Oakland

Oakland shuts down another 5 miles of roadway for Slow Streets Program

Oakland city officials on Thursday announced an additional 5 miles of streets that will receive soft closures to help support…

4 years ago

City partners with nonprofits to open free East Oakland testing facility

The city of Oakland on Wednesday opened a new free Covid-19 coronavirus testing site in East Oakland in a partnership…

4 years ago

City launches RV park to shelter 130 East Oakland homeless people through pandemic and beyond

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday that the city is launching an isolation trailer program to house 130 homeless and…

4 years ago

Court releases Almena on $150,000 bail pending delayed Ghost Ship trial

Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena was released on $150,000 bail on Monday after spending nearly three years in…

4 years ago

Due to alleged procedure flaws, Oakland reinstates officers fired over Jonathan Pawlik shooting

Five Oakland police officers who were fired last year for their roles in the fatal shooting of a homeless man…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Bay Area braces for another month under shelter as U.S. cases near one million mark

Tests have confirmed more than three million cases of Covid-19 globally -- nearly one-third of them are in the U.S. …

4 years ago

Oakland firefighters battle three-story house blaze

Oakland firefighters as of 5:45 p.m. Sunday are battling a house fire in the 1400 block of Mountain Boulevard, between…

4 years ago

Police say man arrested for shelter noncompliance was selling heroin, cocaine, fentanyl

A 20-year-old Oakland man who was warned about violating the shelter-in-place order and refused to comply was arrested later Saturday…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: Newsom calls on masses to volunteer, Bay Area scrambles to feed, educate, shelter those in need

Despite heaviness that comes with the fight against the 2019 novel coronavirus, there are glimmers of hope in how leaders,…

4 years ago

Fundraiser keeps Oakland students, families fed as it turns attention to distance learning technology

The Oakland Unified School District, Oakland Public Education Fund and the city of Oakland announced Tuesday that more than $1.5…

4 years ago

Sergeant says suspect arrested for carjacking after no-bail release is downside to new policy

A suspect has been arrested for allegedly carjacking one car and attempting to carjack a second vehicle shortly after he'd…

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Apartment complex fire displaces eight people near Lake Merritt

A fire at an apartment building north of Lake Merritt in Oakland on Tuesday morning left eight people displaced, a…

4 years ago

East Bay SPCA hosts second Oakland drive-through pet food pantry

The East Bay SPCA this week is offering another pet food pantry to residents that need help feeding their dogs…

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Hit-and-run driver kills pedestrian in unmarked crosswalk

A 55-year-old Oakland man crossing the street was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Saturday night. Police were called…

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Two Saturday night sideshows drawing hundreds end in arrests, tows, tickets

Oakland police broke up at least two large sideshows Saturday night and were geared up to respond to more, a…

4 years ago

Police investigate Lower Dimond fatal shooting

A man was fatally shot in Oakland's Lower Dimond District on Monday morning, police said. Officers who responded to a…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: landmark bookstores need saving, SF shelter confirms 76 cases, holidays offer some hope

Today is considered holy for many across the nation and world over, and in that light it may be comforting…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: BART cuts back service, county issues isolation order, exposure prompts Moscone West reconfiguration

The number of Bay Area deaths related to Covid-19 is nearing 100, though the nine-county region saw the smallest daily…

4 years ago

New Oakland site will test up to 240 direct service workers a day

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and community partners on Monday opened a Covid-19 coronavirus testing site for direct service providers, such…

4 years ago

Schaaf taps former SF transportation chief to become Oakland city administrator

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced on Friday that she's appointed former San Francisco transportation chief Edward Reiskin to be her…

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