George Floyd Protest: Thousands March To Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Neighborhood Demanding Defunding Police
Thousands marched through the streets of Oakland Wednesday night, hoping to ask Mayor Libby Schaaf directly to defund the police department.
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Thousands marched through the streets of Oakland Wednesday night, hoping to ask Mayor Libby Schaaf directly to defund the police department.
Recent protests over police killings have renewed calls to disband Oakland Unified School District's police department. On Wednesday, the school community met to talk about where to spend the money instead.
The sister of a federal security guard who was ambushed in a hail of bullets during a night of intense protests and unrest in Oakland, gave an emotional testimony before Congress, on Wednesday.
Protesters gathered at Elmhurst Middle School in Oakland Tuesday afternoon, demanding answers three days after a deadly CHP officer-involved shooting hours before Oakland police released new details about the incident.
Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation announced Monday it is leaving its longtime headquarters in San Francisco, established more than 100 years ago, and moving across the bay to Oakland.
Oakland native, Grammy award-winning Motown artist Bonnie Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters died Monday morning, according to a report. She was 69.
A Black Lives Matter mural stretching for three blocks was among artwork that popped up in Downtown Oakland over the weekend, amid ongoing calls seeking justice for George Floyd.
Hundreds of community members came together Sunday in Oakland's Chinatown to clean up damage from looters and vandals during recent unrest.
Demonstrations in Oakland have not lost steam. Sunday's rally at Lake Merritt attracted a very broad demographic in the fight against racial injustice.
Starting Monday, the Alameda County Supreme Court will resume certain criminal and civil jury trials suspended as of March 17, when the COVID-19 coronavirus closure went into effect, court officials said.
A driver was killed and a female passenger wounded late Saturday night during a California Highway Patrol criminal investigation on an Oakland street, authorities said.
Federal investigators intensified their search Friday for a white van they believe was used by a gunman who killed Federal Protective Services Officer David Underwood and wounded a second officer during a night of unrest last week when an Oakland protest over the death of George Floyd turned violent.
Protests over systemic racism and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody continued into its eighth day in Oakland Thursday as large crowd held a sit-in outside of City Hall.
Three members of the Oakland City Council and a coalition of small business owners and labor union officials on Thursday called for changes to the city's business tax code.
A group of Oakland City Council members called for an indefinite suspension of the use of tear gas to control and disperse crowds during the ongoing protests and amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands took to the streets of Oakland on Wednesday to protest the in-custody death of George Floyd, but unlike other nights, the demonstrations remained peaceful and police made just one arrest.
Police in Oakland confirmed Wednesday evening that a 13-hour standoff at the home of man armed with a rifle who had two children with him has ended peacefully.
A day after unruly crowds led Oakland police to use tear gas and rubber bullets while arresting over 100 people at the end of a massive George Floyd march, protesters on Tuesday were far more peaceful.
A young protest organizer said he was shocked by the size of Monday's protest rally and criticized Oakland police over its handling of an event that ended in chaos with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
Friends and family members of Federal Protective Services Officer and Pinole resident Dave Underwood, slain Friday during protests and looting in Oakland, opened up with reporters about the loss of their loved one on Tuesday.
Oakland city officials on Tuesday gave an update to the civil unrest that followed a peaceful student march and rally Monday that swelled to 15,000 community members.
As some 15,000 marched in Oakland to protest ongoing police brutality Monday, Veronica De La Cruz spoke with one of the participants, Oakland resident Kaela Sanborn-Hum, who offered her thoughts on the march and the protests sweeping across U.S. cities.
Police dispersed a large group of protesters in the streets of downtown Oakland Monday night, using tear gas and rubber bullets on people who were demonstrating past the time of a curfew in effect for Oakland and all of Alameda County.
Dozens were arrested on Oakland Sunday on charges ranging from suspicion of shooting at officers, vandalism, looting, and possession of firearms after an unruly night followed a day of peaceful protests.
As San Jose, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Santa Clara and other Bay Area cities have turned to establishing curfews to help squash violent protests of George Floyd's death in Minnesota, the City of Oakland is taking a different tack - at least for now.
