Oakland News

A grateful Oakland family is crediting the Oakland police with helping them get two young children back safely after a domestic dispute turned violent Wednesday.

Fashion designer Ardis Taylor is shown with one of his 6-button double-breasted late 1930s-style suits on Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.

A person was stuck and killed Sunday morning by an Amtrak train in Oakland, the third train-related fatality in the East Bay since Friday, a company spokesman said.

Seven Oakland residents had to find a new place to stay Saturday night because a two-alarm blaze destroyed their home earlier in the day, a fire battalion chief said.

Unless drastic budget cuts come at the local level, many California school districts may be unable to pay the bills in the next two years, state schools chief Jack O'Connell said Tuesday.

Artist and activist Marcel Diallo, center, talks about the urban sustainable farm project on 10th and Pine Streets in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday April 18, 2009.

It could be the largest illegal fireworks bust in Oakland history. Authorities arrested two men after discovering 2,000 pounds of professional grade fireworks at a home on 40th Avenue near International Boulevard Tuesday night.

For the residents of 2639 Harold Street in Oakland it was a tough morning. First, they were tied up and robbed by home invasion robbers.

Two pedestrians died in separate incidents involving the same Amtrak train Friday afternoon, one in Berkeley and another about two hours later in Oakland, Amtrak officials said.

Mary Kaaid, proprietor of Friendly Market & Deli in Oakland, Calif., rings up an order at her store, Monday, April 27, 2009.

The city of Oakland is trying to get out in front of the coming fire season. The police and fire departments are teaming up to crack down on kids building bonfires in Joaquin Miller Park and anyone else breaking the rules.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and elected officials toured the Port of Oakland on Thursday and discussed the possibility of more federal money rolling on to its docks.

In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif.

It'll be known as the Great Pez Dispenser Lawsuit of 2009: Pez sues museum over giant dispenser .

A ton of fireworks police say they found in an Oakland home won't be creating a spectacle or a fire danger this Fourth of July weekend.

The Oakland Unified School District has officially regained control of the city's schools, and new Superintendent Tony Smith started his first day on the job with promises of accountability, improvement and some tough decisions.

A female slaying victim whose skeletal remains police found in rural Napa County has been identified as 47-year-old Johnethel McGehee of Oakland.

In addition to the anticipated songs from their individual catalogs, the pair mixed in a few favorites from their time together in the band Blind Faith [ tickets ] , and even gave a nod to Jimi Hendrix [ tickets ] . Randy Lewis of the LA Times described the two-and-a-half-hour show as something of a dream come true highlighted by the pair's ...

A 46-year-old Tracy man died Monday morning, apparently from injuries he suffered during a carjacking in East Oakland, police said.

After six years of state control, the reins of the Oakland School District have been handed back over to the people.