Oakland driver killed in daylight shooting near Lake Merritt
OAKLAND — A man was fatally shot Sunday while driving near Lake Merritt and crashed his vehicle into a nearby motel parking lot, creating a public crime scene but no …
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A putrid, unidentified smell is torturing Oakland commuters
FILE: A commuter looks on as a BART train pulls into a station in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images If you commute from Oakland to San Francisco each morning, chances …
Oakland dive bar immortalized by Green Day is closing after 24 years
The Ruby Room in Oakland, Calif., is closing after 24 years. Mariah Tiffany/ Special to SFGATE It’s the end of an era: Iconic Oakland dive bar Ruby Room is closing …
Residents rebel as Oakland tries to shut down a popular lakeside party
Participants dance at Days Like This at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2023. Patricia Chang/Special to SFGATE On a recent Friday evening at Lake Merritt, a dance circle …
Burning Man art car with $250,000 sound system spotted in Oakland
A user of X, formerly known as Twitter, posted a photo of Project: Empire on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Courtesy of David Gallagher It’s not a turtle. It’s not a …
Cult favorite restaurant closes Oakland spot, expands across Bay Area
Customers line up outside Vegan Mob, a vegan BBQ and soul food restaurant in Oakland, in 2020. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate Cult favorite meat-free restaurant Vegan Mob is expanding across the Bay …
The best Oakland museums for kids, ranked
A child paints at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, Calif. Henna H. via Yelp From hands-on art making at the Museum of Children’s Art to learning about California …
Oakland restaurants say they’re on the brink of extinction
According to annual data from the Oakland Police Department, some of city’s busiest corridors are seeing a steady rise in commercial burglaries. Brad Wenner/Getty Images LED signs flash, advertising Vietnamese and Japanese …
Oakland mayor boosts disgraced NBA star’s proposed new restaurant
Former NBA player and Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson (left) and Oakland mayor Sheng Thao in Oakland on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Gabe Fernandez/SFGATE Allegations that Kevin Johnson sexually abused several …