As Oakland faces a $260 million budget deficit over the next two years, city leaders are asking residents to weigh in on a ...

OAKLAND, Ca. (KCBS RADIO) – The Oakland City Council is considering where it needs to make cuts amid a multi-million dollar budget shortfall. In a Tuesday meeting, the city’s budget ...

There was little bit of good news in Oakland Monday as city leaders said they have found enough money in enough places that they can move that they can avoid officially declaring an emergency ...

Newsom’s announcement comes just weeks after Oakland voters moved overwhelmingly to recall both the city’s mayor and the county’s district attorney, largely due to concerns over increases in ...

Interpreters murmured in Spanish into headsets. City staff pulled plastic chairs from a teetering stack as the room filled to capacity. Oakland’s two-year budget is written inside the offices of ...

Smash and grab robberies aren’t unusual in the city of Oakland. But Oakland resident Malick Abdulla said the incident he witnessed a couple of weeks ago in downtown was unlike any other.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao gave her first State of the City Address on Tuesday, saying, "Community safety remains and is my top priority as your mayor." Oakland's 38-year ...

“Voters in Oakland are frustrated.” Lee ran as a candidate who could unify the beleaguered city, vaulting into frontrunner status as she touted endorsements from a broad cross-section of local ...

ake Merritt, the man-made lake at the center of Oakland, has been called the city’s beating heart. It is more than a body of water — it is where people gather to celebrate and protest, to party and to ...