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Welcome to mornings on 2, it is saturday march first, im mike me beck. Im claudine wong. The rain is coming down in the bay area. Lets check in with rosemary. It finally begins to taper off. Look at where its really coming down in the mountains. Shades of yellow orange and red out there. Some of the rates are a half inch per hour to an inch and three quarters. This hammering parts of the santa cruz area and Scotts Valley is getting good rain. It moves south to had the monterrey area. San jose is...

After a lengthy closed-session meeting, the board delayed hearing the response to an unflattering audit from the agency's interim CEO

Measure Q was intended to maintain and improve the city's various parks. Three years later, the tax has accumulated millions of dollars, but a new audit finds the city also underspends the revenue each year -- accumulating about $22 million in rolled-over balance at a time when fire-safety advocates describe Oakland's parks as lacking maintenance and being at risk of wildfire.

Measure Q was intended to maintain and improve the city's various parks. Three years later, the tax has accumulated millions of dollars, but a new audit finds the city also underspends the revenue each year -- accumulating about $22 million in rolled-over balance at a time when fire-safety advocates describe Oakland's parks as lacking maintenance and being at risk of wildfire.

The SANDAG Board of Directors on Friday unanimously approved the appointment of Oakland's city auditor as the agency’s next independent auditor.

An unnamed Osterburg man was arrested for terrororistic threats.

By Sean Ryan Congresswoman Barbara Lee released a statement Tuesday night thanking the voters of California’s newly drawn 12th Congressional District for re-electing her to the United States Congress. Congresswoman Lee was first elected to serve the Oakland and the East Bay area in 1998, and she will be serving her 12th term in Congress. |

Progressive/Liberal Coalition Leads in City Council Races Results for District Attorney, Board of Supervisors and State Assembly Contests By Ken Epstein With thousands of votes remaining to be counted, Councilmember Loren Taylor is ahead of Councilmember Sheng Thao in what has shaped up as a two-candidate race for mayor of Oakland. Final vote counts are | Progressive/Liberal Coalition Leads in City Council Races Results for District Attorney, Board of Supervisors and State Assembly Contests By K...

Eligible Oakland residents will get $100 of city money to spend on candidates in elections for some city offices if Measure W passes this November.

The city of Oakland spent $69 million over four years housing unsheltered people, but has no idea if any of those nearly 9,000 people ever found permanent housing, according to a new report from the City Auditor.