The Oakland Tribune

Two Northern California sheriff’s deputies, who were seen beating a suspect on surveillance video last year, and a third deputy, accused of offering the man’s belongings to homeless witnesses so they would not speak out about what they saw, have been slapped with a civil lawsuit.

Oakland city council members are poised to vote on a series of gun laws Tuesday night, hours after President Barack Obama wiped tears from his eyes for the first graders killed during the Sandy Hook massacre while issuing executive gun control measures from the White House.

Oakland city council members are poised to vote on a series of gun laws Tuesday night, hours after President Barack Obama wiped tears from his eyes for the first graders killed during the Sandy Hook massacre while issuing executive gun control measures from the White House.

The City of Oakland remains committed to keeping the Raiders in Oakland, despite the fact it can’t meet the NFL’s Dec. 30 deadline for home markets to submit a rock solid, executable stadium proposal before the league discusses and possible decides on relocation to Los Angeles.

Officials say a school bus driver was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving while taking 28 students home in Napa County last week.

Fremont police say a homeless man sleeping in a garbage bin is pretty lucky to be alive after he survived two compaction cycles when the bin was dumped into a trash truck.

As critics point to Congress’s inaction over gun regulations, some of Oakland’s leaders want to crack down on gun ownership, proposing new requirements for storing firearms in homes and vehicles and banning high-capacity magazines.

Oakland Police say the body of a woman was found inside a burning car and her death is being investigated as a homicide.

Oakland police are investigating after a well-known ice cream man was fatally shot inside his van.

Police said a crew working for an Oakland city television station was robbed at gunpoint for a video camera worth an estimated $60,000.

A 33-year-old San Francisco Bay Area man was killed while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro last weekend.

Authorities are issuing more hefty carpool violation tickets as an increasing number of San Francisco Bay Area solo drivers try to cheat the system.

A San Diego businessman says his latest plan for a new Raiders stadium in the city of Oakland has a 50-50 chance of succeeding, but he’s revealing little else about it.

Authorities are investigating an email sent by a hacker to Contra Costa County officials notifying them of possible corruption at a Concord charter school.

Even though he wasn’t able to perform at Outside Lands and his injured shoulders were pinned back for three hours in handcuffs over the weekend, Oakland’s artist known as Fantastic Negrito is not angry or disheartened.

A man accused of using his bare hands to kill a goose at Lakeside Park is facing two misdemeanor charges.

Police decided not to attend a protest in downtown Oakland where a group of about 100 people gathered in front of City Hall.

A camera crew working for NBA Entertainment was robbed of more than $40,000 in equipment after thieves broke into their van in Oakland, police told the Oakland Tribune.

For the second night in a row, protestors gathered in downtown Oakland Sunday to denounce the city’s enforcement of a regulation requiring permits for nighttime demonstrations.

Authorities acting under a new get-tough policy for monitoring street protests arrested or cited dozens of demonstrators for ignoring police orders to end a demonstration in Oakland.