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In today’s episode:Â
Oakland faces a potentially massive legal judgment over its efforts to block a coal terminal in West Oakland.Â
The state finds Oakland Unified discriminated against Jewish students.Â
A popular Lake Merritt hangout spot is getting new parking restrictions after gun violence.Â
The old Lake Merritt Lodge is reopening as a shelter for survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.
What it’s been like for one Palestinian American woman living in Oakland during the war in Gaza.
And, we’ll explain what the Oakland Police Commission actually does and why it matters.Â
Finally: Oaklandside is accepting applications from Oakland high school students for a new reporting fellowship.
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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.