OOakland Read More Which Oakland councilmember had the best voting record in 2025?March 26, 2026 From streets getting paved to firefighters getting paid, countless aspects of city life, big and small, can be…
OOakland Read More Oakland is struggling to hire city workersMarch 25, 2026 It takes a lot of workers to pave Oakland’s roads, respond to fires, staff the libraries, among many…
OOakland Read More Oakland demands hospitals continue servicesMarch 17, 2026 Oakland hospitals must continue providing gender-affirming healthcare in the face of restrictions and threats from the Trump administration,…
OOakland Read More Overtime at OPD is now much harder to greenlight, following investigation by OaklandsideMarch 12, 2026 Interim Police Chief James Beere has ordered significant changes to OPD’s overtime policies aimed at improving checks and…
OOakland Read More Barbara Lee has yet to confirm she’s running for mayor — but she’s raised $31,000February 5, 2026 Oakland residents voted last April for a new mayor. In just a few months, they’ll get to do…
OOakland Read More Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts reopens in Oakland after $100M makeover, after 20 year absenceJanuary 26, 2026 It was a double-header celebration to mark the grand opening of the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the…
OOakland Read More ‘We want to change behavior’: Oakland speed cameras go live as 5-year safety pilot beginsJanuary 18, 2026 Drivers in Oakland were warned Friday to slow down or face the consequences as the city rolled out…
OOakland Read More Oakland plans to send cops to the Super Bowl and World CupJanuary 14, 2026 Next month, the Oakland Police Department will dispatch a team of officers to Santa Clara County to protect…
OOakland Read More Big changes to Oakland City Council meeting rules — not everyone’s happyJanuary 5, 2026 If you want to weigh in on major legislation in Oakland at public meetings in the future, be…
OOakland Read More Oakland leaders reluctantly extend security contract againDecember 18, 2025 Tempers flared on Tuesday as the City Council grudgingly agreed to extend a contract with a security company…
OOakland Read More This Oakland community is being terrorized by flurry of car break-ins every nightDecember 5, 2025 Oakland residents in the Brooklyn Basin community are sounding the alarm after reporting multiple car burglaries nightly. Around…
OOakland Read More Oakland council committee rejects Flock surveillance camera expansionNovember 20, 2025 The Oakland Police Department’s push to sign a new deal with a Georgia-based company to operate surveillance cameras…