The Trader Joe’s announcement gives the neighborhood both the park and the store it has wanted.

In District 2 council race, purloining of opponent’s campaign signs and illegal posting of her own raises larger issues.

Oakland’s third Homeless Connect event coincides with the opening of the 100-bed winter shelter. Volunteers and donations are very much needed.

The first in a series about the homeless and street people in our neighborhoods, our successes and failures, and the complex issues that arise.

City of Oakland Hearing Officer Barbara Killey rejected Thursday the Hahn family’s request to extend operation on Thursdays to 1:30 a.m. and insisted they conform to the existing cabaret license.

It’s quite fitting that my first column is about the Lake Merritt geese — particularly since I’ve pledged to dish “All the Poop That’s Fit to Scoop.”