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 ...

Dive teams searched Lake Merritt in Oakland for a gun possibly used in the Oct. 3 shooting of Condor Club manager Mark ...

Rare salmon sightings have been reported at Oakland's Lake Merritt over the past few days, creating a lot of excitement. James Robinson of Oakland's Lake Merritt Institute is almost giddy about the ...

The city of Oakland is clearing encampments around Lake Merritt starting Wednesday April 1. It is giving people in tents at Peralta Park seven days to move. Outreach teams are providing shelter ...

Lake Merritt's Eastshore Park will be filled to the brim Thursday morning for what's become a tradition for many: the Oakland Turkey Trot. In its ninth year, the trot brings "The Town's" community ...

Are bubbles the new fossil-dig kits, the new slime? Paging all parents: Is getting a bubble-blowing machine the thing that’ll make your kid explode with joy in 2025? An interactive attraction in ...

Hundreds turned out for the first night of the Autumn Lights Festival at the Gardens at Lake Merritt on Thursday evening. The festival, which features more than 70 locally-produced illuminated art ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Imagination and creativity come alive at Children's Fairyland on the shores of Oakland's Lake Merritt. For 75 years, the 10-acre storybook park has helped generations create ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- A public "BBQing While Black" event is taking place at Oakland's Lake Merritt Sunday, one of many responses to an incident in which police were called on African Americans ...

Are bubbles the new fossil-dig kits, the new slime? Paging all parents: Is getting a bubble-blowing machine the thing that’ll make your kid explode with joy in 2025? California’s Great America chops ...