Members of the Oakland Police Department rescued a man in distress in the Lake Meritt Channel early Sunday morning, a video ...

The controversial parking meters at Lake Merritt that replaced free time-limited parking and forced people to pay on weekends ...

Two Oakland police officers were credited over the weekend for saving a drowning man at a Lake Merritt canal, which was ...

BART’s service was disrupted Wednesday night due to what it described as a “major medical emergency.” The Fruitvale and Lake ...

Those reduced rates aren't likely to tamp vacancy back down in the near term, though. “We expect it’s going to increase in ...

The Fruitvale and Lake Merritt BART stations closed Wednesday night, with the closure of the Fruitvale Station due to a major ...

Oakland resident and nonprofit worker Nina Groleger was wandering around Lake Merritt recently when, all of a sudden, a flash of white caught her eye. When she turned toward the Rotary Nature ...

but its spirit continues in the many free mini-festivals held around the shores of Lake Merritt. And an annual favorite, Town Up Tuesday, has booked its biggest headliner yet for Tuesday, May 21: Too ...

Off Lake Merritt Boulevard, near the lake's most southwest corner, sits the open air Lake Merritt Amphitheater. The paved walking path that runs around Lake Merritt protrudes at this spot to ...

Oakland officers save drowning man from Lake Merritt canal.

A person died on the trackway at the Fruitvale BART Station Wednesday night, the agency said just before midnight.

Both the Fruitvale and Lake Merritt stations have reopened after closing due to the major medical emergency reported just before 9 p.m. The emergency created delays throughout the system ...