Oakland Start-Up Company Forgives Medical Debts
Several hundred Californians who owe medical debts will be getting a big surprise in the coming weeks after an Oakland start-up purchased their debts and forgave them.
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Several hundred Californians who owe medical debts will be getting a big surprise in the coming weeks after an Oakland start-up purchased their debts and forgave them.
City of Oakland leaders declared an impasse Friday in their talks with about 3,000 workers who are in the fourth day of a strike.
Jimmy Martinez is still shaken when he's asked about a dispute over a parking spot that ended with he and his beloved dog Chata being shot on an Oakland street earlier this week.
A leaseholder for the Ghost Ship warehouse testified that master tenant Derick Almena laughed him off when he told him that the building should be brought up to code.
A strike in which both sides have accused the other of unfair labor practices has ground municipal services to a halt in Oakland for the third day in a row.
A four-year-old girl was injured in a shooting Wednesday night in Oakland, police said.
School district officials were blaming a 'human error' for having the paychecks issued to several hundred employees recalled from their direct deposit accounts.
Roughly 3,000 Oakland city workers plan to strike for a third straight day Thursday, a union spokeswoman said.
The Peralta Community College District board of trustees directed its chancellor to halt a community engagement process with the Oakland A's on a proposed stadium near the district's offices and Laney College.
A former Oakland Fire captain has pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and will spend 150 days in jail and be on three years on probation
About 3,000 Oakland city employees went on strike Tuesday to protest what they said are unfair labor practices.
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.
