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The alleged gunman in a fatal attack on Santa Cruz County deputies is also charged with last month's murder of a Federal Protective Service officer in Oakland, California. A second man is also charged as an accomplice. Both men had ties to the far-right boogaloo movement.
2020-06-16

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a possible link between the May 30 drive-by shooting that killed a Federal Protective Service officer at Oakland, California, to a shootout in the Santa Cruz Mountains yesterday, which left a deputy dead and two other officers injured. The gunman, who was armed with a rifle and improvised explosive devices, was also wounded and taken into custody.
2020-06-7

The confirmed death toll in Friday night's warehouse fire in Oakland, California rises to 33 with several people still missing.
2016-12-4

Over 100,000 protest the election of Donald Trump in Chicago; Los Angeles; Oakland, California; Philadelphia; Portland, Oregon, New York City; Seattle and other major cities, reflecting a deep political divide in the United States.
2016-11-9

A group of United States mayors forms ""Mayors Against Discrimination"" in the wake of recent discriminatory laws enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi against LBGT individuals. The founding members are city leaders from Honolulu, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.
2016-04-8

A mass shooting at Oikos University at Oakland, California leaves seven people dead and three injured, according to a police spokesperson.
2012-04-2

Police confront protesters with tear gas and stun grenades in the U.S. city of Oakland, California; more than 100 arrests are made.
2012-01-29

Approximately 300 people are arrested in the US city of Oakland, California during Occupy Oakland protests. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-ap-20120129-ap_on_re_us-us_occupy_oakland (AP via Yahoo! News)]date=August 2019
2012-01-28

Seven people, including a toddler, are shot while recording a music video in Oakland, California.
2011-11-29

Violent protests occur in Oakland, California following Johannes Mehserle receiving two years jail for the shooting of Oscar Grant on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system with Oakland police chief Anthony Batts expecting to make 150 arrests.
2010-11-5