Stage is the president of the Oakland Firesafe Council. She says the city and residents have become ... we've cleared the overhanging trees," Stage said. Along with defensible space, she says ...

Fire trucks were patrolling the Oakland hills. Air tankers were poised to take off. Mutual aide was on standby. The weather cooperated. This week, however, in the midst of a city budget crisis ...

An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...

As the fires continued to rage across the city this week, many of Altadena’s neat 1950s houses and towering trees had been reduced ... “We’ll be transparent with the public as we know ...

Woodland City Council approved a resolution to designate the location of new landmark and specimen trees to the Woodland ...

(KRON) — After several years of working remotely, Oakland city workers received orders this week to begin returning to the office. Oakland City Administrator Jestin Johnson sent a memo to staff ...

The City of Oakland is facing a budget deficit of nearly $130 million for the 2024-25 fiscal year Nearly 100 city employees are being laid off to help close the deficit City officials called the ...

The city of Oakland is bracing for massive layoffs next month that could impact dozens of city workers, according to officials. The city is grappling with a nearly $130 million budget shortfall ...

The indictment states that the city official was to be approved by David and Andy Duong - the father and son of a high-profile family in Oakland, which has contracts with the city for its ...

City Councilmember Zac Unger, who was an Oakland firefighter for 27 years, told Fox Digital that four more stations could face closures because of deficits. "We have three firehouses currently ...

Drivers in Oakland were asked to avoid Skyline Boulevard near Redwood Road on Saturday because of a large, downed tree. Oakland firefighters and safety crews were on scene in the ...