When the sun sets on the Oakland Zoo this month, a new set of animals will come to life. Filled with thousands of LED lights, these illuminated lantern creatures — some as large as 25 feet tall and 65 ...

The Oakland Zoo and its staff are excited about the latest bundle of joy to join them, a giraffe named Nuru, and they're hoping visitors will be as well after meeting him. From the moment Amy Phelps ...

The Oakland Zoo said Tuesday it will move its 30-year-old African elephant, Osh, to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee this fall, leaving the zoo without any elephants for the first time in 75 years.

Oakland lost the Raiders and the Warriors. The A’s are leaving this fall. Next to go? The elephants. But it’s not what you might think. Osh, the lone elephant remaining from a once thriving group of ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Puppets, critters and children in the East Bay just got a $400,000 boost from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences, a California congresswoman announced Friday. The ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It has been a busy 24 hours for Oakland firefighters. Friday night's big warehouse fire was followed by a series of other fires -- many related to illegal fireworks. Oakland ...

A two-alarm vegetation prompted an evacuation at the Oakland Zoo and freeway closures out of an abundance of caution. The Oakland Fire Department said the fire may have been sparked by fireworks.