A homeowner shot and killed 39-year-old Charles Calloway, leaving another suspected burglar to take the legal blame.

OAKLAND — With inflation on the rise and the pandemic still raging, the Oakland City Council has given tenants of rent-controlled units some relief by lowering the lid on rent increases.

Oakland’s rent registry and tax systems weren’t integrated. Like other business owners, Oakland landlords are required to pay taxes for operating rentals in the city.

As several news outlets have observed, rental site Zillow is for the first time projecting average rents in excess of $3,000/month in poor, tempest-tossed Oakland. For those keeping score at home ...

Citing escalating rents that tenant advocates call a threat to Oakland’s character, the City Council threw its support Wednesday behind a November ballot measure that would limit property owners ...

Oakland, unlike almost any other major city in the Bay Area, allows landlords to pass through 100 percent of capital improvements to tenants over a five-year period.

Oakland City Council votes to end COVID era rent moratorium 01:08. OAKLAND -- Oakland is one of the last cities in the Bay Area hanging on to its eviction moratorium, which was introduced during ...

OAKLAND — In a victory for tenants, the Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to cap rent increases at 3% instead of 6.7%, which the current law would have allowed come July.