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

Chen referred to a proposal by Oakland police Chief Floyd Mitchell to modify the city’s current police pursuit policy, ...

The Oakland City Council is taking steps to try to close a projected budget gap of more than $100 million for the next fiscal year. A town hall was held Wednesday night, with many residents expressing ...

Councilmember says applying civil laws protects health and safety of residents while substantially growing city revenues.

Oakland’s incoming mayor announced a transition team Friday that includes a former Oakland city attorney, a former Alameda County supervisor, a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab scientist and at ...

Oakland, Ca. — The Oakland Ballers and the City of Oakland agreed to a landmark 10-year lease extension for the team to play at Raimondi Park. This significant long-term commitment solidifies ...

Oakland’s budget problems are rooted in revenues not keeping pace with expenditures. Here’s a brief overview of the city’s ...

Community leaders in Oakland's Chinatown are looking to paint a different image of their neighborhood, with the help of series of murals to add color to blank walls.

Shop owners in Oakland’s Chinatown are fed up with vandals who repeatedly graffiti their stores and with city officials who keep fining them for it. It’s a never-ending cycle: the walls are ...

Interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins delivered a nearly $4.4 billion, two-year budget proposal to the City Council Monday, emphasizing the need to protect police and fire services while ...

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