He quit Hitler: In Matthew Whitaker’s historical political drama, ‘Truth & Treason,’ a teenage boy defies Nazi Germany during WWII.

‘Aligned’ exhibit highlights six local women artists on Ford Street in Oakland's Jingletown ...

Blood & Money Part One: The Violence Olasunkanmi Onipede should know a little something about torture. An immigrant from Nigeria, he left behind a country that by 1994 had fallen under the iron hand ...

Alonzo Carter pulled up to McClymonds High School in his burgundy and peanut-butter-colored drop-top ’87 Corvette. As he stepped out, wearing black knee-high leather boots, a leather jacket, and no ...

Oakland is once again in an uproar over a fatal police shooting of an African-American man. In 2007, it was Gary King Jr. In 2009, it was Oscar Grant. In 2010, it was Derrick Jones. In 2011, it was ...

Since 2011, AC Transit Board Director At-Large Joel Young has racked up a list of notable misdeeds unmatched in East Bay politics. Two years after being appointed to the seat, he began what was then ...

A subtitle for “Aligned,” Gray Loft Gallery’s exhibition of the work of six local women artists, might be “Fluidity.” The show in the third-floor space on Ford Street in Oakland’s Jingletown ...

Samier Ayesh was shot to death outside the East Oakland Dollar & More convenience store on June 10, 2010. Earlier that evening, Samier Ayesh and his brothers Adham, Awad, and Samey were getting ready ...

Jesse Stovall was a married, 35-year-old father of two who appeared to be obsessed with a 16-year-old girl. She was the star of Bear Swimming, the Berkeley-based swim team that he coached. Stovall’s ...

Jerry Brown considers the Oakland School for the Arts and the Oakland Military Institute to be among his signature achievements as mayor of Oakland. But one decade after he founded the schools, their ...

It’s not hard to find a decent vegetarian or vegan restaurant in the Bay Area, but where can meat-lovers, cheese-loving vegetarians, and vegans peacefully coexist? It can be challenging to find a ...

When Liba Falafel first started slinging falafel sandwiches and salads in 2009, it was one of a handful of new-school food trucks to hit the streets in the East Bay. This was back when taco trucks ...