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On kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow. Well get to our top stories in just a moment. But first, we have some breaking news out of oakland where police are responding to a double shooting this afternoon. This is video of the scene from the citizen app. Police say it happened shortly after 10 oclock this morning on eves avenue and east oakland officers say 2 people were shot. The extent of their injuries is not clear at this time, though they did receive medical treatment on site. Police say t...

The inquiry is ongoing into the death of a 39-year-old woman who was found unresponsive in her cell at Santa Rita Jail on Feb. 13, marking the third death of an inmate at the Dublin facility in 2023, according to the ACSO.

POST will not issue any final report or reprimand over the hiring of more than 40 Alameda County sheriff's deputies were deemed "unsuitable" on their first psychological exam.

With the final week of 2022 on the horizon, its time for us to start saying goodbye to the year that was. In our typical fashion, the Weekly is reflecting on the previous year in two parts, beginning with January to June 2022 ...

From Oakland to San Diego, Californians are deciding high-stake elections for sheriff, prosecutor, mayor, and judge.

The Livermore Police Department is hosting its first-ever gun buyback event next weekend, in partnership with Cornerstone Fellowship of Livermore and First Presbyterian Church. See that and more in our News Digest...

A California sheriff’s office stripped 47 deputies — 10% of the force — of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams.

The state agency vested with the power of overseeing the hiring and training of law enforcement in California will now be auditing every police department in three Bay Area counties stemming from revelations that 47 Alameda County sheriff's deputies were hired despite getting "not suitable" marks on their psychological exams.

Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern is defending his hiring of 47 deputies who received "not suited" results on their psychological exams saying he got bad information giving him the OK to do so – despite the state agency that administers those exams countering they've never allowed this practice. 

In her first statement since KTVU revealed that more than 40 deputies were hired despite receiving "not suitable" marks on their psychological exams, Alameda County's newly elected sheriff said she promises to reexamine the "flawed" background and hiring process and that they deserve an apology.