The Oakland Public Ethics Commission announced Wednesday that it will consider initiating an investigation into whether campaign contributions to Oakland City Council members wrongly influenced a recommendation to award a City Hall contract to a local security firm.

What are the consequences when companies bidding for city business knowingly break the rules?

A hearing regarding possible conflict of interest allegations in the ongoing Oakland gang injunctions saga has resulted in the judge issuing a non-ruling, until more evidence is presented.

For the next few days, we’ll be posting perspectives on two upcoming measures on the ballot in Oakland: one, Measure BB, would alter a 2004 parcel tax called Measure Y, which has provided funding to violence-prevention programs and the police department in Oakland.