Melee erupts near Eastmont Mall police substation in Oakland

• Pentagon shooter was SJSU engineering student, troubled with drug problem
  SAN JOSE — For years, troubling signs foreshadowed John Patrick Bedell's explosive end. There were the former San Jose State student's Internet anti-government ramblings; his bipolar, manic depress [...]
• Man shot in arm in Oakland
  A man was shot and injured early Sunday morning in East Oakland, according to police. At 12:17 a.m., police received reports of a shooting in the 4700 block of Melrose Avenue. One man was take [...]
• Suspect in Fremont, Saratoga homicides killed by police
  CUPERTINO — A man whom police had been tracking for nearly a week in connection with a recent Fremont homicide was shot and killed by Fremont SWAT officers Sunday afternoon near a South Bay apartment [...]
• Martinez police arrest two in credit card skimming operation
  MARTINEZ — Police arrested two men from Armenia on Friday suspected of running a sophisticated credit card skimming operation that may have cost Bay Area motorists hundreds of thousands of dollars. [...]
• Rare Castro Valley coin collection stolen, missing
  CASTRO VALLEY — Behind every rare coin Ray McCoy owns lies a story. Take, for example, his Franklin half dollars, which he purchased in honor of his late friend. The coins were originally part [...]