Oakland Athletics reportedly miss April rent payment citing COVID-19

According to the East Bay Times, the payment was due on April 1, but team executives said they had "no ability to pay" during the COVID-19 pandemic

Oakland A's miss rent payment for Coliseum
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The Oakland A's reportedly missed making their monthly rent payment to use the Oakland Coliseum.

Oakland Police Department reports 4th COVID-19 case

Oakland Police Department confirmed its fourth case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson. The case was discovered Monday evening. 

Oakland teen featured on nation's 'Graduate Together' event is rising musician

A teenage musician attending the Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) was among a handful of students highlighted in a nationwide virtual event over the weekend to celebrate the 3 million high school seniors in the U.S. who won’t be able to walk across the stage for graduation due to coronavirus restrictions.

Body found by train tracks in Oakland

A man was killed early Tuesday in Oakland, a fire battalion chief told KTVU.

Square lets employees work from home permanently

San Francisco tech-company Square is now allowing employees to work from home permanently. 

Oakland teens known as 'Bored Bread Heads' donate 100 loaves of bread to needy

It began as a stress relieving outlet and a way for a group of students from Oakland Technical High School to connect with one another during the pandemic.

Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opens Monday in East Oakland

The first drive-through testing location in East Oakland, the site is the result of a partnership between the city, Allen Temple, Community Organized Relief Effort and Verily, an Alphabet company, providing the Baseline COVID-19 Program platform to manage appointments.

Oakland city council to decide on allowing 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in school board elections

The Oakland Youth Vote measure, authored by City Council President Rebecca Kaplan, has garnered support from the Mayor Libby Schaaf as well as other city leaders and local organizations.

Man found shot to death early Saturday in East Oakland

Officers responded about 12:30 a.m. to a car crash in the 7700 block of MacArthur Boulevard, where they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound, according to Oakland police.

Food distribution drive-thru held in San Francisco and Oakland

On Saturday, the Salvation Army joined with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for drive-thru food distributions in Oakland and San Francisco.

Oakland Police Department names 5 officers in fatal April shooting of suspect in Richmond

The names of five Oakland police officers involved in the fatal April 16 shooting of a kidnap and attempted murder suspect were released Friday by the Oakland Police Department.

Oakland prohibits parking at Lake Merritt

In an attempt to limit the number of people converging on Oakland's Lake Merritt, the city eliminated parking this weekend near the lake beginning Friday and next weekend through Memorial Day.

Twitter's Jack Dorsey said he's donating $10M to buy Oakland kids computers

Twitter's Jack Dorsey said he wanted to close the digital divide within the Oakland Unified School District, where about 25,000 students do not have adequate access to computers or Wi-Fi.