OAKLAND — A group of city councilmembers said Tuesday they have found room in Oakland’s two-year budget to prevent worker layoffs, temporary fire station closures or other deep service cuts that had ...

The cuts will come in two phases, a short-term plan, where changes will take effect immediately, and another round of changes ...

The Oakland Fire Department started this year’s fire season with some wins in hand. Measure MM, a local special tax on those living in Oakland’s Wildfire Prevention Zone, will soon pour money into ...

Oakland city council just passed a spending plan for the next two years, weeks ahead of the July 1 deadline. In a process virtually unrecognizable from last year’s amendment marathon, the city’s ...