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alameda county sheriff hosts 11th urban shield...

Drones,assault rifles, facial recognition cameras, or body armor are some of the weapons and...

white nationalists plan yet another brawl in...

In the wake of deadly clashes in Charlottesville,Virginia, a coalition of neo-Nazis, or white...

oakland schools supe proposes reducing cuts from...

Oakland public schools Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell said at last night's school board...

oakland police chief and district attorney talk...

Most of the comments and questions at final night's public safety town corridor at...

right wing extremist group had booth at urban...

The Oath Keepers,a factual-wing extremist group, held a booth at the Alameda County Sheriff’s...

oakland city council: tenant relocation assistance...

additional assistance for renters who are displaced through no-fault evictions failed to pass a...

attorneys tell federal judge opd commanders should...

The two private attorneys who play a key role in the oversight of the Oakland Police Department...

only six percent of housing under construction in...

According to a new City of Oakland report,there are 18793 housing units in the city's...

oakland approves safe havens for homeless camps...

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously final night to move ahead with development of "secure...

alameda county sheriffs retweet of white...

The Alameda County Sheriff's Twitter feed became the center of controversy late Monday night...

complaint filed against oakland police chief for...

Eight Oakland residents,including Brian Hofer, chair of the city's privacy advisory...

town business: housing, homelessness, and tenant...

This week,the Oakland City Council will consider six separate proposals to build new housing,...

time young kids spend on mobile devices has...

The amount of time young children spend on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has...

the consumer product safety commission moves...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) made progress this week toward banning an entire...

oakland council delays considering reform of...

The Oakland City Council's Rules and Legislation Committee decided today not to advance...

oakland police assist federal immigration and...

At around 7 a.m. this morning,federal police with the Department of Homeland Security's...

federal judge: no more officers to face discipline...

U.S. District Court Judge William H. Orrick said today that he's satisfied with the steps the...

berkeley police reforms delayed after mayor...

The Berkeley City Council couldn't agree final night on several major proposals to address...

while cases against cops fall apart, a civilian...

Criminal cases against multiple police officers accused of raping and exploiting the teenager known...

bill would extend hate crime law to protect allies

State Sen. Nancy Skinner,D-Berkeley, is proposing to amend California's hate crime statute so...

new oakland fire chief: city needs to hire more...

Oakland's original Fire Chief Darin White said final night at a League of Women Voters event...

an oakland foundation invests $3 million in...

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation,an Oakland-based philanthropic organization, recently announced that...

bay area legislators call for prop 13 tax reform...

Bay Area elected officials and activists gathered in Oakland on Saturday calling for Proposition...

oakland police commission candidates face...

Ten of 28 finalists vying for the first seats on Oakland's newly established police...

as ballpark proposal at laney college abruptly...

Following a closed session meeting of the Peralta Community College District board of trustees...

oakland landlord beefs with city, calls for no...

Last December,Oakland landlord Gene Gorelik moved to evict the single remaining tenant in a small...

peralta college trustees considering contract with...

On Tuesday night,Sept. 12, the Peralta Community College District's board of trustees is...

oakland council meeting disrupted, vote on budget...

The City of Oakland was supposed to cessation up with a fresh two-year budget after its Tuesday...

ice spreads misinformation again: this time amid...

Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano said in a statment today that the federal Immigration and...

berkeley is considering full family leave

Berkeley will hold a town hall next month to hear input on a recent ordinance that could bring 100...

town business: city workers plan to strike, and...

Strike: Oakland's largest unions informed city officials on Friday that they're planning...

zion i robbed at gunpoint in west oakland during...

Beloved local hip-hop duo Zion I was robbed at gunpoint during a recent video shoot in West Oakland...

opinion: the force fails to tell the real story of...

Many members of the Oakland Police Accountability Coalition,some of whom have worked on police...

unions and city of oakland remain far apart in...

Bargaining has been underway between the City of Oakland and the two largest unions representing...

oakland mayor libby schaaf and councilmember abel...

At a press conference this morning,Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called the A's plan to build...

sickened, senseless and cruel: california leaders...

The Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...

parent company of oaklands police body camera...

In reaction to the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies,the Oakland City Council...

oakland school board members apologize for mid...

Students,parents, teachers, and employees of Oakland's public schools crowded into the La...

state senator kevin de leon visits oakland to...

Wearing a Colin Kaepernick jersey and preaching an immigrants' rights message — Leviticus...

updated: opposition emerges right off the bat to...

It's been an open secret for months that the A's want to build their new stadium on a...

oakland approves tenant relocation assistance for...

The Oakland City Council last night approved original financial assistance for renters displaced by...

citing possible school closures and fiscal...

The Oakland Unified School District's board decided to deny an application for a recent...

opposition emerges right off the bat to as laney...

It's been an open secret for months that the A's want to build their new stadium on a...

black oakland leaders criticize mayor and police...

Several dozen Oakland residents,including Councilmember Desley Brooks and Alameda County Supervisor...

parent and teacher fundraisers proliferate to fill...

It's not unusual for schools to hold bake sales to pay for extra-curricular activities. But...

oakland school board votes to implement millions...

Oakland's school board voted final night to immediately slit more than $9 million from the...

california attorney general: oaklands coal ban is...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in nowadays on a dispute over a proposed coal...

organizers announce steve bannon will speak at uc...

Event organizers announced Tuesday that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon will speak...

oakland police chief kirkpatrick points blame at...

At a League of Women Voters event final night,Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick gave her...

alameda county superior court policy change will...

The Alameda County Superior Court has reversed its controversial decision to slouch all in-custody...

the warriors have yet to pay for oaklands...

Even before the Warriors clenched this year's NBA Championship,the city of Oakland was...

town business: oakland seeks $65 million for...

The Oakland City Council is reconvening tonight after a week of cancelled meetings due to the...

tenants accuse developer of profiting from...

final night,the Oakland Planning Commission convened an strange and highly contentious hearing...

oakland develops new approach to fixing dangerous...

Four months after a community activist was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Lake Merritt,Oakland...

warriors pay $786,998 for 2017 oakland victory...

The City of Oakland and the Golden State Warriors basketball team resolved a dispute nowadays...

urban shield task force appointee and gun dealer...

A Dublin resident who was appointed to an official county task force convened to address concerns...

kyle based stickman chapman jailed, barred from...

Kyle Chapman,who is accused of engaging in violent brawls in Berkeley during pro-Trump and "alt...

ethics commission: oakland councilmember mcelhaney...

The Oakland Public Ethics Commission's investigators acquire found that Councilmember Lynette...

private military mogul erik prince scheduled to...

Publicists for Milo Yiannopoulos said nowadays that the founder of several controversial private...

study: higher minimum wage and other progressive...

A novel UC Berkeley study has found that a bundle of progressive policies enacted in California...

oakland to host forum on public bank plan

Oakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan,At-Large, and Dan Kalb, and North Oakland,are scheduled to...

town business: who is lobbying against oaklands...

Who is lobbying against the flavored tobacco ban?: This week,the Oakland City Council will finalize...

thursday s briefing: east bay median home price...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 31,2017:1. Home prices continued to soar in the Bay Area in...

four more picked for oaklands powerful new police...

Barring reversal by the city council,Oakland now has the first seven members of its original...

gubernatorial candidate and former los angeles...

The primary campaign for California governor might be a year absent,but one candidate is already...

public defender says arraignments at new alameda...

On Thursday,Alameda County public defender Brendon Woods will lead a coalition to voice opposition...

troubled by police mishandling of sex crime...

Late Tuesday afternoon,U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson issued a rare order requiring the City...

opinion: keep cuts away from oakland classrooms

Oakland’s school board can’t turn absent anymore. It has gotten a heartbreaking look from...

alameda health systems removes license plate...

A controversial automated license plate reader camera that was installed at the driveway entrance...

despite canceled hearing, oakland councilmembers...

The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing this...

oakland tenants victory in phony owner occupancy...

Earlier this year,Salvador Sotelo and his family were facing a tripling of their current rent —...

town business: oakland picks more locations for...

Safe Havens: Oakland's method to set up "safe havens" throughout the city is taking shape. ...

the east bay spca helps overcrowded north bay...

Since the beginning of the devastating North Bay fires on Sunday night,families and local...

oakland city council to hold hearing on...

The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Nov. 14...

town business: oakland police agreements with...

Federal-Oakland Police Agreements: The Oakland City Council is expected to approve legislation on...

town business: whos responsible for illegal...

The Oakland City Council reconvenes next week with committee hearings following its summer recess....

express writers take home six national awards at...

We interrupt this week's news cycle for some back-patting:[br]This past weekend,dozens of...

peralta faculty and laney students vote to oppose...

After being courted by the Oakland A's,the main teachers' union for the Peralta Community...

opinion: why we plan to develop on vacant land or...

As developers,my colleagues and I maintain had one primary goal: to build middle-class rental...

more than 130 uc berkeley faculty cancel classes...

More than 130 faculty members at UC Berkeley absorb canceled all classes this coming week in a...

opinion: uc berkeley shouldnt prohibit right wing...

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin was wrong this week to call on UC Berkeley to cancel planned speeches...

string of homeless encampment fires highlight...

A rash (hasty, incautious) of fires at Oakland homeless encampments this week highlights the...

oakland has a new two year budget, but only after...

Late Thursday night,the Oakland City Council approved the city's modern 2017-2019 budget, but...

tuesday s briefing: oakland had 2nd highest home...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 5,2017: 1. Oakland experienced the moment highest increase...

thursday s briefing: gop pushes forward with big...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 30,2017:1. The Republican-controlled Senate is moving quickly...

monday s briefing: massive fires ravage north bay;...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 9,2017:[br] Plus, Oakland fire chief candidate turns down job...

california legislature passes bill that could give...

Frankie Guzman is a lawyer for the National Center for Youth Law who’s helped make major changes...

oakland schools to host event on saturday in...

In the wake of President Trump’s decision earlier this week to finish the Deferred Action for...

thursday s briefing: a s say they re still...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 14,2017:1. Oakland A’s officials said that they’re still...

thursday s briefing: deadly sonoma fire now...

Stories you shouldnt miss for Oct. 12,2017:1. Firefighters are starting to design some headway with...

cases against police officers who sexually...

Charges that Oakland Police Officer Giovanni LoVerde sexually assaulted an underage girl were...

laney students and staff express concerns about...

With the Oakland A’s’ decision to build a recent ballpark next to Laney...

the fight for $15 minimum wage comes to oakland...

Local janitors,fast food workers, and security officers — to name a few — are planning a rally...

tuesday s daily briefing: bay area median home...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 19,2017:1. The median domestic price in the Bay Area soared...

sideshows spin donuts around police over...

You probably heard it Saturday night? The Town was lit with multiple roving sideshows involving...

wednesday s briefing: democrats score big...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 8,2017:1. In a repudiation of President Trump, Democrats...

tribune tavern, restaurant at center of massive...

The Tribune Tavern,a restaurant founded by embattled businessman Tom Henderson at the base of the...

tuesday s briefing: rent control expansion...

Stories you shouldn't miss for Oct. 24,2017:1. Tenants and housing activists are pushing to...

lightning rod developer removed from conference...

After Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf quietly expressed her concerns to the organizers of a genuine...

monday s briefing: berkeley protests cost over...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 11,2017: 1. Protests in Berkeley, most of them in response...

city of alameda loses federal law enforcement...

The City of Alameda is refusing to re-apply for a federal law enforcement grant that,under the...

feds bust gun trafficking ring revealing a...

An Oakland man pleaded guilty nowadays to charges that he trafficked upwards of 60 firearms from...

wednesday s briefing: uber sells oakland uptown...

Stories you shouldn't miss for Dec. 20,2017:1. Uber sold the old Sears building in Uptown...

tuesday s briefing: san leandro cop charged with...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 28,2017:1. An ex-San Leandro cop has been charged with...

oakland council approves giant oak knoll project,...

Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid has been trying to seal the deal at Oak Knoll since 1992,when he...

berkeleys pacific steel casting is closing

After 83 years of operation,Pacific Steel Casting, one of the few remaining metal foundries in the...

thursday s briefing: bay area residents back...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 21,2017:1. A majority of Bay Area residents — 59 percent...

wednesday s briefing: peralta kills a s laney...

Stories you shouldn't miss for Dec. 6,2017:1. The Peralta Community College District Board of...

friday s briefing: oakland housing market is 3rd...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 17,2017:1. The Oakland metro’s extremely tight housing...

wednesday s briefing: judge says oakland had a ...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 15,2017:1. An Alameda County Superior Court judge said...

oakland council approves giant oak knoll project,...

Oakland Councilmember Larry Reid has been trying to seal the deal at Oak Knoll since 1992,when he...

monday s briefing: trump campaign chair indicted;...

Stories you shouldn’t miss:1. President Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort was...

inmates at oaklands glenn dyer jail enter day six...

Inmates at Oakland’s Glenn Dyer Jail entered day six of a starvation strike Friday in hopes of...

thursday s briefing: warriors officially refuse to...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 19,2017:1. The Golden State Warriors maintain officially...

wednesdays briefing: unions still oppose oakland...

Stories you shouldnt miss for Oct. 18,2017:1. East Bay unions remain opposed to a plan to build 918...

friday s briefing: firefighters make progress as...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 13,2017:1. Firefighters continued to make progress final...

east bay businesses rally behind fire victims

As deadly fires continue to rage across Sonoma and Napa counties,some Bay Area commerce owners are...

tuesday s briefing: 13 dead, 150 missing in north...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 10,2017:1. The massive fires that have ravaged Sonoma, Napa,...

friday s briefing: california to become a...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 6,2017:1. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a package of legislation...

wednesday s briefing: feinstein pushes ban on...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 4,2017:1. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and...

thursday s briefing: 70% of bay area residents...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 28,2017:1. Seventy percent of Bay Area residents and nearly...

oakland port board expected to approve ban the box...

Next week,the Port of Oakland's board of directors is scheduled to vote on a deal with...

wednesday s daily briefing: brown s tunnels plan...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 20,20171. Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to build two giant...

oakland police report: no more officers will face...

The Oakland Police Department concluded in a report released nowadays that "further discipline is...

legislature oks criminal justice reform bills

California lawmakers gain approved two bills that seek to reform the state’s criminal justice...

wednesday s briefing: berkeley oks cops to use...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 13,2017:[br]1. The Berkeley City Council voted 6-3 to...

berkeley city councilmember ben bartlett, a...

Less than a year after being sworn in as a Berkeley City Councilmember,Ben Bartlett announced...

monday s briefing: oakland emergency crews headed...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 28,2017:[br]1. Oakland firefighters are heading to Houston as...

friday s briefing: uber is not coming to oakland;...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 25,2017:1. Ride-hailing giant Uber has jettisoned its plans...

monday s briefing: lawmakers push for $20 billion...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 21,2017:[br]1. California lawmakers are pushing forward with...

alameda county superior court reverses license...

Nearly 54000 East Bay drivers can legally secure back on the road after Alameda County Superior...

tuesday s briefing: west oakland developer plans...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 14,2017:1. Holliday Development is planning to construct...

entire oakland city council declined to cross...

All eight city council members avoided Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's state of city speech...

tuesday s briefing: uber to sell oakland sears...

Stories you shouldnt miss for Oct. 31,2017:1. Uber plans to sell the used Sears building in...

wednesday s briefing: trump admin opposes brown s...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 25,2017:1. In a surprise move, the Trump administration said...

monday s briefing: east bay lost 2,600 jobs in...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 23,2017:1. The East Bay lost 2600 jobs in September, and the...

thursday s briefing: new bart cars delayed again;...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Oct. 5,2017:[br]1. BART has once again delayed the roll out of its...

thursday s briefing: oaklands temple sinai hit by...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 21,2017:[br]1. Bigots scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti on the...

tuesday s briefing: berkeley mayor wants cal to...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 29,2017:1. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin is calling on UC...

tuesday s briefing: oakland office space prices...

Stories you shouldnt miss for Aug. 22,2017:1. The value of Oakland office space continues to soar...

friday s briefing: kevin durant won t go to white...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 18,2017:1. Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant told...

friday s briefing: almena and harris ordered to...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 15,2017:1. A judge ordered Derick Almena, the former master...

town business: vievu nabs $1.2 million oakland...

Police body cameras: This week,the Oakland Police Department isasking the city council's Public...

friday s briefing: ousd overspent by millions on...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 10,2017:1. Oakland Unified overspent its budget by tens of...

thursday s briefing: oakland city workers stage...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 2,2017:1. Oakland city workers who are members of SEIU Local...

tuesday s briefing: bay area traffic intensifies;...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 19,2017:1. Traffic on major Bay Area freeways has worsened...

monday s briefing: asbestos halts rockridge retail...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 18,2017:1. A large retail development in Oakland’s...

wednesday s briefing: historic win for democrats...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 13,2017:1. In a historic victory, Doug Jones, and a...

monday s briefing: oakland gets 255 legal pot...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Nov. 20,2017:1. Oakland received 255 applications for city permits...

thursday s briefing: lawmakers ok bill for free...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 14,2017:1. The first year at California community colleges...

tuesday s briefing: brown waters down sanctuary...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Sept. 12,2017:1. Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers agreed to a...

wednesday s briefing: senators say white...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 30,2017:[br]1. A state Senate committee unanimously approved...

wednesday s briefing: bay area cops brace for neo...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 23,2017:1. Bay Area law enforcement agencies are bracing for...

thursday s briefing: trump admin. overturns...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Aug. 17,2017: 1. The Trump administration has overturned an...

oakland councilmember mcelhaney racks up $58,000...

Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has already spent $67243 to defend herself against alleged...

friday s briefing: oakland unions reject latest...

Stories you shouldn’t miss for Dec. 8,2017: [br] 1. Oakland’s city employees rejected the...

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