Oakland CA

The city’s parking division is making enforcement changes that will affect Oakland residents throughout the city. The city announced this week that it will start charging people to park in metered spaces on Sundays, from noon to 6 p.m. This significant expansion has been in the works for years, after undergoing a...

Prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Richmond man following a gunfire exchange near Carlson Boulevard and Potrero Avenue, police said. The Richmond Police Department presented the case to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office for review, Richmond...

At Castlemont High School in Deep East Oakland, Phelisha Saffold stands in the sunshine surveying the courtyard. “Today is a good day out,” she said as students sat in clusters, talking and eating lunch. “Drama-free.”. She points out the cheerleaders. “They’re not hyphy about nothing.”. A...

Kristina Molina, a victim advocate who worked under Price, said she filed a complaint with the FBI against the group Save Alameda County, or SAFE. Molina claims that someone on her team illegally recorded a confidential internal training session for her advocates, which was then modified to make it appear she said...

San Francisco officials say they want the float to be a marketing tool for the city - encouraging to come visit and continue its post-pandemic recovery.

A French bulldog stolen in San Francisco's Castro District last week has been found safe and a man suspected of stealing the dog has been arrested, police said.

On December 16, 2025, the Dublin City Council in California unanimously passed a resolution formally opposing reopening or reusing the notorious FCI Dublin prison for detention of any kind, including as an immigration jail. The resolution also urged the relevant federal agencies to “engage in open and transparent...

This post originally appeared on the Traffic Violence Rapid Response website and is published here with permission. Last week, OakDOT and AC Transit shared the results of the International BRT Safety Project and frankly the results are an eye-popping success. Traffic calming infrastructure saves lives. Please write...

A series of earthquakes rattled the San Ramon area Friday night, with the largest being a preliminary magnitude 4.0, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Oakland Unified School District has witnessed the departures of two key senior officials amid a budget shortfall, KQED reports. The district’s top financial officer, Lisa Grant-Dawson, abruptly resigned Dec. 12, and Chief of Staff Dan Bellino was released by interim Superintendent Denise Saddler the same day...