This week, investigative reporter Beck Klein and news editor Darwin BondGraham walk us through their blockbuster investigation into OPD’s runaway overtime spending, a story that has nearly 300,000 readers.
Plus: A councilmember’s conflict-of-interest questions, the latest on Ken Houston’s controversial encampment policy, students walk out to protest ICE violence, Mayor Lee’s strong mayor proposal, and where to watch the Super Bowl and Bad Bunny’s halftime show around Oakland.
Stories we cover in this episode:
OPD overtime investigation
City Hall
Immigration enforcement and protests
Community
Food and fun
Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org. Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org.
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Tasneem Raja is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oaklandside. A pioneer in data journalism and local nonprofit news startups, she co-founded The Tyler Loop, a nationally recognized community news platform in East Texas. She was a senior editor at NPR’s Code Switch and at Mother Jones, where the team she led helped build the first-ever database of mass shootings in America. She started her career as features reporter at The Chicago Reader and The Philadelphia Weekly, and lives in Oakland with her husband and daughter.