Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

William Richards maintained his innocence and appealed his criminal conviction several times until it was finally reversed by ...

On Friday, the Port of Oakland issued its most current name, emphasizing that its putting "Oakland first." In a press release ...

Illegal fireworks caused major disruption in Oakland on the Fourth of July, straining emergency responders and endangering ...

A massive four-alarm fire broke out at a commercial warehouse near the Oakland Coliseum Friday afternoon, quickly spreading ...

An Upper Peninsula man who was extradited from California has been sentenced to prison for the alleged sexual assaults of two ...

Reem Assil will open a new hub and headquarters for her restaurant and bakery operations in Jack London Square ...

The latest statistics from California show that crime in nearly every major crime category was down last year, despite ...

Oakland's new UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is an example of a project that could shift the narrative around Oakland, a ...

California is deploying highly skilled urban search and rescue teams to Texas to assist with search and rescue efforts following severe flooding, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ...

Employees of Oakland’s children’s hospital are set to become UCSF employees, represented by a new union, on Sunday, July 6.

Crime in California and some of the Bay Area's biggest cities fell in 2024 after increases during the pandemic helped drive statewide approval last fall of a ballot measure to strengthen penalties in ...