Oakland A's Lease Agreement Could Be Tweaked Behind Closed Doors Monday
Oakland City Council is set to meet behind closed doors Monday to go over details of the A's lease agreement that was approved by the Coliseum board last Thursday.
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Oakland City Council is set to meet behind closed doors Monday to go over details of the A's lease agreement that was approved by the Coliseum board last Thursday.
Multiple bullets appear to have been fired at a single power line, severing the electrified cable, and causing it to drop onto two Oakland men, killing one, and causing critical injuries to another.
Police are investigating a suspicious death as a possible homicide after finding a person dead in West Oakland on Saturday night.
Jeff Samardzija pitched seven strong innings to win his Oakland debut and the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.
Two men were injured in separate shootings in Oakland late Thursday night and early Friday morning
While stadium officials approved a 10-year lease extension for the A's at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday, the deal already appears to be unraveling as some in City Hall, including Mayor Jean Quan are attempting to rework the agreement.
Neighbors said they heard a loud boom just before a house fire damaged two homes on Brighton Avenue in Oakland, Thursday evening.
A vocal group of protesters gathered outside the Federal Building in Oakland, urging President Obama not to deport immigrant children back to Central America.
City leaders said their chances of landing the A's still comes down to a federal appeals court hearing next month.
Investigators used surveillance footage to help catch a suspect in a burglary at a business in San Leandro earlier this week.
A multi-vehicle crash previously blocking three lanes of southbound Interstate Highway 880 in East Oakland reopens Thursday morning.
Residents in Oakland say it's like a war zone when illegal fireworks go off every July 4th. Fed up with the lack of police response, some are seeking federal help.
At a meeting of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority on Thursday, a new lease proposal is expected to be presented.
Homicide rates in the Bay Area's three-biggest cities were down for the first half of 2014 compared to the same time period last year. San Francisco is reporting the largest decline.
The U.S. Marshals Service has announced the arrests of more than 100 wanted violent fugitives and gang members during a two-week operation centered in the Oakland and Sacramento areas.
A home was destroyed in a one-alarm fire in East Oakland early Wednesday morning.
A female pedestrian who was on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland for an unknown reason Tuesday morning was killed when she was struck by a Coca-Cola truck, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A jury has rejected a civil rights lawsuit filed by Oscar Grant's father, stemming from Grant's killing by BART police officer, Johannes Mehserle, in 2009.
The U.S. Marshals in the Northern and Eastern District of California arrested a caregiver who assaulted a person in a wheelchair along with a hundred other violent fugitives from throughout the region during a two-week operation.
Individuals who have been arrested in Oakland for prostitution-related offenses and been charged by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office will now be featured on the Oakland Police Department's website.
The lawyer of a woman who was involved in a crash with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said the mayor has not sent her insurance information, more than three weeks after the fender-bender.
Rajai Davis hit his third career grand slam with one out in the ninth inning, giving the Detroit Tigers a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
A prosecutor told jurors Monday that a man fatally shot another man at a drug house in East Oakland in 2012 because he thought that he had disrespected him.
Oakland's 911center has undergone a $750,000 upgrade in technology and equipment. The center, which receives an estimated 1,500 calls a day, now meets current standards and improves communications between the public and police.
