Dr. Adrian Walton told Global News that runoff from farm and dairy operations can get flushed into some of the local streams.

Dhanyale Dunbar, center, helps to lead a Lake Merritt Fit Camp session on the shore of the lake in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.

A look at one city's approach to encampment management, one year after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling.

People nap and lounge along Lake Merritt during the tenth annual 510 Day celebration in Oakland on Saturday, May 10, 2025. A person rides a mechanical bull during the 10th annual 510 Day celebration.

OAKLAND – Members of the East Bay’s Jewish community and its supporters gathered Wednesday at Lake Merritt to replace a menorah that was destroyed by vandals the previous evening.. The Oakland ...

This UC California Naturalist course offered through Rotary Nature Center Friends explores the natural history of Lake Merritt, a modern urban estuary - its history and ecology, its human interactions ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Lake Merritt is also known as the jewel of Oakland. A new campaign that launched Monday hopes to add some shine to the popular destination, which has also been the scene of ...

Lake Merritt seems different now, more quiet and a little less inviting, his friends say. “There is a void,” Gunn said. “He was such a welcoming person. You expected to see him.

"Lake Merritt is visited by so many people and on the holiday it increases a lot." The dead fish aren't really an environmental or health concern, but more an odor concern.

OAKLAND — Vandals on Tuesday night destroyed a large menorah set out for the public at Lake Merritt, and police said they were investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.

Interior Health says common symptoms from exposure to blue-green algae include diarrhea, fever, rashes, sore throat and vomiting.

Dhanyale Dunbar, center, helps to lead a Lake Merritt Fit Camp session on the shore of the lake in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, September 10, 2014.