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Friday Nights at OMCA-Earth Day in the Bay: This free event, in partnership with Oakland Unified School District teachers and ...

According to the recently published 2024 Annual Report, AFD responded to 10,012 incidents last year and provided mutual aid ...

It was a passion project that spanned around 15 years and cost over $1 million, but nearly two decades after technology ...

Construction on the Oakland Alameda Access Project is set to begin this fall, bringing major safety upgrades, improved bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and redesigned roadways aimed at easing ...

One month after opening its doors, San Jose’s safe parking site in Berryessa is at full capacity and has already helped ...

UNION CITY – One person was killed and another was seriously injured in back-to-back traffic collisions Tuesday night in ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that over $316 million worth of illegal cannabis was seized in the first quarter ...

The newly formed nonprofit Downtown Development Corporation, or DDC, will unite the private and nonprofit sectors, in partnership with the city, to focus on investments to help the downtown area ...

Mayor Kimo Alameda is refusing to kick the can down the street when it comes to improving Hawaiʻi County, saying Tuesday ...

A firefighter had to get creative to safely free the bird while preventing it from flying off with the fishing line in tow in ...