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 ...

For years, California’s police commissioners have used the image of stolen cars and shattered windows to demand more crime-fighting resources. Now, fire chiefs are hoping to use the sight of ...

This last weekend’s Frosty Faustings FFXVII in Lombard was part of a thriving subculture, with gamers coming from all over ...

One man sleeping in a Mercedes was interested in shelter. Another man on a sidewalk outside Chick-fil-A said he was “home-free, not homeless.” Three women living in a 20-year-old Toyota Camry ...

Lynn Riordan stopped at the bank, saw that it was closed for the holiday, and rode BART to San Francisco International Airport. Sixty-six and feeling her age, she regretted carrying all that luggage.

When Ken Griffey Jr.'s own baseball-star father struggled to get through to the talented teen, Rickey Henderson somehow could.

The celebration of life for the legendary leadoff man was an exhilarating affair: "He was a legend here in Oakland, ...

Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers in May is "about right,” manager Dave Roberts said Saturday.

Youngstown State’s recent defensive struggles were bound to catch up to it at some point. They finally got the best ...

By Sooji Nam Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — The 7th Street Oakland Walk of Fame pays tribute to the city’s musical history, but now members of the West Coast Blues ...

Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.

The city of Oakland will lose 30% of its firefighting capacity in the next two weeks due to the city’s $129.8 million budget ...