New Orchard / Galleries on 25 gives larger works and exhibits ‘space to breathe.' ...

While Stovall’s fate will now be determined in a courtroom, a separate case in San Jose and a related lawsuit suggest that sexual abuse by swim coaches is a widespread problem that’s been ...

The fun usually slinks away to die in places like San Francisco City Hall Room 416 — its grave demarcated by bland fluorescent lighting, cheap wood paneling, and expensive three-piece suits. But on ...

The Secret Sidewalk is, for many residents of South Alameda County, a secret getaway from suburban civilization. A jump over the metal gate, a climb under a barbed-wire fence, and a precarious hike ...

I got kicked out of a public, federal immigration court hearing yesterday because I’m a newspaper reporter. And it wasn’t the judge who wanted me to leave. It was the Immigration and Customs ...

To Oakland’s fire inspectors, the Ghost Ship warehouse really was invisible: The extremely dangerous building sailed unseen for years, evading fire-safety inspectors until it burned on Friday night.

Alonzo Carter pulled up to McClymonds High School in his burgundy and peanut-butter-colored drop-top ’87 Corvette. As he stepped out, wearing black knee-high leather boots, a leather jacket, and no ...

This has been a stellar year for new bakery openings in the East Bay. To paraphrase Zuzu Bailey’s high-pitched exclamation at the end of It’s A Wonderful Life, “Every time a bell rings a bakery opens.

The City of Oakland lost a big whistleblower lawsuit yesterday in federal district court. The case, brought by Daryelle Lawana Preston, Oakland’s former director of employee relations, included ...

Folks who had given up on going to art shows a decade or so ago re-emerged February 6 at Oakstop, a co-working space and art gallery in Uptown Oakland. Event-goers rekindled relationships with old ...

Samier Ayesh was shot to death outside the East Oakland Dollar & More convenience store on June 10, 2010. Earlier that evening, Samier Ayesh and his brothers Adham, Awad, and Samey were getting ready ...

Oakland is once again in an uproar over a fatal police shooting of an African-American man. In 2007, it was Gary King Jr. In 2009, it was Oscar Grant. In 2010, it was Derrick Jones. In 2011, it was ...