Maria Bee has 25 years of experience practicing law. She will oversee all litigation matters for the city.
PG&E blamed the problem on a passing truck or train.
The city councilwoman is unhappy with the defense she received in a lawsuit, during which the judge ruled she had committed perjury.
Two men claim the law violates the constitutional rights of due process and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
An Oakland City Councilman will spend 2 nights in a Pocket House to draw attention to the program.
Racial profiling, bias and rebuilding community trust on Mayor Schaaf and Police Chief Kirkpatrick's agenda. Session begins at 6 p.m.
Both Derick Almena and Max Harris will serve prison sentences for the deaths of 36 people in the fire.
"By using (a) deferred payment process, elected officials are leading the city toward service insolvency."
Expect plenty of detours.....followed by smooth roads.
Organizers say they want lawmakers to keep families together.
The City of Oakland had sued multiple oil companies in an effort to get them to pay the costs of dealing with sea level rise.
The local office is among 43 in the state that will operate two Saturdays a month beginning in July.
"...homelessness, illegal dumping, and sex trafficking...job training, our parks and healthy projects for our children and families."
Victims were beaten, shot and set on fire in Oakland.
A fire captain claimed discrimination and retaliation against the former chief.
The City wants to ban the shipment of up to 5 million metric tons of coal a year through Oakland.
A political Action Committee (PAC) funded by billionaire George Soros backs challenger Pamela Price.
The cities and counties in the lawsuit will share a $60 million settlement.
Oakland tried to block shipments of coal through a planned terminal at the former Oakland Army Base.
The victim was 21 years old. The convicted rapist is 6-foot-5 and weighs 300 pounds.
36 people were killed in the fire in December 2016.
They claim that he took contributions from backers of development. He says he has a broad range of contributors.
Oakland opposes a census question about legal citizenship.
The case hinged on the conditions of the property.
The violations happened between September 2014 and June 2017.
They're trying to change the law with a ballot measure this November.
Derick Almena's bail is set at $750,000. His attorneys are trying to get him released from jail without bail.
The District 4 seat will be up for grabs in the November election.
Almena is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count for each person killed in the fire.
The A's have offered to take over the debt owed by Oakland and Alameda County, in exchange for ownership of the Coliseum site.
The city says the owner move-in was a sham aimed at increasing rent.
The protesters also demonstrated outside a coffee shop that refuses to serve cops.
The ordinance would require restaurants, bars and cafes to only give plastic straws out to customers on request.
She has been ordered to repay nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
The promoters paid $450,000 to secure concerts in Croatia, Hungary and Romania. The agent who cheated them pleaded guilty in federal court.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions criticized Schaaf for warning residents of impending ICE operations.
ICE reports that individuals with drugs, weapons and sex crimes in their backgrounds escaped arrest in Oakland, possibly because of Schaaf.
Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the possible raids on a Facebook post.
The city council is looking at the proposal.
The 15-year-old boy who was killed wanted to be a firefighter.