The annual one-day festival at Lake Merritt uplifts Oakland culture while raising awareness of social justice issues ...

Now, after roughly eight months hosting pop-ups and catering in the interim, the Understory team has a new space to call home ...

Candace Reese Walters, a former Department of Violence Prevention employee, accused her boss, former Violence Prevention Chief Guillermo Cespedes, of sexual harassment.

Although Pierre Pierre hasn't paid rent in a year, the Tribune Tower’s owner wants the fine-dining restaurant to get current ...

The School,” about Oakland’s Hintil Ku’u Ca preschool, premieres this month. The film documents the school’s origins in the Red Power Movement and community efforts to keep it open.

Additionally, AI can empower startups to expand operations by complementing their existing workforce. For instance, an e-commerce startup can use AI to efficiently manage inventory, process orders and ...

A "train control system problem" was reported early Friday but as of 9:21 a.m., BART posted on X that it has restored service systemwide.

Oakland is a big, diverse, and complicated city, and it’s foolhardy to generalize about its residents. But the 2025 mayor’s race was decided by voters who split along an old line of difference that ...

Continuing the dual role risks undermining “voter confidence,” says committee created by the Alameda County Elections ...

Miya Saika Chen, a former staffer for Nikki Fortunato Bas, will be Lee’s right-hand person in the mayor’s office.

The city agreed to pay an attorney $207,000 and improve its procedures for handling elections and public records.

Oakland’s new two-year budget proposes a lot of cuts, but not when it comes to police overtime. The budget announced by ...