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1-year-old child among 8 shot in Oakland, Californiaupdated: Tue Nov 29 2011 03:13:00

Eight people, including a 1-year-old child, were shot in Oakland, California, on Monday evening, police said.

Occupy Roundup: Campus fallout, a silent protest and a new encampmentupdated: Sun Nov 20 2011 19:24:00

What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across major cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal distribution of wealth.

Latest round of Occupy Oakland protests to be closely watchedupdated: Thu Oct 27 2011 10:04:00

As a vigil was held for a two-time Iraq war veteran whose skull was fractured allegedly during a clash between protesters and Oakland police, Wednesday night's Occupy protests could be a bellwether on whether police have agitated or suppressed the movement, analysts said.

History lessons of Occupy Wall Streetupdated: Thu Oct 27 2011 10:04:00

CNN's Maggie Lake discusses historical parallels to the Occupy Wall Street Movement with Nobel Laureate Eric Foner.

Occupy protests turn violent in Oaklandupdated: Wed Oct 26 2011 21:23:00

Police used tear gas on protesters as they tried to remove them from City Hall in Oakland, California.

Tear gas used on Occupy protesters in Oakland, Californiaupdated: Wed Oct 26 2011 21:23:00

Authorities made a series of arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests in California and Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday, with clashes in one city that involved tear gas being used on demonstrators.

Sexual assault victim records attacker on cell phoneupdated: Thu Jun 09 2011 07:07:00

Police are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman after she used her cell phone to record the suspect burglarizing her Oakland, California, home.

Sex assault suspect caught on cell phoneupdated: Thu Jun 09 2011 07:07:00

Oakland, California, police hope a cell phone video of a sexual assault suspect will lead to an arrest.

Tracking app helps catch suspected thiefupdated: Fri Jun 03 2011 11:42:00

An app called "Hidden" can be used to pinpoint the location of a laptop should it be stolen. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

'This guy has my MacBook!' Blog, tweets help recover stolen computerupdated: Fri Jun 03 2011 11:42:00

When Joshua Kaufman returned home March 21 to find his Oakland, California, apartment burglarized, he probably never imagined he'd see his stolen MacBook laptop again.

2 dead, 4 wounded in California nightclub shootingupdated: Mon Apr 25 2011 14:35:00

Two people died and four were wounded early Monday in a shooting outside an Oakland, California, nightclub, police said.

Oakland police chief: Protesters 'tearing up' the cityupdated: Sat Nov 06 2010 17:27:00

Authorities in Oakland, California, said unruly marchers were "tearing up the city" as they protested a two-year sentence for a former transit police officer convicted for killing an unarmed man.

Oaksterdam's Richard Lee: Make weed legal like Budweiser, not orange juiceupdated: Tue Oct 26 2010 08:59:00

Richard Lee sits before a classroom in Oakland explaining how the term marijuana has racist origins because it was first popularized to make Mexicans appear criminal and sinister.

Call 911? Maybe not, from a cell phoneupdated: Wed Sep 08 2010 12:19:00

In an age when cell phones dominate, calling 911 might not always be the best way to report an emergency.

Man killed during confrontation with Oakland police, BART officersupdated: Sun Jul 18 2010 11:51:00

A man was shot and killed Saturday in Oakland, California, during a confrontation with Bay Area Rapid Transit officers and Oakland police, police spokesman Jeff Thomason said.

Oakland police shoot armed suspectupdated: Sun Jul 18 2010 11:51:00

Oakland police say several attemps to subdue a knife-weilding man with a Tazer failed.

Police missteps linked to Oakland officers' deaths, report findsupdated: Fri Jan 08 2010 19:04:00

Police mismanaged a shootout connected to the deaths of four Oakland, California, police officers last March, making a series of poor decisions that might have contributed to the record death toll, an independent board says.

Police check whether sweatshirt linked to missing boyupdated: Mon Sep 14 2009 07:58:00

Investigators are trying to determine whether a sweatshirt that volunteer searchers found Sunday is that of a missing California boy with cerebral palsy, Oakland police said.

Missing boy's shirt found?updated: Mon Sep 14 2009 07:58:00

Volunteers searching for missing Hasanni Campbell find a sweatshirt like the one the boy was reportedly wearing. KRON reports.

Oakland police shootingsupdated: Tue Mar 24 2009 12:41:00

CNN's Joe Johns reports on the tense aftermath of gun violence in Oakland that took down four cops.

Fourth Oakland police officer dies after weekend shootingupdated: Tue Mar 24 2009 12:41:00

An Oakland, California, police officer who was critically wounded in a weekend gunbattle with a suspect has died, the Alameda County Coroner's Office told CNN on Tuesday.

Oakland police officer pronounced brain dead after shootingsupdated: Mon Mar 23 2009 01:03:00

An Oakland, California, police officer critically injured in one of two Saturday shootings that killed three fellow officers was pronounced brain dead on Sunday, a police spokesman told CNN.

Deadly police shootoutupdated: Mon Mar 23 2009 01:03:00

Three police officers are dead and another is in grave condition. CNN's Kara Finnstrom reports

Cops: FBI investigating Oakland police commanderupdated: Fri Jan 23 2009 19:55:00

The FBI has opened an investigation into an undisclosed incident from 2000 involving an Oakland Police Department commander, a department spokesman said Friday.

Oakland police vs. riotersupdated: Fri Jan 16 2009 01:42:00

Police in Oakland, California, try to control riots sparked by a transit officer's shooting of an unarmed suspect.

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