Documentary film in the works on Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco
Filmmakers Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone were interested in making a movie about a famous music club. It…
Friday Nights at OMCA with Off the Grid | Oakland Museum of California
If Oakland has a weekly living room, it’s Friday nights at OMCA. Every week, the museum’s campus transforms…
Oakland County firefighter millage on primary ballot
July 20, 2026, 6:49 a.m. ET Chief Ryan Allen, of the Orion Township Fire Department, inside one of…
Oakland’s new police chief is a living example of the agency’s transformation
Oakland has a new, permanent police chief. Mayor Barbara Lee recently named James Beere to the job, after…
Karmo new president of statewide family physicians group – The Oakland Press
A Farmington Hills family doctor has taken over the top leadership role for the state largest association of…
Coastal Live Oak Under Threat: Saving Oakland’s Namesake Tree
OAKLAND – The roots extending from Oakland’s namesake oak tree species run deeper throughout the Bay Area city…
Documentary film in the works on Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco
Filmmakers Kevin Smokler and Christopher Boone were interested in making a movie about a famous music club. It…
Man fatally shot near Lake Merritt
Oakland crime trending downward As 2025 draws to a close, the City of Oakland’s crime data appears to…
OPD Arrests Suspect Linked to Two Downtown Bank Robberies
Published on July 20, 2026
For Immediate Release: July 20, 2026 OPD NEWS:…
Expanded pretrial services helped more people stay out of jail in Alameda County, court data shows
A recently launched Alameda County Superior Court program is reducing recidivism, according to data compiled by the court,…
1 dead in shooting near Oakland’s Lake Merritt – NBC Bay Area
Oakland police are investigating a shooting death from early Sunday near Lake Merritt. Just before 3 a.m., officers…
Clint Reilly, Political Consultant and Newspaper Owner, Dies at 79
I never met Clint Reilly, but knew him vaguely as that person who fired me. It was 2021,…