They stood under a beating sun in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on a typically quiet stretch of strip-mall suburbia. It was ...

Closures won’t be “delayed for shelter availability,” Sheng Thao announced today. Her order follows a controversial Supreme ...

Erin Wade, founder of Oakland restaurant Homeroom, shares her strategies for designing a successful and safe workplace in a ...

Police must balance enforcing the law and keeping officers, suspects, and bystanders safe, says the Police Commission. Still, ...

With the election just a few weeks away, the City Council is weighing whether to up the maximum amount — $600 to $800 — that ...

Lead contamination in Oakland schools reaches from those in deep East Oakland to the Oakland hills.

Concord’s Epidemic Ale’s Oktoberfest has all the normal activities: collectible steins, German-style ales, pretzels, brats … ...

Some voting centers begin opening 11 days before Nov. 5, or Oct. 26. They’re open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lots more voting ...

I Heart Oakland-Alameda Estuary has been organizing cleanups both in and around the bay since 2016. The community ...

Oakland candidates and committees are collecting big checks as Nov. 5 nears. And the city and OUSD are fighting over the cost ...

The controversial parking meters at Lake Merritt that replaced free time-limited parking and forced people to pay on weekends ...

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond and beyond.