The city successfully avoided layoffs or fire station closures, but may again need to confront deep spending cuts in a year ...

It predicts annual deficits through 2030 ranging from $115 million to $126 million in the general purpose fund, which pays for worker salaries and other operational costs, as well as pensions for ...

About 200 people, including relatives of the deceased officers, current and retired Oakland police officers and city and county officials took part in the annual ceremony. The memorial wall inside ...

Alejandro Lazo covered immigration for The Wall Street Journal based in San Francisco.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has denied the charges against him. Cassie Ventura, his ex-girlfriend, testified during the first week of the trial. The jury has also heard from Kid Cudi, and multiple former ...

Police Department presented fallen Narcotics Narcotics Officer Sergeant Ruben Almanza's family with a newly designed badge ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland's police chief wants to get rid of the current requirement where officers need to ask supervisors to drive faster than 50 mph during a police chase, but he is not asking ...

The Oakland Police Department would need to hire nearly 200 more officers to adequately protect the city, according to a new staffing report presented to city leaders Tuesday night. The ...

CHP, BART and Oakland police took part in a Chinatown walk to meet merchants. Officers listened to complaints from business owners and community members. The CHP was welcomed in Chinatown by some ...

OAKLAND — Dozens of friends ... We love him, and we just keep pushing forward." Police said the suspect in the crash—18-year-old Eric Hernandez Garcia—was arrested shortly afterward.

A beloved Oakland teacher was identified as the bystander who died amid a high-speed police chase that injured another pedestrian Wednesday. Marvin Boomer, who worked at Castlemont High School ...