Lynette Gibson McElhaney

Arraignment is set Monday for a reputed gang member charged with killing a USC jazz student, who was the son of an Oakland city councilwoman, during an attempted robbery just blocks from campus.

The mother of a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot in West Oakland in 2015 said on Friday that her family was “destroyed” by his death.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday charged a suspected gang member with special circumstances murder for the fatal shooting of the son of Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney in March.

A Vallejo man was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday for his role in the fatal shooting in 2015 of a 17-year-old boy who Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney considered to be her grandson.

Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney said Tuesday that she has dedicated her life to ending gun violence such as the fatal shooting of her 21-year-old son Victor in Los Angeles early Sunday morning.

An Oakland City Council member Tuesday hailed the life of her slain son — a USC student who was gunned down near campus in an apparent robbery attempt — saying he was a musical prodigy who will be remembered as more than just a homicide statistic.

The Oakland City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday night has been canceled in the wake of the fatal shooting of Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney’s 21-year-old son in Los Angeles over the weekend, Council President Rebecca Kaplan said on Monday.

The son of an Oakland city councilwoman was shot and killed Sunday near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, according to sources.

The Oakland City Council capped a contentious, 11-hour meeting Tuesday night by unanimously voting in support of a proposed ballot measure that would protect thousands of tenants from no-cause evictions. The issue will now be decided by Oakland voters in November. Bigad Shaban reports on a story that first aired Wednesday, July 25.

The Oakland Public Ethics Commission on Tuesday is expected to announce that Lynette Gibson McElhaney broke city ethics rules in 2014 when she interfered to stop construction of a housing development proposed to be built next to her home. The commission is scheduled to present that report during a special meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at city hall.

City of Oakland officials on Friday dismantled most of a homeless tent encampment in West Oakland where a fire burned 12 tents and a sanitation station on Monday night, a city spokesman said.

Oakland needed something to celebrate and the McClymonds’ High School football team has delivered with a state championship and an underdog story of hard work and dedication.
The city honored the team with a rally outside City Hall on Friday afternoon. The young players and cheerleaders boarded an open-topped, double-decker bus to caravan from downtown to the West Oakland school.

Two Oakland leaders have called for donations to the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation after a two-alarm fire destroyed the Mosswood Recreation Center on Saturday.

A little more than two months after she told the public she was not here to oversee a “frat house,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was poised to explain on Monday her process for launching a campaign to find a new police chief.

Fired up and frustrated, activists gathered in front of the Oakland Police Department Tuesday to react to a growing list of scandals and changes in leadership for the police force.

Oakland embattled police department will now be run by a two-member team comprised of the city administrator and a new acting assistant chief.

Add Paul Figueroa to the growing list of former Oakland police chiefs.

Ben Fairow, Oakland police’s new interim chief, has been removed from his position.

A day after news broke that Oakland’s police chief was leaving his post after 19 years in the department, Mayor Libby Schaaf on Friday made it formal: Sean Whent no longer has a job as the city’s top cop.

Oakland police Chief Sean Whent is leaving his post, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Thursday night.