West Oakland

New harbor craft regulations could improve health for West Oakland residents

New harbor craft regulations will help cut pollution and improve health in portside communities like West Oakland.

2 years ago

Propane tanks fuel stubborn Oakland encampment fire, torching vehicles

It took 25 firefighters about two hours early Tuesday morning to extinguish an encampment fire in West Oakland.

2 years ago

Police seek help to find 11-year-old runaway boy

Oakland police are asking for the public's help in finding an 11-year-old boy who is considered a runaway and at…

3 years ago

Ground to break in fall on Lower Bottoms affordable housing development

A 100 percent affordable housing project will break ground in West Oakland in November with the help of a former…

3 years ago

Fire spreads to three West Oakland homes, displaces seven people

Seven people were displaced after three homes burned Monday morning in West Oakland, fire officials said. The blaze, first reported…

3 years ago

Community groups demand more review time for proposed Oakland A’s stadium impact report

Community groups are demanding more time to respond to the 6,000-page environmental impact report for the proposed waterfront Oakland A's…

3 years ago

Two-structure residential fire displaces nine people in West Oakland

A two-alarm fire has displaced nine people in West Oakland Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. The fire was reported at…

3 years ago

Raw sewage pollutes Oakland Estuary after wastewater plant fails in power outage

Boaters are being warned to stay away from the Oakland Estuary on Saturday, after an estimated 50,000 gallons of raw…

4 years ago

State grants boost Oakland affordable housing project funds by nearly $90 million

Three environmentally friendly projects slated to provide 462 units of affordable housing in Oakland have won nearly $90 million in…

4 years ago

County expands free Covid-19 testing in West Oakland

Alameda County officials on Tuesday announced the launch of a new free Covid-19 coronavirus testing site opening in West Oakland…

4 years ago

Jury orders BART to pay $6.3 million to Sahleem Tindle family for excessive force in fatal shooting

A federal jury has ordered BART to pay $6.34 million in damages to the family of a 28-year-old man who…

4 years ago

College mourns loss of assistant football coach after fatal shooting

A Contra Costa College assistant football coach was found unresponsive in West Oakland Thursday afternoon and died at the scene…

4 years ago

Attorney argues man accused of West Oakland double murder acted in self-defense

A prosecutor and a defense attorney on Monday disagreed about whether the fatal shooting of two men in West Oakland…

4 years ago

Sheriffs carry out militarized-style eviction of Oakland mothers

This story includes an update with information provided by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office in a Tuesday morning press conference.…

4 years ago

Hundreds turn out to stand with Moms 4 Housing as eviction looms

More than 200 people gathered at a West Oakland home Monday to support homeless mothers who occupied the home nearly…

4 years ago

As eviction nears, Wedgewood offers to pay charity to shelter Oakland moms for two months

The property owner planning to have two homeless mothers evicted next week from a West Oakland home offered Saturday to…

4 years ago

Judge rules against Oakland moms in battle against housing speculator

Two working, homeless mothers who moved into a vacant house owned by a real estate investment firm will soon be…

4 years ago

West Oakland standoff continues near elementary school

A standoff is continuing on Monday afternoon at an unpermitted marijuana grow house in West Oakland where a commercial burglary…

4 years ago

Judge to rule at later date on Moms 4 Housing case

Two homeless mothers who have been occupying a vacant West Oakland home for six weeks won at least a temporary…

4 years ago

Judge postpones eviction hearing in Moms 4 Housing case

A judge on Thursday postponed a hearing until Monday in the ongoing battle over a vacant West Oakland home that's…

4 years ago

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