Crime reporter

Harry Harris

Harry Harris is a Pulitzer Prize winning breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. He began his Oakland Tribune career in September 1965 as a 17-year-old copyboy. He became a reporter in 1972 and is considered one of the best crime and breaking news reporters in the country. He has covered tens of thousands of murders and other crimes in the East Bay. He has also mentored dozens of young reporters, some of whom continue to work in journalism today.

A man told police he was shot while driving in East Oakland Thursday evening. (File)

Driver says he was shot while driving in Oakland

December 26, 2025 at 12:23 p.m.

Police are trying to determine a motive for the shooting and if the man was shot by someone in another vehicle or by someone standing outside.

California Highway Patrol arrested 13 people and recovered more than $800,000 in stolen merchandise as a result of an investigation into a retail theft ring. (CHP)

13 East Bay residents arrested by CHP in Northern California retail theft ring investigation

December 26, 2025 at 5:19 a.m.

Thirteen suspects were arrested and more than $800,000 worth of stolen merchandise was recovered after a CHP task force investigation into a retail theft ring

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Six residents displaced in Walnut Creek house fire

December 26, 2025 at 5:21 a.m.

The cause of a Walnut Creek house fire that displaced six residents Wednesday morning is under investigation.

A three-alarm fire Wednesday heavily damaged some structures at a Richmond public storage facility. (File)

Three-alarm fire heavily damages structures at Richmond public storage facility

December 26, 2025 at 6:26 a.m.

The cause of a three-alarm fire Wednesday at a Richmond storage facility remains under investigation.

A man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train Tuesday night in Oakland. (File)

Man dies after being struck by Amtrak train in Oakland

December 24, 2025 at 2:56 p.m.

Authorities are trying to identify a man killed when he was hit by a freight train in Oakland Tuesday night.

Darryl Thomas outside his home at Goodness Village on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Livermore, Calif. Thomas moved to the village after a decade of living in his vehicle. A former mortgage broker, Thomas was forced to pay out-of-pocket for cancer treatment, loosing his home and, eventually, his stability. He has lived in a small home structure at the village for over two years. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

East Bay’s Goodness Village helps the formerly homeless rebuild their lives

December 24, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Darryl Thomas had a good life. And then, mainly because of serious health issues, he didn't. But now, with the help of a Livermore homeless advocacy group, he is getting...

A man died Monday morning after he was struck by a BART train on the tracks near the Fruitvale Station in Oakland. (File)

Man dies after being hit by train near Oakland BART station

December 22, 2025 at 12:53 p.m.

Service was stopped on the Green Line, which runs between Daly City and Berryessa/North San Jose.

Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse at 661 Washington Street in downtown Oakland.

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Man dies after being found with ligature around neck at Oakland courthouse

December 19, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

The exact cause of death of Enrique Gonsalez-Cruz, 27, of Oakland, has not yet been determined, but the case is being investigated as an in-custody death by the Alameda County...

One dead, one wounded in Oakland shooting

December 19, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.

A motive has not been released yet in an Oakland shooting Friday morning that left one man dead and another hospitalized.

Man shot in Oakland nine years ago dies from injuries

December 19, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

The shooting happened in the 10400 block of Edes Avenue on Dec. 22, 2016.

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