In December of 2024, the City Council placed the sales tax proposal, Measure A, on the ballot in an effort to help tackle Oakland's on-going budget shortfall, which is estimated at $280 million over ...

OAKLAND VOTERS HEAD to the polls Tuesday for a special election to select a new mayor, city councilmember and decide the fate of a half-cent sales tax proposal. The election was called after former ...

Starting next Tuesday, city officials said, efforts to “replant trees and other plants” will lead them to clear tents around Lake Merritt’s 3.4-mile perimeter.

Police are investigating after someone was stabbed while sleeping inside a car a few blocks from Oakland's Lake Merritt over the weekend. The assault was initially reported as a shooting ...

The native of Jamaica moved to Oakland 10 years ago, and once attended Laney College, a short walk from ... the the channel that flows from Lake Merritt to the Oakland Estuary.

This week, the city of Oakland will begin clearing encampments around Lake Merritt as part of efforts to beautify the area. People living in tents have been given notice to move.

Oakland begins clearing encampments around Lake Merritt this week. Outreach teams are offering shelter services. The cleanup at Peralta Park coincides with a re-vegetation project aimed at ...