The Oakland Police Department said it is investigating an in-custody death after suspect tied to a home break-in suffered a ...

Major freeways can impact neighborhood poverty rates, residents' health, and crime. Here's why some downtowns got rid of ...

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

Duffey is in line to be the new city manager in Brentwood, an eastern Contra Costa County city with about 67,000 residents — ...

The Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee met Tuesday for the first time since Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced ...

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

Mitchell is the 11th police chief to lead Oakland police in the past 15 years. At the meeting, some in attendance said they ...

Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced on Wednesday he is resigning slightly more than a year after being hired.

Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell, who was appointed to the post in May 2024, did not provide a reason for his resignation ...

Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else.

But Oakland regained at least a measure of its athletic glory this year with a scrappy, winning professional baseball team, one owned by the community in every sense of the word. Putting a cherry on ...

The Oakland branch of the NAACP announced Monday that it is partnering with the city and police department to recruit new officers. At a press conference alongside Councilmember Charlene Wang and ...