The bloody tally of death and injury in the past week prompted Chief of Police Howard Jordan on Tuesday to say he is using extra patrols, partnerships with other law enforcement agencies and technology to combat the violence.

"I'm disappointed we couldn't give port customers the assurance that we value them and Oakland residents the assurance that we will protect them," said Councilmember Libby Schaaf, who co-sponsored the resolution.

A jury took just hours to find Gleiston Andrade, 41, guilty of six counts of forcible oral copulation and seven counts of rape in a series of attacks on prostitutes he picked up in or near Oakland.

But some Bay Area school districts, propelled by a growing healthful food movement and concerns about childhood obesity, plan to go beyond the new guidelines.

Suspect in body armor accused of gunfire on campus

A's confirm report that Beane and president Michael Crowley will remain with the Athletics through the 2019 season

SANTA CRUZ - The county board on Tuesday voted to scale back its upcoming countywide plastic bag ban, handing restaurants an exemption under the law.

OAKLAND -- The names of two homicide victims killed in the last two weeks were released by police Tuesday.A man shot to death Feb. 2 in the 800 block of 26th Street near West Street was identified as Charles Jarvis, 48, of Oakland.

Bold and brazen, thieves have entered when people are home, but run when confronted.

A street fight over a man ended with a stabbing death Tuesday night in central Richmond, police said. A tussle between two women broke out about 9:45 p.m. on the 300 block of Sixth Street. It escalated, Lt. Bias French said, and when officers arrived they found 24-year-old Oakland resident Tiye Rebecca Freeman on the ground with several stab wounds.

Join Steve Corkran for some Oakland Raiders talk during a live chat at noon on Tuesday. Amng other topics, Steve will be discussing the hiring of new defensive coordinator Jason Tarver.

"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,"

The man suspected of driving while drunk head-on into a van of five people early Monday -- killing three and critically injuring two others -- had previously had his license suspended for DUI, state officials said Monday.

Piedmont taken into custody in shooting that left U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent hospitalized after being shot outside his home Tuesday morning.

OAKLAND -- Top city officials condemned the hacker group Anonymous Tuesday for releasing their home addresses, phone numbers and other information, but said the city's web system had not been hacked.

UNION CITY -- An early-morning fire heavily damaged an unoccupied fast-food restaurant, fire officials said.The one-alarm blaze was reported at 3:43 a.

His Stanford defense ranked among Pac-12's best

Haven is Daniel Patterson's follow-up to his popular Uptown spot, Plum. The Jack London Square restaurant offers slightly larger portions and more comfortable seating plus the trendsetting techniques of executive chef Kim Alter. Alter and her team deliver on high quality ingredients and polished service.

His Stanford defense ranked among Pac-12's best

A man shot to death Saturday afternoon in East Oakland has been identified as 30-year-old Oakland rapper Brondon McDaniel, and police are trying to identify two other fatal shooting victims.