Oakland

On Wednesday, the spotlight was on a contest for those who think they’re a ringer for one of Oakland’s favorite daughters, movie star Zendaya.

There is a search to find movie star Zendaya’s doppelgänger in her hometown of Oakland.

Bishop O’Dowd High, a private Catholic school in Oakland, fired an English teacher for “insubordination” after she refused to stop wearing a pin bearing the Palestinian flag and the words “Free Palestine.”

The fight over the renaming of Oakland’s airport was headed to federal court Thursday, with the city of San Francisco filing a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Port of Oakland.

A Jewish man from Oakland is claiming he was kicked out of a local coffee shop over the weekend for wearing a Star of David hat.

A viral video of tires being dumped in a residential part of Oakland is shining a light on the bigger issue of illegal dumping throughout the city. City officials are implementing new strategies to catch the illegal dumpers, but some residents aren’t feeling too hopeful.

The Oakland Zoo is saying goodbye to the Bay Area’s last remaining African elephant.

A martial arts icon now has his own street in Oakland.

Oakland teens are transforming their lives after a group of adults saw them going down the wrong path and decided to take action.

One person died after being attacked by three dogs Sunday afternoon in Oakland. Now, the victim’s family is speaking out.

Oakland’s police chief is calling on the public to help stop the violence after a particularly bloody week in the city.

Oakland’s police chief is calling on the public to help stop the violence after a particularly bloody week in the city.

An Oakland family’s apartment has become overrun with rats and mice and they claim they’re struggling to get their landlord to help them.

In just 16 seconds a west Oakland business had its ATM stolen.

An unhoused Oakland group is suing the city after it attempted to clear them out.

The Oakland Fire Department on Wednesday hosted a memorial service for firefighter-paramedic Caeden Laffan aboard the USS Hornet in Alameda.

A newly released subpoena is shedding light on what appears to be a federal grand jury investigation tied to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

The company responsible for spilling raw meat across Interstate 880 in Oakland last month is a Texas-based animal rendering company with a long history of accidentally dumping animal carcasses, blood, and meat parts across U.S. roadways, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has confirmed through the California Highway Patrol.

An East Bay community rallied around an ice cream vendor attacked and robbed at gunpoint in Oakland last month.

Chicken and beef parts spilled off a truck on Interstate 880 in Oakland, causing a huge traffic backup during the Friday evening commute, according the California Highway Patrol.