From 311 chatbots to ChatGPT-written emails, Oakland officials are working with a local university to consider AI use across the city.

After a year and a half on the job, Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell - the department's 10th leader in as many years - ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The city of Oakland is hiring parolees to help revitalize the city while continuing to rebuild their lives, officials announced this week. A three-year, $12.4 million contract will ...

Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell is stepping down from his position less than two years after taking the reins of a ...

Unlike several predecessors, Mitchell was not fired due to scandal, but simply appeared to grow weary of the various forces ...

Oakland is hosting a series of town halls for residents to sound off on the new budget proposal. A two-year, $4.4 billion budget plan would close the city's mounting deficit. Some proposed cuts ...

Classes were set to begin later this month for a popular Oakland jobs program that partners with Merritt College, but the entire program has now been shelved after the city canceled funding midway ...

In a news release, officials did not give a reason for Mitchell’s resignation or specify if a search had already begun for a ...

In a news release, officials did not give a reason for Mitchell’s resignation or specify if a search had already begun for a successor.

High-ranking Oakland official who spoke to feds about ex-mayor leaves for another East Bay city East Bay man suspected of making racist death threats to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee How will the search ...