Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Lake Merritt is also known as the jewel of Oakland. A new campaign that launched Monday hopes to add some shine to the popular destination, which has also been the scene of crimes, ...

Earlier this month, signs posted around Oakland’s Lake Merritt made some joggers stop in their tracks. “Avoid water contact,” they cautioned in bold letters. “Harmful algae may be present.” But Eileen ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- At least four people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland's Lake Merritt on Wednesday night, police said. Officials say at around 9 p.m., Oakland police and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a cold and breezy night on Friday, but it's nothing to stop the locals as Oakland will host another concert at Lake Merritt on Saturday. ABC7's Ryan Curry spoke with ...

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 improving ...

For Ttori Johnson, 42, 510 Day is a movement. It’s a day when generations of Oaklanders like himself and long-time residents come together to say they are “Still here, living for our city, fighting ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Oakland’s Lake Merritt BART Station may soon have a new name: Oakland Chinatown Station. At a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for a senior housing development that will be on top of the station, ...