OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The City of Oakland is reporting a strong finish to 2024 announcing that it has been the safest year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A drastic drop in murders and ...

Oakland is touting the city's turnaround efforts as it prepares to sell $335 million in general obligation bonds Dec. 3 to ...

Oakland is set to install speed cameras at 18 high-risk locations around the city by the end of this year, city officials announced this week. As part of a pilot program, 35 cameras will be installed ...

MESA, Ariz., June 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Verra Mobility Corporation (NASDAQ: VRRM), a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions, announced the approval from Oakland's City Council to ...

The City of Oakland is facing a budget deficit of nearly $130 million for the 2024-25 fiscal year Nearly 100 city employees are being laid off to help close the deficit City officials called the steps ...

Oakland nonprofits said the city sent letters informing them that their grants were being terminated. The letters come as the city grapples with ways to balance its budget. Community leaders are ...

As Oakland's school district faces threats of both fiscal insolvency and another teachers strike, 30 city charter schools have stepped up efforts to woo frustrated families.

The Oakland Police Officer's Association is criticizing the city's leadership after an officer was hospitalized on Friday in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. An officer was stopped at a ...

The city of Oakland confirmed that the mayor's Chief of Staff Leigh Hanson is no longer working with the city as of Sunday. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, which first reported the story, ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

OAKLAND — A high-ranking Oakland city official who said he provided federal investigators key evidence that led to criminal indictments against ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and others is leaving his role to ...