Artist Julie Engelmann swiftly moves her hand across a wall, spraying pale yellow paint to make blond bangs. She’s working on Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu’s signature dyed hair from 40 feet in the ...

Jennifer Brouhard, the current board president, argues she’s built stability. Arielle Fleisher, an OUSD parent, sees a ...

Nosh covers food and restaurant news across the East Bay, and each week we publish one article covering all the restaurant ...

The Dearing's home, left, was in 1924 the site of mob attacks, threats, attempted bombings, and other racial violence by Piedmont residents who sought to push the Black family out of the city. Credit: ...

Nearly a year after approving the $2.25 million surveillance tech, OPD hasn’t signed a contract, raising questions about how ...

Oakland’s decade-long coal war has officially come to an end, at least in the courts. Last Wednesday, the California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that effectively paves the ...

One of the only permitted projects from the community-led traffic calming project is a traffic island in East Oakland that was built by residents earlier in 2026. Credit: Traffic Violence Rapid ...

And a settlement with three landlords last week likely spelled the end of the case, which alleged abuse and illegal evictions. The program operator says she was mistreated by the city and courts.

A Flock Safety automated license plate reader camera near 51st Street and Broadway in Oakland. Credit: Darwin BondGraham/The Oaklandside There are 293 automated license plate readers spread around ...

The Oakland City Council approved an updated sale agreement with a private developer on July 13, 2026 that outlines a new schedule for when Oakland will be paid for its portion of the Coliseum complex ...

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At its peak a few years ago, some 200 or 300 people lived along Wood Street, at the western edge of Oakland. They slept in RVs, trailers, and sheds they built by hand. These days, that stretch of the ...