It’s not uncommon for new Oakland mayors to make promises. We’ll be tracking these goals and reporting back later this year.

Oakland’s busted streets are getting worse, but the city hasn’t issued any new paving contracts in nearly three months because of a pause in funding. That’s according to reports and statements by city ...

Dale Risden fell in love with Joaquin Miller Park as a little boy. It wasn’t the trees, or the streams, or the serenity of nature —- those loves would come later. It was Juanita. When Risden was 10, ...

Join citizen scientists at the annual Lake Merritt BioBlitz Saturday to help document Lake Merritt’s array of living organisms. The event is part of the 2025 City Nature Challenge. A table, hosted by ...

A collision last Thanksgiving led to the deaths of three college students on a Piedmont street. Credit: California Highway Patrol A joyride among longtime friends that ended in a tragic collision will ...

Capping weeks of confusion, the Oakland Unified School District board announced on Wednesday that Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell is leaving the district. In a 4-3 vote in closed session, the ...

The Oakland Police Department needs 277 more police officers than are currently budgeted to effectively patrol the city, according to a draft study conducted by an independent consulting firm. In late ...

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W. Kamau Bell, right, informs Castlemont principal Joseph Blasher that all of the school's Donors Choose projects will be funded. Credit: Ashley McBride We believe in the power of nonprofit news to ...

Regina Jackson at a meeting of the Oakland Police Commission’s Community Policing Ad Hoc Committee in September 2024. Credit: Jungho Kim Last April, Mac Muir, the executive director of the Community ...

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The East Oakland DMV is closed for 5 months due to vandalism. The North Oakland and Hayward DMVs are ready to help ahead of ...