McClymonds High School

An Oakland high school has a refurbished basketball court thanks in part to the Golden State Warriors.

Students at an Oakland high school have a new basketball court to play on thanks to the Golden State Warriors.

Their school is temporarily closed, but that doesn’t mean some McClymonds High School students are slacking off.

Their school is temporarily closed, but that doesn’t mean some McClymonds High School students are slacking off. Forty students and several teachers on Friday picked up trash and handed out meals to homeless people in Oakland while their school remains shuttered following the discovery of contaminated groundwater beneath the campus.

More rigorous testing is underway at McClymonds High School after toxic chemicals were found in the groundwater beneath the campus. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The Oakland school board during its regular meeting Wednesday evening is set to provide updates on the McClymonds High School closure as well as proposed districtwide budget cuts. Pete Suratos reports.

Parents are getting a crash course on what TCE is, the cancer-causing chemical that was found in McClymonds High School’s groundwater. The district hopes to reopen the school by next week, but some parents are still demanding more answers and more testing from the district. Melissa Colorado reports.

The Oakland Unified School District on Monday morning held the first of two community meetings scheduled to provide updates on the closure of McClymonds High School because of contaminated groundwater. Kris Sanchez reports.

A pair of meetings are scheduled for Monday to update the McClymonds High School community on the situation at the temporarily closed Oakland campus.

Oakland Unified School District officials said Monday they hope to reopen McClymonds High School next week following a multi-day campus closure due to concerns of a toxic chemical in its air and groundwater.

Dozens of air samples taken Saturday at more than 50 spots throughout the McClymonds High School campus school buildings showed no evidence of airborne trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, in the air, a state environmental officer said. That comes two days after the halocarbon chemical compound was found in the groundwater near the school, at 2607 Myrtle St. in West Oakland….

McClymonds High School will be closed for the rest of the week after the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in groundwater beneath the school, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday. Cheryl Hurd reports.

McClymonds High School will be closed for the rest of the week after the chemical compound trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in groundwater beneath the school, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday. Roz Plater reports.

A chemical has been found in the groundwater under the campus of McClymonds High School in Oakland, prompting a temporary school closure, the Oakland Unified School District said Thursday.

East Bay teen football star Ramone Sanders Junior went to the hospital for a leg he broke playing football for Laney College. He left with a cancer diagnosis.

Ninteen-year-old Ramone Sanders Junior, a football star from McClymonds High School in Oakland and a current Laney College student, was in the hospital for a broken leg when doctors diagnosed him with cancer. He’s now on hospice care, but his father says he’s confident his son will pull through. Jean Elle reports.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, the first black manager in Major League Baseball and the only player to win the MVP award in both leagues, has died. He was 83.

East Bay Municipal Utility District officials on Thursday will begin lead testing of tap water at all schools within the Oakland Unified School District, school district officials said.