RELATED: Oakland Fire Department facing closure of 6 stations if budget proposal passes The Oakland Fire chief explained Friday that this is a brown out process that will keep the stations closed ...

The budget cuts that temporarily closed two Oakland Fire Department stations until the summer — with four more likely to browned out next month — had already led both the fire chief and union ...

We are severely understaffed,” said Jerry May, president of San Jose Firefighters Local 230 Union and a San Jose Fire ...

Facing a budget deficit of nearly $130 million, Oakland leaders announced Friday they’re temporarily closing two firehouses in the city. The closures of Station 25 near Joaquin Miller Park and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- As Oakland faces a crippling $129 million budget deficit, two firehouses are set to close next week to help close the gap and that could mean slower response times for ...

It is unknown which four fire stations would be affected. “The closure of seven firehouses would be the end of the Oakland Fire Department as we know it,” Unger told The Oaklandside.

Oakland's fire chief said the temporary closure of two fire stations and using brownouts at other fire stations will help the city make up for a $130M deficit. Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington ...

Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington spoke Friday afternoon, saying there's a great amount of impact with stations closing, but his department's job is to lessen the impact to the public. " ...

A three-bedroom home went up in flames early Wednesday in the Oakland hills as firefighters arrived later than usual because ...