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The Oakland City Council has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a dozen Occupy Oakland protesters who said they were the victims of excessive force during clashes with police during a protest in 2011.
Although Oakland city workers went on strike Monday, some residents and visitors still received parking citations from the city that day, prompting officials to announce Tuesday that those citations will be dismissed.
Three Pacific Gas & Electric Company employees were robbed at gunpoint by three suspects in Oakland last week and a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects, according to a PG&E spokesperson.
A man dubbed by authorities as Oakland's most wanted man was taken into custody for a series of violent crimes. Police credit the city's new crime fighting strategy leading to the arrest.
Oakland police arrested a suspect in the shooting deaths of two workers in a fast-food restaurant in the Grand Lake District on Monday night, authorities said.
Municipal workers in Oakland returned to their jobs on Tuesday after a one-day strike that shut down all but the emergency public services in the city. Union leaders said the work stoppage was designed to send a message to city leaders.
Police arrested four suspected gang members Sunday night after a shooting in San Francisco that led to a pursuit over the Bay Bridge and a crash into a church in Oakland, a police spokesman said Monday.
City employees in Oakland staged a one-day strike Monday, prompting the shutdown of most non-essential city services. But a parking enforcement officer crossed the picket line and issued tickets.
Steve Hemminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, on the BART strike, the Bay Bridge bolt fix and where alternative transit solutions stand in the Bay Area.
As the BART strike got under way Monday morning, AC Transit—which is embroiled in its own labor dispute—provided extra service between the East Bay and San Francisco to help bridge the gap for commuters, a spokesman said.
Most city of Oakland services were stopped Monday because of a one-day strike by unions representing 2,470 city employees.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit workers walked off the job early Monday morning after last-minute negotiations failed to produce a new contract agreement. The strike left about 400,000 BART riders finding other ways to get work.
Oakland city employee unions have said they will call a one-day strike on Monday, Mayor Jean Quan said Sunday evening.
Adam Wainwright pitched a five-hitter to become the NL's second 11-game winner, Matt Adams had his first two-homer game and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday.
Extreme heat has caused Amtrak to enforce speed restrictions on trains Saturday morning, which might result in service delays.
Leaders of unions representing BART, city of Oakland and East Bay Regional Park District employees threatened to stage a strike next week at a boisterous rally in front of Oakland City Hall Friday.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan on Friday called for negotiations this weekend to try to avert a one-day strike that city employees plan to conduct on Monday.
Police were investigating a homicide in East Oakland on Thursday afternoon.
Two reputed gang members were ordered Thursday to stand trial on murder and premeditated attempted murder charges for a drive-by shooting in East Oakland two years ago that left 3-year-old Carlos Nava dead and two men wounded.
Police were searching for a gunman who shot dead a man on an East Oakland street early Thursday morning.
A man was injured in a shooting on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland late Wednesday night, according to police.
A Richmond man has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of a San Francisco rapper in downtown Oakland in April.
A man was shot in the parking lot of BART's Coliseum station in Oakland Wednesday morning, a BART police lieutenant said.
The family of a 22-year-old shot by two suspects after a traffic accident earlier this month in Oakland announced Tuesday they are offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the capture of two suspects.
