The half-acre East Oakland park, sealed off since a 2002 barbecue shooting, reopens Saturday with new play structures and a statue unveiling.

Neighbors couldn't reach the Jefferson Court residents for days before police found both dead inside.

A design deal signed aboard the USS Potomac widens Oakland's estuary so mega-ships can turn without waiting on the tide.

The halal kebab chain is taking over the old Lima space in Concord's Todos Santos Plaza and a former Saratoga cafe.

K9 Stryker found the stolen handgun hidden in bushes below an Avian Drive bedroom window, police say.

Isaac Vuong grabbed his fire gear and a garden hose to save Mike Morgan, the neighbor who inspired his firefighting career. Morgan died at the hospital.

Rafael Delgado had just finished singing at his favorite Richmond restaurant when a driver struck and killed him in a crosswalk.

Three masked attackers chased the boy down Allston Way and Channing Way, kicking and punching him before fleeing, police say.

Paramedics found no signs of foul play after a man was reported unresponsive near the Eighth and Harrison encampment Wednesday night.

Neighbors left flowers at the Sinbad Voyage mural after the attack, as Berkeley police chase leads from surveillance video.

Prosecutors say Surro Connections told one couple $32,000 sat in escrow — the account held 33 cents.

A judge let Ronald McGregor drink a strawberry milkshake before he pleaded no contest to killing Oakland handyman Darius Brazell.

A woman escaped her alleged abductor near the Embarcadero before OPD's helicopter unit ARGUS tracked the suspect to Uptown.