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

Prescott Station opens in West Oakland, offering 235 affordable apartments on a former homeless encampment site.

OAKLAND — Months ago, the city’s leaders breathed a sigh of relief when they managed to avoid dramatic cuts to public spending in approving a new two-year budget. But the underlying gap between the ...

OAKLAND — A shooting in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood Saturday night left a man severely wounded, according to police. The shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. Saturday evening in the 1700 block of ...

OAKLAND — Throughout 2023 and rolling into last year, this city on the east end of the Bay Bridge found itself where it’s often been — downcast and written off. A crime wave swept the city, even ...

Amid a heat wave and increased fire danger, Oakland is getting back some critical protection it hasn't had in years with the reopening of three fire stations, including two that serve the Oakland ...

Oakland police are investigating the shooting death of a woman in East Oakland on Monday evening. Officers were sent to the 1400 block of 87th Avenue in response to reports of a shooting and an alert ...

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 ...

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department and Oakland County Animal Control are both investigating the death of a dog found in a grease pit in the back of a shopping plaza in ...

Pontiac — Oakland County will have a new budget Oct. 1, one that funds county employee raises, affordable housing and expands capacity of emergency shelter in winter after county commissioners ...

Ariana Grande is kicking off her "Eternal Sunshine" tour this summer in the Bay Area. She'll perform at the Oakland on Monday, June 6, and Thursday, June 7. Pre-sale tickets are on sale at ...

More than 40,000 soccer fans packed the Oakland Coliseum to watch Mexico and Japan play Saturday. Locals said the event doubled as a celebration of Oakland’s diverse community and culture. OAKLAND, ...