Belongings are seen at a homeless encampment near Peralta Park and Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Originally Published: March 26 ...

What’s normally a jubilant Juneteenth celebration at Oakland's Lake Merritt ... And at Mosswood Park, two miles away, some vendors had set up shop by the afternoon with revelers sprinkled about.

A weird theme park about bubbles opens by Oakland’s Lake Merritt The immersive attraction “Bubble Planet” will delight people of all ages — if they have a special thing for orb shapes.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The City of Oakland is ordering around 20 people living in encampments near Lake Merritt to move.In a few days, the city plans to begin its revegetation project in Peralta Park.

Lake Merritt has been called the "jewel of Oakland," its 155 acres make up the nation's oldest wildlife refuge, created by the state legislature in 1870. But, Lake Merritt was not always a lake ...