Oakland City Workers Vote To Strike Tuesday
Union leaders representing more than 3,000 Oakland city employees said Monday that the workers will go on an indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest what they allege are the city's unfair labor practices.
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Union leaders representing more than 3,000 Oakland city employees said Monday that the workers will go on an indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest what they allege are the city's unfair labor practices.
It appears that the death of a 49-year-old pedestrian in East Oakland early this morning was caused by two cars that were involved in street racing, police said.
The City of Oakland has outlined a number of programs, services and facilities that will be unavailable during the upcoming city worker strike set to begin Dec. 5.
A dozen people will get a fresh start in a new home Monday as the city of Oakland welcomes the first group of homeless people to live in a vacant lot set up with storage sheds.
A woman who was robbed and assaulted on a BART train at the Coliseum station is upset that police didn't do more to catch the perpetrator.
A toll booth heavily damaged in a horrific fatal weekend crash remained closed Monday, but three others were repaired overnight adverting a nightmare morning commute for workers headed to their jobs in San Francisco.
Just days after a somber one-year anniversary, a preliminary hearing is set to begin this week for two men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse fire.
Caltrans officials issued a warning to Monday commuters who use the Bay Bridge, the four toll booths heavily damaged in a deadly weekend crash may not be repaired and reopened in time for the morning rush hour.
A 46-year-old toll booth worker was killed and several people were injured when a westbound box truck smashed into a toll booth on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge early Saturday morning.
Young musicians played at a ceremony in Oakland Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.
Two labor unions, SEIU Local 1021 and International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21, have informed the city of their plans to strike.
Oakland Raiders guard Gabe Jackson was fined $30,387 by the NFL on Friday for making contact with an official during the Raiders' victory over the Denver Broncos last weekend.
The deadliest U.S. building fire in more than a decade has left David Gregory with a recurring nightmare that still wakes him up in tears.
Oakland city leaders have come up with a constructive, temporary fix for the homeless crisis in that city. They are putting up experimental shelters in the form of storage sheds.
While the Oakland Police Department has come under fire from some City Council members who wants police to stop helping federal ICE agents, a new poll indicates many residents don't agree with that idea when it comes to dangerous criminals.
The winner of a Powerball lottery ticket that was sold in Oakland and is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars has yet to come forward and claim their prize, according to California Lottery officials.
The Oakland City Council has unanimously approved amendments authored by Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan to move forward with adult use permits and temporary local authorizations for regulating and taxing cannabis.
An East Bay priest accused of sexual misconduct against a male victim has been put on leave while police investigate.
Despite a police crackdown, there were at least three illegal sideshows with hundreds in attendance on Oakland streets over the weekend.
Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes after losing starting receiver Michael Crabtree to an ejection for his role in a brawl, and the Oakland Raiders spoiled Paxton Lynch's first start of the season with a 21-14 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
A man who died when his van plunged from a surface street in Alameda into the Oakland Estuary Sunday morning has been identified.
Oakland Symphony Conductor Michael Morgan talks to Bay Sunday about upcoming concerts and activities.
Groups representing faculty, staff and students at Laney College in Oakland say they have taken official positions strongly opposing plans by the Oakland A's to build a new baseball stadium near the college.
As the state scrambles to get ready for recreational marijuana sales, one East Bay city has a plan to give convicted criminals priority when it comes to providing pot.
