The northeast sewage pumping station improvement is part of a multi-phase modernization of the Oakland-Macomb Interceptor Drain wastewater system.

The site of what was once a sprawling homeless encampment in West Oakland has become an affordable housing complex for hundreds of new tenants.

The Oakland Police Department said it is investigating an in-custody death after suspect tied to a home break-in suffered a medical emergency. OPD said the incident happened just after 4:15 a.m. Saturday in the 11000 block of Ettrick Street.

Four Oakland County districts – Ferndale, Southfield, Troy and West Bloomfield – were awarded more than $6 million for 16 electric buses.

For almost a year, residents in the Rockridge area of Oakland have been on the lookout for a man throwing rocks through the windows of homes and cars.

Police were called to the home on Ettrick Street on reports of a break-in at the same time the department received reports of a person "experiencing a medical emergency" at the same location.

Four vehicles were involved in a collision on Sunday afternoon in Oakland and a motorcyclist was killed, the California Highway Patrol said.

Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell is stepping down from his position less than two years after taking the reins of a department under scrutiny and with a recent history of reform attempts.