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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 ...
On Sunday morning at 8 a.m., Oakland resident and molecular biologist Damon Tighe said he found all types of fish washed up on the three-mile shoreline of Lake Merritt.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a cold and breezy night on Friday, but it's nothing to stop the locals as Oakland will host another concert at Lake Merritt on Saturday. ABC7's Ryan Curry spoke ...
T he controversial parking meters at Lake Merritt that replaced free time-limited parking and forced people to pay on weekends made $850,000 in its first year, a new report by the Oakland ...
"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 – 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 ...
A body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in Oakland's Lake Merritt Tuesday morning, police said. Volunteers with a cleanup crew found the suitcase in the water near the intersection of Lakeshore ...
(KRON) — A menorah at Oakland’s Lake Merritt has been destroyed by vandals, according to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s office. The menorah at the lake was officially lit in a ceremony last ...
Lake Merritt is part of the Chinook salmon’s journey to their natural spawning grounds — grounds that have not been particularly habitable to salmon in some time.
OAKLAND (BCN) — Oakland Public Works received a complaint of brownish red water in Lake Merritt last week and are inspecting the water for a potential harmful algal bloom. The complaint came ...