Emergency crews are assessing storm damages after an early morning tornado touched down in Oakland City. Officials are also ...

Cleveland police's practice of jailing people without ever being charged is an outlier and raises concerns about fairness in ...

Overblown downside | New message | Midterm gains. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for March 12, 2025.

A committee named Supporters of Barbara Lee for Oakland Mayor 2025 has raised $168,000 in contributions, including $50,000 ...

As basketball fans from around the world flock to the Bay Area to enjoy NBA All-Star Weekend festivities, the city of Oakland is grappling with another major economic setback. The Marriott City ...

The Oakland Police Department is asking for any witness tips that could lead to an arrest in a weekend shooting. The shooting marks Oakland’s seventeenth homicide of 2025.

Oakland is cutting $2.6 million in funding for 13 community organizations that provide housing, health and other social services as officials attempt to balance the city's budget. One of the ...

The City of Oakland has expanded its safety camera network with new installations along the Hegenberger Avenue corridor, a key business district in East Oakland, officials announced Wednesday.

Oakland agencies are facing budget cuts, but two agencies devoted to police oversight say their cutbacks will violate the city charter. The OIG and CPRA agencies say if they cut back anymore ...

Oakland’s fiscal crisis hit home three weeks ago when 77 city employees were laid off. At that time, City Administrator Jestin Johnson said in a message to staff that roughly 100 people would be ...

Oakland nonprofits said the city sent letters informing them that their grants were being terminated. The letters come as the city grapples with ways to balance its budget. Community leaders are ...

Charlene Wang and Kara Murray-Badal have raised a combined $137,000. Independently, labor is spending big to support ...