Conceived and built in 1950 by the Oakland Lake Merritt Breakfast Club, this Lake Merritt-based park still operates today and features puppet shows, summer sleepovers, children's theater, and ...

There's a lot of squawking at Lake Merritt, and for once it's not coming from the Canada geese. Dog owners and neighbors are snarling and snapping - at each other and at the city - over dueling ...

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 ...