A former Oakland school board member, who is also an attorney, has been arrested for allegedly smuggling contraband into the ...

The Oakland Unified School District can now make financial decisions without oversight after making the last payment on a ...

After Belmont Village Senior Living was built on Union School District’s former maintenance yard,, the district partnered ...

OUSD went under state control in 2003 after reaching fiscal insolvency and taking an emergency $100 million loan from the state, the largest school bailout in California history. The district spent ...

When a school district runs out of money — like Oakland Unified did in 2003 — the state steps in and provides an emergency ...