OAKLAND — The theft of more than 1,000 items from an Oakland Museum of California storage site Oct. 15 was a crime of opportunity and not a targeted heist, museum officials said Friday. So far, none ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland city leaders attributed an "all-hands-on-deck" approach to fighting crime and crime prevention as one of the reasons for the huge drop in crime statistics for 2025.

Mayor Barbara Lee, alongside other Oakland leaders, addressed crime statistics and public safety on Wednesday – noting the drop in homicides, plus a decrease in firearm robberies, firearm assaults and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to crime, the City of Oakland is boosting double-digit drops in major categories. "It is all-hands-on-deck trying to ...

For the second year in a row, Gov. Gavin Newsom is celebrating California’s declining homicide rate while using it as a cudgel against his political foes. “Your state’s homicide rate is 117% higher ...

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he’s placing Washington D.C.’s police department under federal control and deploying the national guard as part of a crackdown on crime in the district.

Last week, Oakland’s new mayor found herself consoling the friends and family of a beloved community college football coach who was shot on campus. The day after her visit, Barbara Lee sat with The ...

Good news about safety in The Town. New numbers show over the first six months of the year, crime is trending down in Oakland. NBC Bay Area's Velena Jones explains what leaders say sparked the drop ...

(KRON) — The suspect or suspects who broke into the Oakland Museum of California’s off-site storehouse and stole more than 1,000 items from the Museum’s collection likely did so as a crime of ...