Barbara Lee has a big one on her side. She announced Thursday morning that former Vice President Kamala Harris — once a colleague of Lee’s in Congress — has endorsed her run for reelection as ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses a lawsuit against Meta during a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Oakland. At right is New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport.

Skyline High School is quietly outperforming a lot of schools in the Bay Area and California at one thing: sending diverse and low-income students to college. A recent San Francisco Chronicle data ...

Slowly but surely, more campaigns are using videos and songs made with artificial intelligence. We asked local candidates and experts about the implications.

A running list of restaurants that have recently closed in Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, and beyond.

The Cultural Affairs Commission advises Oakland on culture policy. It has 4 open spots for Oakland residents.

A Utah state fund is pursuing a $45M deal to help build the controversial West Oakland terminal to ship coal to Japan.

Slowly but surely, more campaigns are using videos and songs made with artificial intelligence. We asked local candidates and experts about the implications.

A mayor’s race, three City Council seats, three competitive school board races, and a stack of ballot measures. A conversation with Oaklandside editors.

There are open seats on oversight bodies that guide the school district on major initiatives from repurposing vacant properties to allocating tax dollars.

The 180-page lawsuit makes a slew of allegations about the East Oakland affordable housing that was initially designed for seniors. After the county invoked a powerful but little-used legal process to ...

Two officers, disciplined for failures in investigating misconduct by homicide detective Phong Tran, say the city blew its deadline to hold them accountable.