With Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell on his way out, Mayor Barbara Lee on Friday named his interim replacement.

We have a lot of good leaders in the Oakland Police Department,” Mitchell said. “Jim Beere stood above them all.”

Mayor Barbara Lee announced Friday that long-time Oakland police veteran James Beere will take over the department as interim chief of police in the wake of Chief Floyd

"Last Chance U" coach and Laney College athletic director John Beam died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus, police announced. According to the Michigan Department of Transportation,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A senior member of the athletics staff at a community college in Oakland was shot on campus Thursday, the second time in two days the city has had a shooting at a local school.

The Oakland Police Department and other authorities said Frida that a suspect has been arrested in the shooting of college football coach John Beam, who

Two Oakland residents were taken into custody after allegedly stealing a grey Dodge Challenger last month and using it in an armed carjacking just a short while later. Police said the pair is tied to multiple armed robberies across several Bay Area cities.