Starting next Tuesday, city officials said, efforts to “replant trees and other plants” will lead them to clear tents around ...

The City of Oakland is gearing up to clear out all homeless encampments at Peralta Park and Lake Merritt next week.

A person was fatally shot Sunday near the southern end of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, police said. The shooting occurred just before noon on First Avenue near the busy intersection with East 12th ...

A Dumpster fire that spread to an apartment building in Oakland's Lake Merritt neighborhood early Wednesday morning damaged four of the building's units, according to fire officials. The two-alarm ...

The Lake Merritt amusement park opened its doors in 1950 to more than a half-million visitors, including Walt Disney, in its ...

BART service between the Lake Merritt and Coliseum stations has been restored after it was temporarily stopped following a ...

Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist atrocities, the streets of Oakland, and especially around Lake Merritt, have become a canvas for anti-Israel and antisemitic graffiti. “Long live Hamas ...

Officials estimate the park is home to between 15 and 20 full-time residents, namely on the grassy patch just above the the channel that flows from Lake Merritt to the Oakland Estuary. Encampments ...

Prosecutors charged JaJuan Kelly, 23, with four counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm for allegedly shooting four people on the evening of June 19 at Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Off Lake Merritt Boulevard, near the lake's most southwest ... Lastly, the backdrop of the lake and the Oakland Hills is nice.