Oakland parents support teachers' demands, worry kids are falling behind
The second day of a strike by Oakland Unified School District teachers drew to a close Friday with no end of the walkout in sight.
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The second day of a strike by Oakland Unified School District teachers drew to a close Friday with no end of the walkout in sight.
Dating back to before World War II, an East Bay family has been involved in a unique basketball program for generations.
Hundreds of teachers with Oakland Unified School District and their supporters picketed outside schools and marched through city streets Friday on day two of the teacher strike.
An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years has apologized for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is "a white person" who lived an identity based on family lore.
A pedestrian was injured critically when a U.S. Department of Homeland Security officer was in pursuit of a car in Oakland Thursday evening, police said Friday.
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao wants to freeze many of the roughly 300 vacant positions paid for by the city's General Fund to help balance the 2023-25 budget, her office said this week.
A suspect in the April shooting death of an 18-year-old man in El Cerrito was arrested Wednesday in Sacramento County, according to police.
Homicide detectives were asking the public for any leads that will help them solve the slaying of Jose Alejandro Zavala-Aguilar, who was fatally shot in November 2020.
Officials with the Oakland Unified School District announced early Thursday evening that the teachers' strike would continue Friday as negotiations remained at a stalemate.
Two 10-year-old girls, who went missing in Fremont Thursday evening, have been found safe
May the Fourth be with you. It's a common greeting among Star Wars fans on this date every year. And it's a date some young Bay Area fans fighting epic battles of their own will never forget.
A toxicologist began taking soil samples Thursday from areas affected by a chemical release from a Martinez oil refinery last year, county health officials reported.
Weekend sideshows and surging crime has East Oakland residents like Ken Houston more than ready to flee the city.
Officials with the the Oakland Unified School District on Wednesday evening advised parents to plan on teachers hitting the picket line Thursday.
The Contra Costa District Attorney's Office has filed a two-count complaint against a Martinez man for possessing a firearm in a school zone.
