Community

Incumbent Mayor Libby Schaaf and candidate Cat Brooks sparred over issues of education and homelessness during the second mayoral forum of the election season.

Sudo Mesh volunteers are hopeful that with the new resources and the right work, they can blanket all of Oakland in a functioning mesh network—a free and open web—within 5 years.

Dance instructor Carla Service led her final Dancing Under the Stars class at Jack London Square on August 31.

A pastor, a construction manager, and a Fulbright scholar—these are a few of the seven candidates running to represent District 4.

As the city and local volunteers rush to assist those displaced by an early morning fire at the East Oakland homeless encampment, questions and concerns about safe living spaces still remain.

Oakland City Council has just six weeks to act before a controversial rent control exemption goes back into effect after a temporary moratorium.

Oakland artists gathered at the Festival for Arts and Culture over Labor Day weekend to show the city that despite many economic forces working against them—including corporate cannabis—they are still here.

The Golden State Warriors recently sponsored a playhouse build with Habitat for Humanity groups that will helps raise money for Bay Area housing programs.

Senate Bill 1192 would require restaurants to serve unflavored milk or water as the default in kids’ meals.