Economy
How Oakland Escaped San Francisco's Shadow
Democratic Mayor Jean Quan explains why the city is another Brooklyn—and the violent Occupy protests are just a blip.
America 360 series on Oakland.
Oakland is the Bay Area's Rust Belt town. For years, the city of some 400,000 has struggled to cope with the loss of manufacturing jobs and the exodus of prosperous residents to the suburbs. City and county government and hospital systems remain the largest employers here. Many people associate Oakland with poverty and crime.