By Jennifer Scholtes Despite the fact Oakland schools have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of technology equipment to theft in the past few years, security hadn't improved enough to prevent $26,000 worth of laptops from being stolen last weekend.

By Momo Chang, STAFF WRITER OAKLAND -- With the state moving closer to a decision to sell 8.25 acres of school district land, the Oakland School Board is clinging to hope the deal won't be done.

By Zuri BerryCORRESPONDENT OAKLAND -- The Oakland school district will be getting salad bars in some schools thanks to Kraft Foods.

By Grace Rauh, STAFF WRITER OAKLAND -- A young girl's screams may have saved her from a more severe sexual assault after a man exposed himself to her in a Lafayette Elementary School lavatory in West Oakland, police said. The alleged assault took place at 4:15 p.m.

By Herbert A. Sample, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Apr. 8--OAKLAND - If the 9,200 teachers and other employees working for the San Francisco and Oakland school districts end up walking picket lines at the same time in the next two weeks, it won't be by happenstance.