Emmanuel Singh believes that his business, couchdate, belongs in Downtown Oakland. But following a series of disputes with ...

Oakland Fire Department inspection crews meet as the assess the structural integrity of the building as recovery efforts continue following the Ghost Ship fire that has so far claimed 36 lives in ...

Firefighters battled a large blaze at a vacant apartment building in Oakland's Chinatown on Wednesday night, according to the ...

Oakland officials revealed Thursday that no building code enforcement inspector has been inside the warehouse where 36 people died in at least 30 years, raising new questions about government ...

Guards who protect Oakland buildings and other city property might be the latest casualties of the ongoing budget crisis.

Freeman’s retirement will leave Oakland short of another major department head following Mayor Sheng Thao’s firing of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong earlier this year.

OAKLAND — A former city building inspector who’s been accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other illegal payments has been slapped with a $300,600 fine following a ...

Oakland, a city that’s met only a fifth of its affordable housing goals, approved plans to seek a developer to turn its police headquarters into a mixed-use project with at least 600 units.

Before the deadly fire claimed the lives of at least three dozen people, there were signs that something wasn't right at the Oakland warehouse.

OAKLAND — A former city building inspector who’s been accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other illegal payments has been slapped with a $300,600 fine following a ...