Making the Dubai bars is a three-day process. The whole pistachios spend 24 hours in a stone grinder or melanger. While many ...

The half-acre lot in East Oakland’s Sobrante Park was once a symbol of violence. It will reopen next summer with walking paths, play areas, and a new lawn.

The state grant is the 11th for Oakland in five years through California’s Homekey program. It will support 109 affordable ...

A $30 million grant will transform Martin Luther King Jr. Way with a cycle track, lights, traffic islands, and bulbouts.

Nelson Alegria is tasked with updating school safety protocols, decreasing schools’ reliance on police, and making sure ...

Mayor Barbara Lee announced a celebration in October for the city’s first title-winning pro team in seven years.

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Oakland’s contracting law bans business with companies that help federal immigration agencies. Does it prevent the city from ...

A decision by the California Supreme Court effectively ends 10 years of lawsuits over the construction of a fossil fuel depot ...

Abandoned boats, corrosive chemicals, and mountains of trash clog the estuary's waters. And no one’s owning the cleanup.

The Sept. 15 arrest of a man inside the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse exposed the weakness of state and local efforts to make ...

On Sunday, in the finale of the best-of-five Pioneer League championship, both goals coalesced in a magical moment. The ...