Oakland Audit Finds Unchecked Spending
An audit of Oakland's workers' compensation program finds city employees accepted $23,000 in inappropriate gifts from a contractor during two training summits in 2007 and 2008.
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An audit of Oakland's workers' compensation program finds city employees accepted $23,000 in inappropriate gifts from a contractor during two training summits in 2007 and 2008.
The complex would include new facilities for the Oakland A's, Raiders and the Golden State Warriors.
Two passengers were shot and wounded when someone opened fire Monday afternoon on an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District bus as it traveled along its route in East Oakland, authorities said.
There have been more than 3,800 robberies reported in Oakland this year, representing a 24% jump compared with the number of reported robberies in Oakland during the same time period last year.
All lanes of Interstate Highway 580 in Oakland have reopened after a multiple-car crash blocked traffic for more than an hour Friday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A teen accused of robbing a group of casual carpoolers in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood Monday morning was a talented football player with a college scholarship.
When you call 911, you expect to get connected directly to a dispatcher who can send help your way. People who call for help from cellphones in one Bay Area city said that is not happening.
A teenage boy is being charged as an adult in connection with the daylight armed robbery of nine people in Oakland waiting for carpool rides to San Francisco.
The Alameda County coroner's office has identified the Oakland man who was killed when his vehicle was struck by an SUV occupied by two juveniles fleeing the scene of a shooting in East Oakland Monday night as 75-year-old Robert Wollo.
Oakland police have arrested two people in connection with the daylight armed robbery of nine people waiting for carpool rides into San Francisco.
It seems clear the department's understaffing is having some serious repercussions.
A stray piece of debris on southbound Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland flattened the tires of about a dozen cars early Tuesday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Two juveniles are in custody after a vehicle collision in which a elderly man was killed in East Oakland late Monday night, police said.
Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a church near the the West Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit station on Monday afternoon.
Three people have been detained following an armed robbery of casual carpoolers waiting for a ride to work in Oakland.
An Oakland city councilman is proposing a youth curfew as a way to reduce crime, but also as a prevention and protection measure for youth.
A pedestrian was killed when a car hit him Friday evening in East Oakland and police are still searching for the driver who fled.
A northbound Interstate Highway 880 connector to eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Oakland is now clear after an injury crash in the area partially closed the ramp.
The Oakland Police Department has taken another step in beefing up its understaffed force with the graduation of three-dozen officers from the police academy on Friday.
A new biopic on slain Oakland rapper Tupac Shakur is in the works. he film will be executive produced by Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur...
Pandora stock hit an all-time high Thursday in the wake of a court ruling that should help trim its songwriter royalty costs.
An Amtrak train struck a vehicle on the tracks in East Oakland Wednesday, an Amtrak spokeswoman said.
Burglary suspects who led police on a chase Wednesday were arrested after crashing at an East Oakland intersection, according to police.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were back on schedule after major delays throughout the system Wednesday morning, according to BART personnel.
The Oakland Athletics dealt with another sewage problem yesterday, this time in their dugout instead of the clubhouse area and nearby hallway.
