A look at one city's approach to encampment management, one year after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling.

One of the largest Juneteenth celebrations takes place at Lake Merritt. This year, DJs Ice Cold, Slowpoke and others will be behind the turntables at this outdoor celebration of Black culture.

Many vendors and park-goers are concerned that being pushed to one side of the lake is a COVID-19 safety hazard that makes it difficult to be socially distant, "all it's doing is making a small ...

OAKLAND, CA - June 19: Officers and paramedics respond to a multi-injury shooting on the 2000 block of Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland, Calif., at Lake Merritt on Saturday, June 19, 2021. (Dylan ...

Oakland police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was reportedly found inside of a suitcase at Lake Merritt. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay.

OAKLAND, CA – JULY 24: Community members take part in a memorial service for Willie Ellis at Lake Merritt on Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. Ellis, 69, was homeless and sold various ...

After nooses were found hanging from trees around Oakland's Lake Merritt, Mayor Libby Schaaf responded Wednesday announcing that the incidents will be investigated as hate crimes. In a press ...

A Dumpster fire that spread to an apartment building in Oakland's Lake Merritt neighborhood early Wednesday morning damaged four of the building's units, ... (CA) (@OaklandFireCA) August 14, 2024.

A memorial to the man known as Willie Ellis, 69, now stands at the site where he spent decades affectionately greeting passerby and hawking an eclectic mix of well-priced odds-and-ends along the la… ...