The Pacific Boychoir, based out of Oakland, is sending 43 boys, ranging in ages from 10 to 18, from both its academy and after school program to South Africa to take part in two international choral festivals.
The three-year average sea otter population on California's coast declined for the first time in more than a decade, according to a U.S. Geological Survey.
With its bank balance careening toward zero, California began sending tens of thousands of IOUs to its creditors Thursday, the latest black eye for the state and its broken budget system.
Oakland's Police Department dropped below its authorized strength of 803 officers for the first time since November last week, and it doesn't appear it will reach its full staffing level again anytime soon.
Police say a developmentally disabled teen entered an 11-year-old girl's bedroom in the middle of the night this week and began fondling her feet before being scared off when the girl woke up.
If funds are tight and time is plentiful, several sites in and around Oakland offer an abundance of free or low-cost fun family activities to keep you busy on the Fourth of July.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and elected officials toured the Port of Oakland on Thursday and discussed the possibility of more federal money rolling on to its docks.
Man arrested with largest ever cache of fireworks seized in Oakland charged with two felony counts for possessing illegal explosive devices and an assault weapon
By Angela HillSTAFF WRITEROAKLAND — Two pedestrians died in separate incidents involving the same Amtrak train Friday afternoon, one in Berkeley and another about two hours later in Oakland, Amtrak officials said.
The Pacific Boychoir, based out of Oakland, is sending 43 boys, ranging in ages from 10 to 18, from both its academy and after school program to South Africa to take part in two international choral festivals.
The Bay Fair BART station in San Leandro has reopened after a report of someone pointing a gun prompted the closure of the station for about an hour tonight, a BART spokesman said.
RICHMOND — A boy playing with firecrackers in the family garage likely ignited a blazed that gutted a duplex and burned the roof of a neighboring house Thursday afternoon in Richmond.
A 14-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of punching and biting a clothing store's security guard who was trying to detain her and her mother for shoplifting, police said.
Police seized 64 pounds of illegal fireworks from a Dublin home Thursday morning in an operation that originated when neighbors complained that the residents were selling them.
Alameda Point Collaborative, which provides housing and social services for homeless families and individuals, has a new partner in town. Alameda Natural Grocery has launched a campaign to solicit donations and raise awareness of the collaborative.
In addition to the seven new members, the partnership will hire its first director and collectively leverage more than $76 million in federal funding for weatherization, green job training, biofuels and carbon capture research, officials said.
