Maps of West Oakland show a deep purple color closer to the Port of Oakland and I-880 revealing higher levels of dangerous pollutants. "That means that the diesel emissions, ...

OAKLAND — Hundreds of homes could replace a sixty-year-old warehouse in West Oakland on a site that’s around the corner from a busy BART station, plans on file with city officials show. The ...

centralstation081_lm.JPG West Oakland Residents, and project developers, inside the old historic 16th Street Train Station in Oakland on Nov. 6, 2006.

On the corner of Fifth and Brush streets in west Oakland, it’s an unassumingly sweet treasure to this community. “There is a lot of great history as well,” co-owner Tatlin Johnson said.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Proud but beleaguered, West Oakland is easy to spot on a map. This Black enclave — not far from the stately Bay Bridge and just downslope from the mansions of the East Bay ...