The Bay Area is getting its first-ever modern Afghan restaurant
The Bay Area is home to many restaurants with modernized takes on traditional cuisines — Thai, Indian, Korean — but not yet Afghan food. An ambitious new restaurant hopes to be the first.  Jaji, from ...
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The Oakland Press Obituaries
This special print edition commemorates and honors those who were lost the previous months.
NBC Bay Area27d
Oakland Hills fire: 50% contained, crews continue to monitor wind patterns
A five-alarm brush fire near Interstate 580 in the Oakland Hills burned multiple homes and sparked an evacuation order on Friday. According to the Oakland Fire Department, the blaze appeared to ...
CBS News26d
Fire burns hillside homes in Oakland amid day of high winds; residents evacuated
Oakland Fire officials later posted an update on the homes damaged by the fire after seeing conflicting reports. As of 5:15 p.m., Oakland Fire said there were two residential homes impacted by flames.
USA Today26d
'Evacuate now': Oakland brush fire burns two homes, prompts evacuation orders
Evacuations have been ordered for east Oakland residents after a brush fire broke out Friday afternoon and burned two homes. More than 80 Oakland firefighters and personnel from other local fire ...
Mercury News26d
Crashes and Disasters
(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Amid weather conditions that recalled a devastating fire decades ago, firefighters on Friday managed to beat back a five-alarm blaze in the Oakland ...
Mercury News28d
City Politics
OAKLAND — For what could be the final time, Mayor Sheng Thao took stock of the city she’s led for two years, describing a place that looks markedly different from how her harshest critics ...
Newsweek25d
Oakland Hills Fire Nearly Engulfs Major Highway
A fire that burned in Oakland, California, saw clouds of smoke rising nearly engulfing a busy freeway on Friday. The Oakland Fire Department said they have largely contained the blaze which began ...
USA Today25d
Oakland fire burns homes, sends residents fleeing amid gusty California winds
The Keller Fire in the Oakland Hills began Friday afternoon and damaged at least two homes. The fire has burned about 15 acres and was at 50% containment as of Saturday morning, according to Cal Fire.
The New York Times27d
Fire in Oakland Hills Prompts Evacuations Under Gusty Conditions
By Orlando Mayorquín A brush fire erupted in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, forcing the evacuation of hillside neighborhoods and the brief closure of a major highway as high winds threatened to ...
SFGate27d
Interstate 580 reopens after fire erupts in Oakland hills, 2 homes damaged
Oct. 18, 5:30 p.m. Two Oakland homes were damaged by a Friday blaze, the Oakland Fire Department said in a social media post. “Dozens” of homes in the Oakland Hills were “threatened” by ...