Mayor Sheng Thao fired Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Wednesday, saying she lost confidence in his ability to lead the department.| Oakland North
Results of the 2022 Oakland city and school board election, including the mayoral and city council races and OUSD board.| Oakland North
Oakland leaders closed a $265 million city budget deficit by cutting spending across many departments and programs earlier this month in what Councilmember Zac Unger called a “nobody’s happy budget.” But one controversial area of spending is seeing a substantial increase in the new budget: police overtime. Over the last decade, the Oakland Police Department has consistently overspent its overtime budget by tens of millions of dollars each year. Last year, as the city’s fiscal crisi...| Oakland North
Shifting immigration policies have made it challenging for educators to keep immigrant students in the classroom.| Oakland North
Oakland High students fight for lead-free drinking fountains: ‘We should not have to beg … to get clean water’| Oakland North
Oakland Hills neighbors alerted each other through group chats, used hoses to put out fires as area burned.| Oakland North
Oakland firefighters along with CalFire are battling a five-alarm blaze in the Oakland hills Friday afternoon.| Oakland North
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the Oakland Tunnel Fire that killed 25 people, injured 150 and burned 1,520 acres.| Oakland North
A landmark of the Prescot neighborhood, Oakland’s 16th Street Station is hard to miss. Just off Interstate 880, the 40-feet-tall Beaux Arts style building towers above surrounding homes and squat industrial buildings. The station is fenced off, with graffiti covering the terracotta cladding below the building’s three signature grand arched windows. Built in 1912, the former transportation hub was once the largest Southern Pacific Railroad station in Northern California. It served as a m...| Oakland North
After fans said a teary goodbye to their beloved A’s, Reggie Jackson and other legendary players hit the Coliseum field one last time.| Oakland North
Fans said goodbye to the Oakland A's this week as the team played its final homestand at the Colisiem before moving next year to Sacramento.| Oakland North
Nearly $1 billion in tax money now flowing to Alameda County child care providers| Oakland North
Alameda County officials announced Monday the release of $17 million in emergency grants to more than 370 licensed child care providers across the county. Childcare centers in Oakland, Hayward and Pleasanton started receiving checks Monday, officials said. Quinetta Lewis, director of St. Mary’s Center Preschool in Oakland said the $50,000 her school is receiving will… The post Nearly $1 billion in tax money now flowing to Alameda County child care providers appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
The Oakland chapter of the NAACP on Monday announced a new collaboration with the Oakland Police Department to recruit more officers from the community, especially Black residents as well as other people of color. At a press conference at the Oakland NAACP west office, retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, an executive member… The post NAACP works with city to boost Oakland police staffing appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
After a six-hour workday shutdown earlier this month, BART officials say the agency will do cable maintenance only on weekends to avoid another halt like the one that affected 44,000 riders and cost the system $200,000 in lost fare revenue. BART also will do a better job alerting the public about planned cable upgrading work,… The post BART says it’s taken steps to avoid a repeat of the Sept. 5 systemwide shutdown appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
Barry Stenger sweated under a warm sun Saturday as he weeded, mulched and collected trash among native live oaks and cottonwood trees at Barry Place, a small nature preserve along Sausal Creek in Oakland. At 75 years old, he is the fourth generation of his family to live by the creek. Years of clean-up efforts have… The post Volunteers work to clean up Oakland waterways: ‘All of these people care so much about their shoreline’ appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
Chanting “ICE out of Oakland!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” protesters demonstrated Saturday near the East Oakland intersection where federal immigration agents reportedly had taken a person into custody three days earlier. They cheered when horns honked and engaged with a few drivers and pedestrians who stopped to talk. … The post Protesters want ICE out of Oakland amid reports of seven people taken into custody appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
Children shrieked and ran from puzzle to puzzle, their parents in tow, faces covered in blue cotton candy. Expecting worksheets or practice tests, they were excited to engage in the colorful math activities displayed across seven tables in the Laney College student center Friday evening Among the favorites was a game of colorful plastic shapes… The post At Laney College math festival, kids get building blocks to a STEM career appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
For the past year, an exhibit at the Oakland Black Panther Party Museum has educated visitors about the community school model that was launched by the Panthers in 1973 and has since been incorporated into every Oakland Unified School District building. Recently, the exhibit’s reach was expanded, thanks to the efforts of a Madison Park… The post Black Panther Museum education exhibit made more accessible through new Spanish translation appeared first on Oakland North.| Oakland North
Thousands of people wore rainbow suits, held colorful flags and danced through the streets Sunday in downtown Oakland to celebrate the annual Pride Festival on its 15th anniversary. Sunday’s festivities kicked off with a parade down Broadway, near 21st Street, to Frank Ogawa Plaza, where a ticketed event featured DJs, live performances and speeches from… The post ‘In unity, we thrive’: Oakland Pride celebrates LGBT community as Trump tries to erode rights appeared first on Oakland...| Oakland North
Thousands of Mexican soccer fans gathered Saturday at the Coliseum to celebrate the national team as it played against Japan.| Oakland North
Oakland Police said Thursday at least 2 shooters fired 30 shots on the King Estates school campus Wednesday afternoon, wounding six.| Oakland North
A new era of baseball is about to start in Oakland as the A's exit and the B's make their home in a reconstructed Raimondi Park.| Oakland North
Residents of Oakland's Wood Street cabin shelter program say that it is unclear whether they will be able to move into permanent housing.| Oakland North
Arrests made in chaotic night of violence that left 16 people wounded| Oakland North
'Without volunteers, this park would burn down': Groups work to reduce fire risks in Oakland parks and hills.| Oakland North
To no avail, Oakland residents are using the OAK311 app to report the poor conditions of their community parks.| Oakland North
Between July 2020 and June, Oakland crews picked up enough illegally dumped garbage on the city’s streets, alleys, lots and sidewalks to cover 13 football fields.| Oakland North
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project has vowed to monitor development of the Eagle Rock Aggregates Terminal.| Oakland North
A study carried out over three years in the San Francisco Bay revealed high levels of microplastics in stormwater, treated wastewater, surface water, and sediment. The report discovered an important previously unknown source of pollution: degrading tires. It also found that stormwater has particularly high microplastic levels, suggesting the need for better infrastructure to filter stormwater.| Oakland North
West Oakland's community-developed air pollution plan passes first hurdle| Oakland North
Three wounded, one arrested as gunshots mar Skyline High School graduation| Oakland North
Runaway police overtime has many Oakland officers making six-figures in extra hours alone, strapping the city's budget.| Oakland North
The Stakes: Oakland immigrant Rosa Carranza was blindsided by a letter informing her that she no longer has Social Security benefits.| Oakland North
Oakland High students fight for lead-free drinking fountains: 'We should not have to beg ... to get clean water.'| Oakland North
Oakland council reverses on closing two fire stations after finding money for expenses, but those already closed won't be reopened for months.| Oakland North
When Pamela Price takes the district attorney's office next month, she is expected to usher in an era of change and reform in Alameda County/| Oakland North
Artists, photographers, filmmakers, writers will celebrate culture and community at "West Oakland Matters" event Saturday.| Oakland North
Oakland voters said “yes” to Measure W, a public financing program to curb big money influence in local elections.| Oakland North
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the state Attorney General’s Office would be stepping in to handle more cases originating in Alameda County.| Oakland North
Under mounting political pressure, Oakland City Council reversed course, approving a ballot measure to beef up the Public Ethics Commission.| Oakland North
'We think people should be educated voters': Century-old Oakland League of Women Voters is recruiting others to the mission.| Oakland North
Oakland police said two arrests have been made in the double shooting, but no arrest has been made in the mass shooting at Lake Merritt.| Oakland North
Four days after the FBI raided her home, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao says, 'This wouldn’t have gone down the way it did if I was rich.'| Oakland North
The FBI's San Francisco office raided embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's home in the Oakland hills Thursday morning.| Oakland North
Alameda County voters likely will be asked in November to back a Bay Area Housing Finance Authority bond to create more affordable housing.| Oakland North
Three people were wounded and one arrested during a fight that erupted into gun violence at Skyline High School's graduation in Oakland.| Oakland North
Oakland has agreed to sell its stake in the Coliseum, ending decades of ownership of the stadium complex, the mayor announced Wednesday.| Oakland North
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price sues Farmers Insurance, alleging it's knowingly leaving homeowners underinsured| Oakland North
The San Francisco Baykeeper has filed a Clean Water Act lawsuit against Radius Recycling, whose West Oakland plant caught fire last summer| Oakland North
With city services lacking, Oakland residents maintain Raimondi Park, future home of B's baseball, with monthly cleanups.| Oakland North
'Customers aren't taking the risk': growing retail crime upends Oakland business community as In-N-Out Burger, Denny's leave.| Oakland North
Initially designed as a pilot program, Block Inc. and Black Cultural Zone agreed o extend Uptown Market through 2024.| Oakland North