Lake Merritt Spill Cleaned Up; Source Remains Unknown
A diesel fuel spill that spread to about 4 or 5 acres in Oakland's Lake Merritt on Tuesday has been cleaned up, but the source of the spill remains unclear.
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A diesel fuel spill that spread to about 4 or 5 acres in Oakland's Lake Merritt on Tuesday has been cleaned up, but the source of the spill remains unclear.
Now that Oakland's labor unions have agreed to tentative concessions, a worst-case all-cuts budget appears to be off the table, and dozens of officers could get their jobs back.
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said Tuesday that the agency has reached a $1.3 million settlement with the mother of Oscar Grant III.
Diesel fuel spilling through Oakland's Lake Merritt storm drains has covered acres of the lake Tuesday afternoon, a fire battalion chief said.
State game wardens are hoping that $1,000 in reward money will lead to an arrest in the shootings of two peregrine falcons, which are protected under California law.
One person was hurt in a shooting in East Oakland on Sunday night that occurred about an hour after a brawl in another part of the city that left three people injured, police said.
A Sunday night brawl involving a firearm, knife and baseball bat left three men injured and one suspect in custody, Oakland police said.
Roy Halladay pitched his NL-leading fifth complete game and Jimmy Rollins went 4 for 4, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Oakland police are investigating a shooting that injured a man Saturday afternoon, a police officer said.
Trevor Cahill tossed three-hit ball into the eighth inning, Adam Rosales homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Saturday night.
Oakland police responded to a shooting that hospitalized a man early Saturday morning, a police technician said.
A judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday against five alleged Norteno gang members in Oakland's Fruitvale district but delayed a ruling on 35 other reputed members.
The weekday Christian radio show hosted by failed apocalypse predictor Harold Camping, who suffered a stroke earlier this month, is being taken off the air.
Images on a series of billboards appearing in Oakland and other Bay Area locations have caused some to say the anti-abortion message is blatantly racist.
When Dr. Tomas Magaña envisions the future of medicine, the faces he hopes to see are those of his Oakland students.
Nobody likes to get a Dear John letter, and soon men who patronize prostitutes in East Oakland will be receiving them from residents who want to scare them out of the neighborhood.
There won't be a honeymoon period for Oakland's new city administrator, who faces a $58 million deficit that is expected to grow next year.
Cloteal Davis, a former teacher and mother of eight, was selected as one of five winners of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Public Service Benefiting the Local Community.
It was standing room only at Tuesday night's Oakland city council meeting with hundreds of city workers and community members protesting Mayor Jean Quan's plan to cut a $58 million deficit.
A rash of shootings in Oakland over the past 24 hours has left two men dead and several other people wounded.
The nation's overall gloomy economic picture was the main topic of discussion when Quan and a handful of her mayoral counterparts held court with Obama and Biden Monday.
Oakland police report that one person was killed and three others, including a pregnant woman, were injured in a drive-by shooting.
Two families were displaced and a firefighter was injured during a house fire in Oakland Tuesday morning.
A man was fatally shot in the 7200 block of Bancroft Avenue near the Eastmont Mall in East Oakland Monday afternoon, according to police.
Oakland officials broke ground today on a large sculpture that will feature 25 humanitarians. The project was ten years in the making.
