Unusual timing and low morale might result in low voter turnout. Civic groups say April 15 is a critical election and are ...

An Oakland County commission decision to increase sheriff department contract costs is forcing county municipalities and school districts to make tough budget decisions. Last November ...

The Alameda County District Attorney is deciding whether to try a 16-year-old accused of murdering a 15-year-old over a ...

Tensions have flared to the point that Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan likened the director’s decisions to a “pattern of lies.” ...

Surveillance video shows burglars repeatedly backing a Lexus SUV into a Shell gas station in Oakland's Rockridge District before dawn Friday.

The Oakland Fire Protection District was the subject of massive theft by its own trustees several years ago.  We broke the ...