James Torrez

OAKLAND, Calif. - Police and fire services will see budget cuts in Oakland after the city council on Tuesday accepted a plan to balance its budget while facing a nearly $130 million deficit.

Police , fire services and cultural arts programs are among the services to see budget cuts in Oakland after the city council on Tuesday accepted a plan to balance its budget while facing a nearly $130 million deficit.

The cuts will come in two phases: A short-term plan, where changes will take effect immediately, and another round of changes after the new year.

Thousands of Amazon workers organized under the Teamsters union went on strike at 6 a.m. Thursday after the company's "repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain." Amazon Teamsters at seven facilities in Skokie, Illinois; New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco and Southern California are participating in the "largest strike" against the trillion-dollar company in American history, the union said in a news release. Workers at other facilities are prepared to join them. Though Teamsters says it represents about 10,000 people across ten Amazon facilities in the U.S., the company doesn't recognize workers' affiliation with the union. Amazon says the Teamsters union is "intentionally [misleading] the public" because they don't represent Amazon employees and drivers, company spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement to Fox Business.

All across the Bay Area, fans mourned the loss of Oakland A's great Rickey Henderson on Saturday. At the Oakland Coliseum fans left flowers for the Hall of Famer.

California Highway Patrol officers are helping cut down on crime in California according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who announced on Friday that those efforts will stay in Oakland longer and expand into the city of Vallejo.

OAKLAND, Calif. - California Highway Patrol officers are helping cut down on crime in California, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who announced on Friday that those efforts will stay in Oakland longer and expand into the city of Vallejo.

San Jose has 10,000 unhoused people, according to a recent survey.

Mariano Contreras, a member of Oaklands Latino Task Force, is the driving force behind the first sustained case of police racial profiling.

OAKLAND, Calif. - More than 20 firefighters from Oakland are on the front lines of the Eaton Fire in Southern California.