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Jan. 8 - Violent protests erupt in Oakland, California over a deadly New Year's Day shooting of an unarmed African American man by a transit police officer.

Jan 8, 2009 Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums urged residents to remain calm after protests turned violent in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a transit police officer.

Jonathan Ho, 25, said it was an accident when his SKS assault rifle fired and a bullet struck 23-year-old Amanda Hunter in the head, killing her.

Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed.

Rice covers a set of train tracks after a big rig accident on Wednesday January 7, 2009 in Oakland, California.

Investigators executed a search warrant in West Oakland early this morning in connection with the break-in of Contra Costa sheriff's patrol vehicles in Martinez from which several weapons were stolen, the ...

Cellist David Requiro, 23, an Oakland native won the 2008 Naumburg award and is in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Monday, December 29, 2008.

Protesters on both sides of California Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage, crowd the intersection of High Street and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Oct.

Family members of Oscar Grant III, who was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer early New Year's Day, allege in a $25 million claim they filed today that BART police officers violated his ...

Oakland police arrested one man and are searching for two others who allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven convenience store Monday night.

Coroner rules August 2008 death a homicide: The Alameda County coroner's office has determined that a 37-year-old woman whose body was found last August near the Laurel district died from multiple blunt trauma, ...

Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Allen Henry Vigneron as the new archbishop of Detroit.

Five people in Oakland, including a couple of children, narrowly escaped tonight when their Christmas tree caught their apartment on fire.

Henry Chang didn't want a job as an Oakland City councilman. He had served on the Planning Commission and Board of Port Commissioners, but a job on the city's legislative board seemed unappealing.

A veteran civil rights attorney who has talked to family members and friends of a man who was shot and killed Thursday by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer said today he thinks the shooting was not ...

A judge Friday delayed setting a trial date for the man accused of murdering journalist Chauncey Bailey in Oakland in August 2007 because his attorney needs more time to review evidence recently submitted by ...

City officials have put together an $89 million wish list of infrastructure projects they hope might be included in President-elect Barack Obama's anticipated economic stimulus package - and Oakland's incoming ...

A person was transported to a local hospital after an officer-involved shooting at the Bay Area Rapid Transit Fruitvale station in Oakland this morning, according to a BART spokesman.

Keyshia Cole is fed up with all the tears and the pain. The Oakland, Calif., singer-songwriter is ready to bust loose.