Alameda County is seeing an overall drop in its homeless population, but one East Bay city is lagging behind on the trend.

Oakland’s homeless population rose 9% over the past two years, even as the total number of unhoused people in Alameda County dipped 3%, according to the latest official estimate released Wednesday.

Oakland and Alameda County released their latest homelessness tallies. These “point-in-time” counts occur every two years, mandated by the federal government for any jurisdiction that receives funding to address the crisis.

The Oakland Ballers baseball team is looking at the future as it prepares for its inaugural season at historic Raimondi Park, and hoping to incorporate more of the city's pro sports history.

The new Oakland Ballers independent baseball team is hoping to incorporate a bit of Oakland sports history in its renovated ballpark as the club prepares for its opener next month. An expansion team in the independent

The Oakland Ballers baseball team has submitted a letter to the Oakland City Council asking to repurpose around 5,000 disused bleacher seats currently sitting in the Oakland Coliseum parking lot. The seats were previously used by the Oakland Raiders during their tenure at the Coliseum between 1996 and 2019,

A row of electric school buses plugged into chargers that can send electricity back to the grid in Oakland, Calif. Photo courtesy of Zum. Share on facebook (opens in new window) Share on twitter (open

An Oakland, California, school district is now the first in the US to transition to a 100% electric school bus system with V2G technology.

Zum, the modern student transportation platform, announced today that Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) will be the first major school district in the U.S. to transition to a 100% electrified school bus system with groundbreaking vehicle-to-grid technology.

On Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics (19-25) are visiting the Houston Astros (17-25), at 8:10 PM ET. The Astros have won three straight.The Athletics are an away underdog (+200) at the Astros

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Oakland Athletics vs. Houston Astros MLB game to be played on May 14, 2024 on ESPN.

The Athletics make the trip to Houston to face the Astros! Both of these teams are struggling this season. The Astros are surprisingly struggling this year, while the Athletics have not been playing well,