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.

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Susan Campodonico of Oakland looks on as Paris Organist of Oakland hands a bag full of trash to Otis Norton-Tsang of Berkeley after cleaning up the shoreline along Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif ...

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.

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. - 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 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.

I broke my stride and pumped the brakes on the baby stroller I was pushing. There’s someone fishing in Lake Merritt — I said it aloud, but the only person within earshot was my daughter, and she’s ...

Crime at Oakland's Lake Merritt has neighbors feeling helpless 02:50. OAKLAND – Many people living near Oakland's Lake Merritt feel helpless with the recent shootings and sideshow activity.

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

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