Oakland leaders say about 100 city workers will be laid off or demoted this week and next as the full consequences of the city's devastating financial crisis take shape. Individual layoff notices went ...

Nearly 100 city workers will either be bumped or laid off as the City of Oakland works to close a multimillion-dollar deficit in its budget.

She faced criticism almost immediately after taking office for firing popular Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong. Frustrated voters, including the local NAACP, blamed Thao for a long list of city ...

"There's no way that we could have our own police department for anywhere near, near the price that we pay for Oakland County's program, and their program is stellar," Hamill said. "The commission ...

Two months after she was recalled as Oakland mayor, Sheng Thao has reportedly been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury — a blockbuster blow to the struggling Bay Area city already ...

The inquiry later needled its way into the Oakland Police Department, where federal investigators sought OPD internal phone number directories, as well as police reports related to the Duong ...

The City of Troy has a new chief of police, Josh Jones — a 25-year veteran of the department ... from Western Michigan University. Former Oakland County employee appeals wrongful discharge ...

The Police Department is drafting a new pursuit policy, which is expected to be presented to the commission on Jan. 23. OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department’s pursuit policy was the ...

Oakland business owner Ali Albasiery says the Oakland Police Department doesn’t protect small business owners like himself. He says throughout his 40 years of being a business owner, he’s been ...

He is also the co-author of The Riders Come Out at Night, a book examining the Oakland Police Department's history of corruption and reform.