The law is a favorite tool among the trade unions, which threaten developers with it to extract concessions. Any CEQA reform is likely to require the unions’ stamp of approval.

FORMER CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE Barbara Lee took the lead Friday afternoon in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, ...

OAKLAND — Loren Taylor and Barbara Lee are locked in a tight race to be the next mayor of Oakland, a special election that ...

Pittsburgh Police and University of Pittsburgh Police were called to the scene of two robberies that occurred late Tuesday ...

OAKLAND — A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly driving a stolen car that plowed into another vehicle in West Oakland in 2023, leaving its driver dead and a passenger badly injured.

Oakland voters will select a new mayor and new city council member. Voters will also weigh in on a sales tax measure.

On Friday, a slow but steady stream of curious neighbors wandered into West Oakland’s new food hall in search of lunch. The crowd was all over the map: young families pushing strollers ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police are investigating two crimes that happened within 15 minutes of one another in North and West Oakland this week. A crime alert went out to Pitt students ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A West Oakland nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in underserved youth has rallied robust community support after it was revealed the foundation would lose its funding ...