Oakland officials are looking to take money from insurance and other programs to reopen two fire stations closed last month.

Multiple earthquakes shook California's Bay Area Thursday. They were recorded near Hayward, around 20 miles southeast of ...

Pablo Rincon, 27, was shot and killed at Burckhalter Park in Oakland on Dec. 27, just three days after his birthday, ...

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Safety is a concern for many students at Northeastern University in Oakland. In a Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, ...

The city of Oakland will lose 30% of its firefighting capacity in the next two weeks due to the city’s $129.8 million budget ...