50 firefighters extinguished a blaze in a multi-story building. Three people were hospitalized with smoke-related injuries.

Expanded hours, same-day permits, and easier applications could help tackle communication voids and excruciating delays.

For decades, Juarez has been at the center of bitter legal disputes — and the subject of criminal investigations — all while maintaining high-level political connections.

Boomer’s family will hold a church service for the beloved Castlemont teacher at Acts Full Gospel Church on Friday.

The idea that the president could help David Duong avoid bribery charges has cropped up in recent articles, including on a Duong company website.

The latest ballot count has Lee with 53% of the vote. Charlene Wang is poised to handily win the City Council District 2 seat.

Taylor leads Lee in early results. But with many ballots left to count and a ranked-choice runoff on the horizon, the winner likely won’t be known tonight.

How the mess at the Lake Merritt Lodge was made.

In conversations at a farmers market, some shared that they’re excited about Barbara Lee or Loren Taylor. But many said they’re uninterested or struggling to learn the facts.

“It was like a skit from ‘SNL,’” said Carol Strickman, an audience member who moved to Oakland in 1974.

Who’ll be there? What are their platforms? What will they be talking about? All your questions, answered.

The group of residents in a North Berkeley building are the first to use new expanded renter protections passed under Measure BB.

Head shop Annapurna on Telegraph Avenue, central to the Berkeley's counterculture world, has closed after 53 years.

New buildings are being seized by lenders during a downturn in construction, rents, and tenancy.

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We will be asking those running for mayor the hard questions about issues Oakland residents care most about.

The annual warehouse rummage sale benefitting the Oakland Museum of California runs through early March.

The move is alarming California activists who worry they could be placed in the ordinance’s crosshairs for helping their homeless neighbors.

Thao and a high-ranking city official appear to have helped a security company named in the FBI’s corruption investigation retain a multi-million dollar contract, according to public records obtained ...

Affordable housing is tough to build in Oakland. The city relies on "impact fees" to do so, but that model faces a steeper challenge now.

Mayor Thao and her allies allegedly maneuvered Larry Gallegos into a key city of Oakland position as part of a bribery scheme.

The recalled Oakland mayor was accused by federal prosecutors of a "corrupt agreement" to hand city contracts and steer city appointments to benefit the Duong family.

The news comes one day after a San Leandro councilmember’s home was raided by the FBI as part of the ongoing corruption probe.

The longtime East Bay Congresswoman says she'll bring her experience home "for an Oakland renaissance."

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After weeks of speculation, the retiring congresswoman sent the strongest signal yet that she’s interested in the job.

For the first time in 14 years, the Oakland Housing Authority will accept applications for the affordable housing voucher waitlist.

Known as Hustleman and Brother Hayes, he looked out for his community in neighborhoods across Oakland.