A person suffering a medical emergency died after an encounter with police that involved a "brief struggle," according to Oakland police.

Oakland expands illegal dumping cleanup to seven days a week, using labor savings to fund additional operations without extra taxpayer cost.

Don’t trash The Town. That’s the message Oakland city officials are sending to people who illegally dump. “I want all of us to build an Oakland where our streets ...

A Cleveland woman who moved to Las Vegas and started "Literacy in the Hood," delivering books in underserved communities, has ...

"Grey's Anatomy" alum Eric Dane is a true fighter. "I want to ring every bell," Dane said. "I have two daughters at home. I want to see them graduate college, get married, maybe even have grandkids.

Carla Ashford was assigned to be a violence interrupter at Skyline in the wake of two school shootings. Mediators like her ...

Beat writers Simeon Pincus and Andy Mendlowitz make their predictions for Week 6 in the Big Central Football Conference ...

The first National Guard troops sent to Chicago by President Donald Trump have arrived at an Army training center outside the city. The Associated Press saw military personnel in uniforms ...

More than half the communities that typically use the county to determine property values for tax purposes have rejected new contracts in favor of other providers. Eight communities signed one-year ...

A fight over health policy drove the current federal government shutdown. At issue is the cost of premiums for health care plans people buy on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, marketplaces.