Community

With Mayor’s endorsement in hand, Oakland hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics makes their way out of the underground.

The Oakland Zoo opened a new center dedicated to conserving the rich variety of wildlife in California and beyond.

Meet Dorothea, this week’s adoptable animal.

The new east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened late Monday night, more than seven hours ahead of schedule.

Festival organizers estimate at least 45,000 people came out to Oakland Pride on Sunday, up about 18 percent from 38,000 last year.

See what’s going on in Oakland this weekend.

Each week, Oakland North features an animal that is up for adoption at the Oakland Animal Shelter. This week, we have Chester.

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will be shut down Wednesday night for a five-day construction project by Caltrans, the Bay Area Toll Authority and the California Transportation Commission.

Oakland barbers pitched in with free haircuts and backpacks to give kids a literal head start for the first day of school. The event at the E Cuts salon in Temescal was one of a group of back-to-school events to help ease low income families into fall and display community good will.