Oakland has notified homeless individuals near Lake Merritt to leave for environmental cleanup and revegetation, despite ...

Starting next Tuesday, city officials said, efforts to “replant trees and other plants” will lead them to clear tents around Lake Merritt’s 3.4-mile perimeter.

The City of Oakland is ordering around 20 people living in encampments near Lake Merritt to move. In a few days, the city ...

Back in November, the fish-loving community was chuffed to the gills after several dead Chinook salmon carcasses floated to ...

A victim was stabbed while sleeping in a car near Lake Merritt in Oakland. The incident occurred on Sunday morning. The victim told police they were stabbed by an unknown person who entered their car.

Oakland begins clearing encampments around Lake Merritt this week. Outreach teams are offering shelter services. The cleanup at Peralta Park coincides with a re-vegetation project aimed at ...

The city of Oakland is clearing encampments around Lake Merritt starting Wednesday April 1. It is giving people in tents at ...

Prosecutors charged JaJuan Kelly, 23, with four counts of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm for allegedly shooting four people on the evening of June 19 at Oakland's Lake Merritt.