Renters file suit against Oakland housing developer
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:43:34 GMT

About 500 renters filed suit against Oakland Community Housing Inc. today, accusing the nonprofit housing developer of breaking a 30-year requirement to provide housing to low-income residents at the California ...

Campaign urges Bay Area residents to cut water use
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:40:42 GMT

Officials from the Bay Area's three largest cities are hoping to avoid mandatory water rationing by getting people to voluntarily cut their water use.

Oakland Police Prep for 4th of July
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:45:57 GMT

Oakland Police will be out in full-force for this year's 4th of July celebration, despite past struggles.

Two fatal shootings raise Oakland's homicide count to 68
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:33:32 GMT

Two more victims have been added to the city's 2008 homicide tally after a man was shot to death Tuesday night at a gas station and authorities determined that another man fatally shot inside his house Monday ...

Wood-Fired Pizza at Pizzaiolo, Oakland
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:23:54 GMT

Porky's Pizza Palace one day, Pizzaiolo the next. Two very different types of pizza parlors, each catering to a specific clientele, yet both are family oriented and kid-friendly. Porky's is in my neighborhood ...

Oakland Man Gets 57 Years To Life For Murder
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:23:14 GMT

A reputed drug dealer was sentenced today to 57 years to life in state prison for murdering a rival and shooting a 4-year-old girl who will have two bullet fragments in her back for the rest of her life.

Dellums fires Edgerly
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:17:44 GMT

Mayor Ron Dellums fired City Administrator Deborah Edgerly Tuesday, bringing to a close one chapter of a City Hall drama, but possibly opening another.

Man Shot Dead On MacArthur Blvd. In Oakland
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:53:33 GMT

OAKLAND Police Tuesday identified Zaire Washington as the 24-year-old Oakland man killed in the city Monday night.

Oakland 'Silence Of The Lambs' Killer Sentenced
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:57:42 GMT

OAKLAND Oakland roofer Earl Stefanson was sentenced Tuesday to two life-in-prison terms for murdering 36-year-old Leslie Lamb in 2006 and brutally assaulting two other ex-girlfriends. Stefanson, 43, was ...

Hughes Brothers Making Gentlemen of Leisure
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:54 GMT

The Hollywood Reporter says Albert and Allen Hughes are revisiting the settings and themes of their 1999 documentary American Pimp with "Gentlemen of Leisure," a drama series project for HBO.

Woman Shot Dead In Oakland Overnight
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:50:05 GMT

A woman was fatally shot in Oakland early Wednesday morning, according to the Police Department.

Oakland Principal Recovering From Brutal Attack
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:39:43 GMT

In the East Bay, an elementary school principal is recovering Wednesday night after being savagely beaten Tuesday morning in her own school office.

News aircraft makes emergency landing in Oakland
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:30:47 GMT

A traffic plane made an emergency landing near the West Grand Ave. on ramp to the Bay Bridge in Oakland Monday afternoon June 30, 2008.

San Leandro's Safe House a place to sober up
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:59:26 GMT

Since Safe House opened in February, the rows of mattresses have lain unused most of the time, despite the number of long-term alcoholics or drug users you see wandering or sitting on Alameda County streets.

Dave Newhouse: Long wait on history
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:56:01 GMT

Latrell Carradine, left, 65, talks about what the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency might mean to the country, while fellow seniors Erwin Breaux, 87, and Andy Montgomery, 86, listen, at the North ...

Feds to help world's largest traffic tech test
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:39:06 GMT

Alexandre Bayen, UC Berkeley Assistant Professor of civil and environmental engineering, announces a partnership between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Caltrans to launch new technology, with the ...

Two Oakland fires linked to fireworks
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:14:08 GMT

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Middle Jun. 28--At least two fires June 20 and 21, including a five-alarm fire that destroyed a half-block of buildings along International Boulevard, may have been caused by ...

Oakland City Official Placed On Paid Leave
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:03:16 GMT

A top city official in Oakland, Calif., accused of tipping off a nephew about a police probe, will be on paid administrative leave until she retires July 31.

Free Meals Program Begins for Low-Income Summer School Students
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:35:09 GMT

Community leaders in Oakland want to be sure that low income summer school students do not go hungry.

Teen brandishes cocked, loaded handgun during Alameda robbery
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:21:36 GMT

A teenager pointed a loaded and cocked .9 millimeter handgun at another boy's chest and said, "Well, now I'm going to kill you," during a street robbery Monday night, police said.