City Of Oakland Asks Residents To Adopt, Clean Storm Drains
Officials from the City of Oakland say they'd like the public's help keeping storm drains clean this rainy season.
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Officials from the City of Oakland say they'd like the public's help keeping storm drains clean this rainy season.
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Police in San Francisco and Oakland are on standby Tuesday in the event that a grand jury's decision in Missouri, whether a white police officer will be indicted for the killing of an unarmed black teenager, could lead to protests in the Bay Area.
Medicinal marijuana is legal in California. But what are patients really buying when they shop at their local dispensary? Reporter Mike Sugerman conducted a random test.
BART is planning a grand-opening celebration this Saturday for its long-awaited connector between Coliseum Station and the Oakland Airport, but the current AirBART drivers are worried about their jobs.
Mayor-elect Libby Schaaf plans to end crime, fix the schools and keep both the A's and Raiders in town. That's what she told KCBS In Depth co-hosts Doug Sovern and Phil Matier when asked about her vision for Oakland's future.
The demolition of the Bay Bridge's old eastern span will be delayed for at least six months because of nesting birds that refuse to vacate the structure, a transportation official told KCBS.
Drivers parking their cars at the Oakland International Airport BART station will have to pay a $1 parking fee beginning Monday, BART officials said Sunday.
Two suspects stole a vehicle at gunpoint in Oakland Sunday evening, police said.
Dozens of huge cargo jets fly over Bay Area neighborhoods daily, and the pilots flying them say lack of rest is creating a big danger below.
Philip Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Malcom Floyd on the game's third play from scrimmage, and the San Diego Chargers held on for a lackluster 13-6 victory against winless Oakland on Sunday, extending the Raiders' losing streak to 16.
Police departments in California and across the country are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri last August.
An FBI report on crime in the United States found Oakland the second most dangerous city in the country. But little Emeryville ranked the second most dangerous in the Bay Area.
Tina "Tamale Girl" Ramos and her Chinese-American partner have been whipping up what they call "Chino-Latino" food in Oakland. Thanks to a city-sponsored micro-loan, they're going from pop-up to start-up.
It's called a Stingray: A cellphone surveillance device so top secret, law enforcement agencies don't even like to admit they have it. But KPIX 5 has confirmed Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose police are using Stingrays to track suspects.
Schaaf said she has seen other cities like Los Angeles and New York significantly reduce their crime rate, and feels that Oakland can do the same.
Pesky milkweeds have drawn the wrath of many a garden hoe. Now, there's a movement in Oakland and across the nation not only to keep them alive, but plant even more, because Monarch butterflies depend on them.
Anywhere from one to four lanes westbound on the Bay Bridge will be closed starting Friday night, as Caltrans works to replace six deteriorating joints.
More than a dozen women and one juvenile were arrested during a police sting in Oakland Wednesday night targeting prostitution and human trafficking, part of an effort to get the women off the street and connected with services to help them escape the lifestyle.
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Despite s slowdown in violent crime over the last year or more, Oakland remains the most violent city in California, according to the latest numbers from the feds.
Starting this week, the new Bay Bridge bike path will be closing periodically as crews continue to tear down the old span, but cyclists are willing to put up with it since the work is extending the trail to Yerba Buena Island.
About 18,000 nurses who work for Northern California Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, and other facilities, plan to go on a two-day strike Tuesday morning citing Ebola safety concerns and general patient care.
KCBS In Depth co-hosts Jane McMillan and Ed Cavagnaro interview Antwan Wilson, the superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District, about the continuation of the "Thriving Students" program which he says will help inner-city students claim their future.
