The friend, a 31-year-old man, only told police he had picked up the victim in the 900 block of 7th Street in West Oakland.
In 2019, when state lawmakers were grappling with the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California’s largest electrical utility, they needed an estimate of how much a worst-case-scenario ...
Former councilmember Loren Taylor and former city staffer Renia Webb said they recognize the significant challenges Oakland ...
Oakland’s fire chief and council members spoke to fears about the temporary closures of fire stations during a town hall ...
Serena Maria Daniels is a Chicana journalist and the city editor for Eater Detroit. A recovering daily newspaper reporter ...
A neighborhood where the deadly Eaton fire began was mostly spared from the devastation in surrounding Altadena, with the ...
On a journey to six cities across the country over the course of seven years, a photographer captured images of the roads ...
Reach out to a mutual aid group in your neighborhood that works with your unhoused neighbors; there are plenty in the city. Show up and contribute how you can. Get to know other volunteers and the ...
From the Fillmore’s jazz alley to Richmond’s bustling wartime scene, the Bay Area was the destination for a great wave of ...
Chicago’s school board will expand from seven people appointed by the mayor to 21 people — 10 of whom were elected last ...
The word “wildfire” conjures a wall of heat moving across fields and forests, incinerating the odd structure in its path.
Oakland's Fire Chief Damon Covington says many changes made since the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm are helping to protect the ...