur so students would not see it. Police say no suspects have been identified yet.