A few years ago, 300 low-income families in East Oakland began receiving $500 a month. Cold, hard cash, with no strings ...

A motive has not been determined yet in the Wednesday morning shooting of a man walking to an Oakland homeless camp.

Formerly homeless residents from three big encampments are already moving into a newly converted transitional housing project ...

A little over 30 years ago, Howard Hardy visited a cousin who was chopping wood with an axe he said was made in Oakland. Intrigued, Hardy began keeping an eye out for other locally crafted cutting ...

A high-ranking city official in Oakland, California, has been fired over a resurfaced note that showed her referring to black people as “tokens,” according to reports. Chief of staff Leigh ...

Taylor, who represented portions of East Oakland on the City Council, narrowly lost the 2022 bid for mayor. He is widely seen as the only challenger to Lee in the race, though there are nine ...

A mayoral race that was supposed to be an easy win for former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee has turned into a close contest with a week left to go before Oakland, California, voters head to the ...

OAKLAND — A 63-year-old man shot March 18 outside an East Oakland neighborhood market has died, police said Thursday. Luther Gilmore, an Oakland resident, died March 29 at a hospital where he ...

"He was just such a great guy," said one attendee. Alvarado was shot and killed on March 17 in East Oakland during an attempted robbery. Police say a 16-year-old suspect, now in custody ...

An Oakland police officer continued to recover Monday following an unprovoked attack on the job – the latest incident sparking concern about criminals more frequently targeting police nationwide.