The star witness — an alleged co-conspirator in a bribery scheme — has become the center of a fight over what the jury will ...

The former Holy Names University is being rented as a film location, and dozens of productions have already arrived. It’s ...

Encrypted messaging and disappearing texts can violate the spirit of transparent government. We asked Oakland’s current ...

How to register, where to bring your ballot, how to research the candidates and other things a first-time youth voter needs ...

You know those few annual events that aren’t technically holidays but inspire the same sense of giddy anticipation and sacred obligation? For some of you, it might be Oscars night, the opening of ...

At its latest meeting, the Oakland school board also closed the books on the 2026-2027 school year’s finances, which ...

The Oakland Spiders, an ultimate frisbee team, have clinched it. They've invited all of Oakland to join the “Spider Den” at a ...

Mayor Barbara Lee. Courtesy of the City of Oakland. Shortly after being elected, Barbara Lee unveiled a 10-point plan for getting Oakland back on track. Point number three was to establish ...

Oakland-based comedian Jackie Keliiaa, host and producer of the show "Good Comedy," at OMCA in 2022. Credit: courtesy of Jim McCambridge September is a busy month in The Town — so busy we had a hard ...

On Tuesday, California State Parks, Cal Fire, and the Marin County Fire Department began burning vegetation across roughly 260 acres on Angel Island, a roughly one-square-mile island in the Bay just ...

Bar industry veterans Chris Woodcoff and Tinah Bean, who worked together at the Kona Club, had long planned to open a bar in Oakland. Hours: Open Wednesday and Thursday 4 p.m. to midnight, Friday and ...