Rap music has long been a voice for struggle triumph and everyday life, but one Oakland record label is using it to create something deeper.

Tucked below West Oakland's 880 freeway lies a recording studio in an area steeped with Black history. Inside, an organization called the Kingmakers of Oakland recently produced an entire ...

An organization has recorded a profanity free hip-hop album at an Oakland studio. They say the Black youth of Oakland are ...

A special election, prompted by the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao and the election of former District 2 Oakland City ...

In honor of Black History Month and the 30th anniversary of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, several former party members ...

Oakland on Thursday to protest President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Just after 5 p.m., approximately 100 people walked from the Fruitvale Transit Village near the BART station to St.

Seismologists are closely monitoring California's fault lines as concerns grow about the possibility that the "Big One" could happen soon. The "Big One" refers to a massive earthquake that could ...

This special print edition commemorates and honors those who were lost the previous months.

That’s the existential threat.” Their host was more measured. “I believe our system is durable,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said. “We are being stress tested, but we’re durable.” ...

The most intense rain to hit Southern California in over a year unleashed flooding, debris flows and mudslides that trapped cars and covered roadways, but spared areas burned in devastating ...

A filmmaker in Oakland, Calif., had always lived with ... have been writing personal portraits about the fires in the California Today newsletter. Here is a collection of their dispatches on ...

Night - Cloudy with a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds from S to SSE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Cloudy with a high of 61 °F (16.1 °C) and a 51% chance of ...