Margitta Gardner, of Oakland, and her dog Sally, take a break from their walk to watch the 95th annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, May 30, 2016.

OAKLAND — Among the governors, captains of industry and famous architects whose final resting place is Oakland’s Mountain View Cemetery, there are literary and culinary giants as well — ones ...

Ceremonies at a California cemetery marked the mass murders and suicides 40 years ago of 900 Americans orchestrated by the Rev. Jim Jones at a jungle settlement in Guyana, South America.

People gathered at two events at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland Saturday to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre. “I am actually a survivor of Jonestown,” said Yulanda ...

OAKLAND — Mountain View Cemetery, through a protracted process with the city of Oakland, plans to cut down more than 100 oak trees for an expansion project, angering some residents who says it ...