Oakland News

Ed. Note: In 2011, California's legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career.

A 21st Century alternative May Day event took place in Jack London Square, one not requiring a march to the barricades to participate.

This last week we held 4 hearings on the budget. They were evenly attended by staff and residents for the most part and brought out lively discussion.

A witness testified that a heated argument led to the early morning fatal shootings of two teenage girls gunned down on an Oakland street.

Federal authorities recently arrested a Hayward man for violating his probation after he impersonated an FBI officer and want to know if the public has ever come into contact with him while he pretended to be an agent.

The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.

An Assembly hearing focusing on rising gun violence in the East Bay instead evolved into a string of community and faith-based leaders clamoring for answers over how to heal what they say is the root cause of violence in places like Oakland: socio-economic despair.

Lest we forget the East Bay is still a bastion of liberalism, a few of its Democratic legislators Friday reminded voters that even though societal factors like unemployment and an eroding middle class may be a cause for rising gun violence, firearms are also to blame.

Spanning six major North American cities this year, Clitoral Mass 2013 will kick off Saturday, May 25 in Oakland.

The 16-year-old Oakland native and her pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, had to settle for second place on "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday night as country singer Kellie Picker and Derek Hough waltzed off with the mirror-ball trophy.

Protection against the disease pertussis, or whooping cough , doesn't appear to be as strong with the currently administered vaccine when compared with the older version administered up until the 1990s, according to a new study in Pediatrics .

A member of the Oakland Fire Department is heading to Moore, the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb where at least two dozen people have died, to help with the recovery and rescue plan, state officials announced Tuesday.

A high-speed police chase of a Jaguar sedan stolen in an Oakland home invasion robbery netted two felons who were in the car and who were both wearing tennis shoes taken in the heist, authorities said Tuesday.

Sara Chestnut, of Oakland, gets ready to board a Pleasanton BART train at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on March 18, 2013.

State regulators have slapped Sutter Health's Alta Bates hospital in Oakland with potential fines totaling $142,970 for six health and safety violations related to failure to properly isolate patients with airborne diseases such as tuberculosis.

The bolts were designed to be too hard and brittle and could snap in an earthquake; 32 of the rods have broken already.

On the joyous occasion of his 26th birthday, at a party surrounded by his family and friends, Malcolm Shabazz kisses his beloved mother, Qubilah Shabazz, on Oct.

Beau Rasmussen, 27, of Oakland, was last seen finishing the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco and parting way with his friends to go to Ocean Beach Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Construction workers renovate the old Foothill Square shopping center, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.

I met Ajuan Mance at a function at the San Francisco Main Library, where she had a table displaying her sketches of the many faces of Black men.