Jordan as Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station. Coogler reflects on the specific qualities he was searching for and how Jordan uniquely fulfilled the demanding role's multi-faceted requirements.

(KRON) — There were some tense moments at Wednesday night’s school board meeting in Oakland, where board members voted to remove the superintendent, sparking a heated response from one member ...

EVANSVILLE — Indiana State Police have arrested a man in connection to the death of an Oakland City resident. ISP sent a news release Friday afternoon that Jonathan Fiscus, 24, had been arrested ...

Oakland Congresswoman Lateefah Simon met with ... The group then took BART to Fruitvale Station where they met with various business owners and the Unity Council to discuss the future.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Comedian and commentator W. Kamau Bell made a special visit to Castlemont High School in Oakland on Thursday, fresh off his Celebrity Jeopardy! win. Bell announced ...

A trio of Macomb County state legislators has introduced a bill package that targets what they believe is damaging releases of raw and treated sewage by Oakland County into the Red Run Drain.

When journalist Alexis Madrigal moved to Oakland 14 years ago, he became obsessed with how the little town on the Bay became a “sacrificial landscape” as a result of global trade. In his ...

A handgun billboard beside Interstate 880 in Oakland that lacked a required city permit has been taken down after sparking backlash in a city no stranger to gun violence. For a few weeks ...