OAKLAND — On April 24, Piedmont Funeral Services at Mountain View Cemetery invites the public to its first 5K run and walk, a challenging and fun experience for the whole family. Far beyond an ...

On Memorial Day, Robert Lau went to visit Mountain View, the historic Oakland cemetery where several of his family members are buried and others have paid a hefty price to be interred in the future.

If all goes as planned with the historic Mountain View Cemetery’s 7.5 acre expansion, some premium spots—untouched 153 years later—could go for $25,000, with a few asking as much as $50,000. Mountain ...

OAKLAND — Lisa Casazza knew she wanted to be a floral designer at the age of 10 and began working in a floral shop as a teenager. After getting a degree in interior design and a long hiatus from ...

OAKLAND — The New Orleans-style St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band will lead a processional march to the gravesides of the rich and famous on Millionaires’ Row as Mountain View Cemetery celebrates its ...

Police believe a group of six juveniles knocked over 10 headstones at Mountain View Cemetery this week, the latest in a string of vandalism at the Longmont graveyard over the past few years. They ...

There are 177,000 people at historic Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, many of them famous and all of them dead. Being famous did not prevent them from eventually becoming customers at the ...

Dear Readers: Here’s a Johnnie St. Vrain column that published originally in 2011. Since it published, about 1,500 additional people have been buried in Mountain View Cemetery. Be sure to take time ...

Management at Oakland's famed Mountain View Cemetery on Friday announced plans to reopen the park-like grounds to the public for recreational uses starting May 8, albeit with a few conditions. The ...

As public health restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic are being lifted all around the Bay Area, managers of one of Oakland's most beloved gathering places -- the historic Mountain View ...

Oakland’s own Mountain View Cemetery recently held a celebration to mark its 150th anniversary. Designed by noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (also the designer of New York’s Central ...