Oakland’s leaders have avoided fiscal responsibility for years. Now they want residents to pay the price. Oakland has overspent its tax revenues by more than $100 million annually since …
Fifteen months after he was fired as Oakland’s police chief, LeRonne Armstrong said Wednesday he would run for a City Council seat in November. The ex-chief, a 24-year veteran of …
The revelation of weighty discipline cases against several high-ranking Oakland police officers over an allegedly mishandled internal affairs investigation has plunged the scandal-ridden department into fresh controversy. The timing is …
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you mixed pirates with the Wet Bandits from “Home Alone,” we now have your answer. Police arrested three alleged seafaring burglars last …
At every step, the process of finding Oakland’s new police chief was fraught with political tensions between the city’s police commission, which shortlisted the job candidates, and Mayor Sheng Thao, …
OAKLAND — Facing the public here for the first time, new police Chief Floyd Mitchell leaned away from the city’s tricky problems around crime and policing, instead focusing part of …
OAKLAND -– If the recent past is any guide, perhaps the first question to ask about Oakland’s new police chief Floyd Mitchell is, “How long can he last?” Mitchell, hired …
Screenshot: ABC7 Bay Area Oakland, California is struggling to deal with a deluge of abandoned vehicles across the city. According to the Oakland Department of Transportation, 13,856 cars were reported …
OAKLAND — Rather than avoiding conflict during a tricky first year in office, Mayor Sheng Thao has consistently gone on the offensive. While she’s kept critics at bay on budget …
OAKLAND — The city’s civilian-led police oversight body was expected to whittle down a shortlist of four finalists to be Oakland’s next top cop on Thursday night — perhaps to …