Oakland Mayor Quan To Name City Administrator Next Week
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says she has a preferred candidate to take the important city administrator's post and plans to make an announcement next week.
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says she has a preferred candidate to take the important city administrator's post and plans to make an announcement next week.
The California Highway Patrol arrested a man after he led officers on a chase around the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza on Wednesday night.
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A new Target Store is set to open on Wednesday, bringing hundreds of jobs to the cities of Oakland and Emeryville.
Alameda's mayor wasn't giving any early clues as to who would be the next City Manager, despite multiple published reports that one of the finalists was Oakland City Attorney John Russo.
BART has begun the process of drafting plans for its former headquarters site in downtown Oakland, above the Lake Merritt Station.
It's being called the Walmart of weed: a 10,000-square-foot Sacramento gardening emporium that opens Saturday with how-to experts and merchandise to help medical marijuana patients grow pot.
An Alameda County judge has ruled that the trial for two men accused of murdering a newspaper editor will remain in Oakland.
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Navigating drug dealers and prostitution to get to school undermines the work teachers do in the classroom, authorities said Wednesday.
A private jet made an emergency landing at Oakland International Airport this morning, an airport spokeswoman said.
An Oakland man alleged by city officials to belong to the Norteños street gang denied his affiliation to the group at a hearing in Alameda County Superior Court on Wednesday.
For the second time in as many weeks, an Alameda County judge on Wednesday didn't decide whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would prohibit 40 suspected gang members from gathering in an east Oakland neighborhood.
State officials have fined Children's Hospital in Oakland over security concerns stemming from two incidents, one in which an employee was taken hostage.
An Alameda County judge is scheduled to continue hearing evidence Wednesday afternoon over whether Oakland can impose a curfew and other restrictions on dozens of suspected gang members.
As Oakland faces a budget deficit of more than $40 million, city officials are also struggling with rising pension costs.
Oakland police continue to investigate a series of robberies near a Safeway store after taking a suspect into custody.
Oakland city leaders are trying to figure out how to make a $46 million dollar pension payment due this summer.
A power line fell down across a road and caught fire near Oakland Saturday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A man sought by Oakland police will be featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted".
A fugitive wanted by Oakland police for a November homicide was captured Wednesday in Oakley by U.S. Marshals, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
A man and woman were killed in a shooting in East Oakland early Saturday morning, police said.
A 41-year-old Oakland man has been arrested for allegedly abducting a 13-year-old girl as she was walking to school and then sexually assaulting her, a police spokeswoman said Friday.
Much of the $5 billion a year in property taxes that cash-strapped California sends to cities across the state to promote redevelopment isn't used for that purpose.
Police say that the video taken by Vince Faltis was the evidence needed to arrest Charles Black, leading to his conviction earlier this month on two counts of felony animal cruelty.
