Tonight, Oakland city leaders will decide on one of the biggest issues affecting the city’s finances: the Oakland police union’s new contract. Employee pay and benefits make up just over half of ...

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 ...

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

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

Two Oakland police officers have been placed on leave after being indicted in federal court on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, on allegations that they conspired to defraud the Federal Aviation ...

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

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Author Dorothy Lazard released her second memoir, "Behind the Desk at the Main," about her four-decade career as a librarian, which included a long tenure leading the Oakland History Center. Credit: ...

In a press release, the department said irregularities were discovered in an employee’s timesheet during a routine internal audit. Following the audit, the department initiated a criminal ...

Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland has announced it will close temporarily as the ownership prepares its defense in a federal lawsuit. Credit: East Bay Nosh ...