Members of the Oakland Police Department rescued a man in distress in the Lake Meritt Channel early Sunday morning, a video ...

Police jumped into water “without hesitation” and saved a person from drowning in Lake Merritt Channel in the early morning ...

Police officers jumped into water “without hesitation” and saved a person from drowning in Lake Merritt Channel in Oakland, ...

One officer said because of the conditions the rescue was “challenging for sure” but added, “Our mission was to get him out ...

Keep one of the Bay Area’s most iconic beaches clean and safe for people and wildlife alike. The Golden Gate National Parks ...

Get to know the people running to represent you on the Oakland City Council by reading their answers to our questions, in ...

Gail Hole was a treasured figure in The Villages, where she ran a Bunco group, golfed regularly, played mahjong, participated in the Colorado Club, Dunedin 200 activities, and enjoyed weekly card ...

A crisis unfolded in western North Carolina as officials rushed to get more water, food and other supplies to flood-stricken ...

Four Central Florida food establishments — two restaurants and two food trucks — shut down following health inspections the week of Sept. 22-28, according to data from the Florida Department of ...

A person died on the trackway at the Fruitvale BART Station Wednesday night, the agency said just before midnight.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Fruitvale and Lake Merritt BART stations closed Wednesday night, with the closure of the Fruitvale Station due to a major medical emergency, the agency first announced at 9: ...

Both the Fruitvale and Lake Merritt stations have reopened after closing due to the major medical emergency reported just before 9 p.m. The emergency created delays throughout the system, but ...