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Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is to be credited for his request this week that the investigation into the August 2007 death of journalist Chauncey Bailey be turned over to the state attorney general. Earlier this week, the Oakland Police Department's...

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is to be credited for his request this week that the investigation into the August 2007 death of journalist Chauncey Bailey be turned over to the state attorney general. Earlier this week, the Oakland Police Department's...

While he didn't realize it at the time, suspected armed robber Alexander Davidson's plan was over from the moment his intended victim screamed for help. He was up against a determined Berkeley resident who would chase him down, becoming a neighborhood hero...

While he didn't realize it at the time, suspected armed robber Alexander Davidson's plan was over from the moment his intended victim screamed for help. He was up against a determined Berkeley resident who would chase him down, becoming a neighborhood hero...

It was good to see that the Oakland City Council did the right thing this week by voting to cut its staff and office expenses to help eliminate the city's $42 million budget deficit. But Mayor Ron Dellums is trying to dodge the bullet, saying he plans to cut...

It was good to see that the Oakland City Council did the right thing this week by voting to cut its staff and office expenses to help balance the city's $42 million budget deficit. But Mayor Ron Dellums is trying to dodge the bullet, saying he plans to cut...

If imitation is one of the most sincere forms of flattery, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama should be blushing right about now. While some angry voters have chanted Obama's middle name, "Hussein," as an insult at Republican rallies, local...

It's been 17 years since the East Bay hills inferno, but a blaze that scorched nearly half of Angel Island this week was enough to bring back Bay Area residents' memories of the dangers of wildfire this time of year. After the furious 1991 fire burned in...

It's been 17 years since the East Bay hills inferno, but a blaze that scorched nearly half of Angel Island this week was enough to bring back Bay Area residents' memories of the dangers of wildfire this time of year. After the furious 1991 fire burned in...

For Oakland residents as fed up as I am with elected city officials who have neglected their fiduciary and legislative responsibilities, leaving residents in the dark and the city in a huge financial hole, it's time that the entire political structure be put...

For Oakland residents as fed up as I am with elected city officials who have neglected their fiduciary and legislative responsibilities, leaving residents in the dark and the city in a huge financial hole, it's time that the entire political structure be put...

Times are tough just about everywhere, from Wall Street to 14th Street in downtown Oakland, where Mayor Ron Dellums is trying to lead the city out of a $42 million deficit. In the middle of a budget crunch, Dellums faces another challenge that will require...

Times are tough just about everywhere, from Wall Street to 14th Street in downtown Oakland, where Mayor Ron Dellums is trying to lead the city out of a $42 million deficit. In the middle of a budget crunch, Dellums faces another challenge that will require...

Oakland's budget crisis seems to have lit a fuse under Mayor Ron Dellums, who has been present and engaged in intense negotiations in recent weeks. His speech to the City Council this week was the most coherent, logical and on-point address he has delivered...