Oakland voters are weighing in on ballot measures and the district attorney — plus governor and a slew of other statewide ...

Mayor Barbara Lee’s proposed budget includes restoring a $250,000 film rebate program — a small but meaningful step toward making Oakland a filmmaking hub. Never miss a story. Sign up for The ...

Alameda County leaders approved a term sheet for the complicated deal — but there are major unresolved sticking points.

The Oakland Unified School District school board meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland on Feb. 12, 2025. Credit: Florence Middleton for The Oaklandside Tensions are running high in ...

Artifacts police say were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California’s off-site storage facility the morning of Oct. 15, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California The Oakland Police ...

One of Oakland's new speed cameras on Broadway near 27th Street. Credit: Jose Fermoso for The Oaklandside The data is in. Oakland’s new speeding camera program began ticketing on March 15, and the ...

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A Supreme Court ruling gave Oakland and other cities wide authority to remove homeless camps. Some Oakland officials were thrilled. Credit: Azucena Rasilla/The Oaklandside In early 2024, the U.S.

For the first time in the history of its federal court oversight, the Oakland Police Department has complied with all of its 51 mandated tasks, according to a report filed last week by Robert Warshaw, ...

Three people are dead and at least five others sustained injuries, some serious, after a driver ran over a group of people on a sidewalk in East Oakland last night. The speeding vehicle struck ...

It's the one-year anniversary of Mayor Barbara Lee's swearing-in. Credit: Eli Wolfe/The Oaklandside Exactly one year into her truncated term, Mayor Barbara Lee sent the strongest signal yet that ...

On Thursday afternoon in East Oakland, dozens of people lay side by side under the beating sun. Above their heads stood cardboard gravestones, some reading, “No suicide hotline,” “Died unhoused,” “Can ...