Founded in 1950 on the shores of Lake Merritt, the Fairyland amusement park celebrated its 75th birthday through a special ...

The eatery has 160-plus flavors of cheesecake, loaded brisket fries and something really meaty called “Chiblam.” ...

Seventy years ago, civic boosters like Frank Ogawa gifted hundreds of the cotton-candy flowered trees to Oakland. Today, just ...

The city of Oakland is clearing encampments around Lake Merritt starting Wednesday April 1. It is giving people in tents at ...

At present, there are 682 people experiencing homelessness in Vallejo — 0.56% of the city’s total population according to the ...

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.

who owned Oakland’s largest floral nursery, and William Penn Mott, the city’s parks superintendent, approached the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club with a novel idea: an amusement park for little ...

Today, Oakland’s economic and public safety challenges certainly still exist, but the new year is feeling like a turning point. Violent crime dropped by 19% from 2023 to 2024, according to an ...

During the first two days of February, an atmospheric river dumped torrential rain over California, triggering widespread landslides, 'Biblical' flooding and sending Lake Berryessa's water level ...