OAKLAND, Calif. - The man was unconscious, lying partially in the street along Hegenberger Road in East Oakland. Drivers whizzed passed as they went about their days. No one stopped to check if he was ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The City of Oakland’s non-police response program, MACRO, has helped thousands of Oakland residents, but there are questions regarding the number of 911 dispatch calls for ...

OAKLAND — For all that Kim Dean was experiencing — the morning’s “hella cold” wintry chill, the days-old bandages peeling off her wounded leg, the lack of weekend shelter — none would be classified by ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - If you’re ever near a MACRO team in Oakland, compassion can be heard in every interaction. The street teams with the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) are a ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — A compassionate-care, first response program is hitting the streets of Oakland after years in the making. The Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland or MACRO ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- This Sunday marks five years since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd, kneeling on his neck until he lost consciousness - a killing that was ...

A grassroots movement has pushed to the surface that law enforcement should not be the first or primary response to mental health crisis — and the movement is winning the public debate. On this ...

Oakland city councilmembers redirected $18 million proposed for police spending from the mayor’s budget to alternative methods of violence prevention when the council passed a $3.8 billion budget ...

In May 2022, KRON4 said that upwards of 2,000 calls for service are flooding OPD daily. Department personnel has publicly complained that some calls are going unanswered and dispatchers are ...