Barbara Lee is wrong: Oakland is no different than San Francisco and San Jose. Lee’s approach to the homelessness problem is ...

Last year, Oakland voters recalled Mayor Barbara Lee’s predecessor, Sheng Thao, in large part over boiling frustrations about ...

OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell said the 2023 ransomware cybersecurity attack that crippled some of Oakland's information technology ...

New data shows the number of unhoused residents has hardly budged since 2023 — though more of them are sheltered.

In her first public statements about the bill’s deep cuts to health care and food aid, Lee explains why she stayed quiet ...

SB 38 is a chance to change that. The “Second Chance Program” shifts the focus from punishment to healing, supporting ...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said nothing is off the table when it comes to potential expansion, including the return of ...

SB 33 will create the California Success, Opportunity and Academic Resilience (CalSOAR) Program to temporarily provide ...

Disdain for most | Explain yourself | Hetch Hetchy. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for July 13, 2025.

Renters do not receive tax advantages equivalent to those available to homeowners. Homeowners, if they itemize, can deduct ...

A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as tremors, immobility and loss of balance. Now, scientists at Northwestern ...