Oakland drivers are slowing down near speed cameras. Could red-light cameras be next? – The Mercury News
Early city data shows motorists slowing down along some of Oakland’s most dangerous streets, prompting the city’s transportation…
Snapp Shots: New police chief good news for Oakland, bad for bad guys
Good news! Jim Beere, the Oakland Police Department’s interim chief, isn’t the interim chief any more. After an…
Remembering Pamela Cross, the ‘Matriarch of Telegraph Avenue’
Pamela Doreen Mary Cross passed away on April 29. Just three weeks prior, her family and friends celebrated…
Police investigating fatal shooting in North Oakland
Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Wednesday morning along Martin Luther King Jr. Way…
Snapp Shots: East Bay librarian offers up kids’ summer reading list
When I was a kid, they used to make us read as a punishment for being naughty. I…
Snapp Shots: Historic East Bay church to host benefit concert in July
Did you know that Alameda wasn’t always an island? It used to be connected to the mainland by…
Snapp Shots: North Oakland’s annual Garden of Memory event coming up
Berkeley-based pianist Sarah Cahill has something in common with another musician with whom she’s not often compared: jazzman…
Rep. Simon, UCSF announce $1 million for cancer research center
On Monday, U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, on a break from what she calls the “horrific” political situation in…
Proposals for two new Grocery Outlet stores make progress in Oakland
OAKLAND — Grocery Outlet is pushing ahead with plans for two new stores in Oakland, moves that would…
Proposals for two new Grocery Outlet stores make progress in Oakland
OAKLAND — Grocery Outlet is pushing ahead with plans for two new stores in Oakland, moves that would…
Man expected to face charges after barricading himself in Oakland 7-Eleven
PITTSBURGH — A man is expected to face charges after barricading himself inside a 7-Eleven in Oakland. A…
East Bay to host yearly memorial for Japanese WWII vets
In late October 1944, the 1st Battalion of the Texas National Guard’s 141st Regiment, aka “the Alamo Regiment,”…