OAKLAND — Amidst a sea of white crosses, a memorial service was held at St. Columba Catholic Church on Sunday to commemorate the 126 lives lost to homicides in the city this year.

Chelsea’s St. Columba Roman Catholic Church is being marketed as one of the next residential conversions in the city. The vacant property at 329-343 West 25th Street, which comprises the church ...

Founded in 1845 by Irish laborers from the West Side docks, who built the church’s building on West 25th Street that same year, St. Columba, named for the protector of poets, managed to survive ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Sometimes considered to be a pariah with unapologetic hot-takes, St. Columba Catholic Church in Oakland is no stranger to controversy. They call themselves a "parish of social ...