OOakland Read More An Oakland councilmember’s middle finger goes viralDecember 20, 2025 One Oakland councilmember’s hand gesture at a meeting Tuesday has made national headlines, gone viral on social media,…
OOakland Read More West Oakland is one step closer to having a Costco, ‘millions’ per year in sales tax revenueDecember 19, 2025 In the East Bay, a proposed Costco Warehouse is one step closer to becoming a reality, but it’s…
OOakland Read More Sunken boats will get pulled from Oakland estuaryDecember 18, 2025 Dozens of sunken or abandoned boats polluting the Oakland estuary will soon be lifted out of the waters…
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 Oakland approves $2M Flock surveillance camera planDecember 17, 2025 Oakland police will continue using a mass surveillance network of nearly 300 cameras to track vehicles throughout the…
OOakland Read More Oakland watchdog dismisses Ken Houston’s complaint against senior city stafferDecember 16, 2025 Several weeks ago, Councilmember Ken Houston publicly announced he’d filed an ethics complaint against Josh Rowan, a high-ranking…
OOakland Read More Is the TSA sharing OAK passenger data with ICE?December 15, 2025 The federal agency that handles security at American airports is handing data about all passengers to Immigration and…
OOakland Read More Flock surveillance cameras coming to Oakland City CouncilDecember 12, 2025 A controversial surveillance camera proposal has returned from the dead. The Oakland Police Department is again proposing a…
OOakland Read More Oakland homeless camp policy tabled again — but debate rages onDecember 3, 2025 Controversial changes to Oakland’s rules governing how it manages homeless camps were tabled again on Tuesday by the…
OOakland Read More Feud between Oakland councilmember and city staffer escalates into ethics complaintsNovember 25, 2025 District 7 Councilmember Ken Houston is known for his colorful comments at council meetings. But Houston set a…
OOakland Read More A business tax break for 2027 might land on Oakland’s June ballot — here’s what’s in itNovember 25, 2025 OAKLANDERS MAY HAVE the chance to decide the fate of a business tax break proposal in June if…
OOakland Read More Oakland might not owe coal company hundreds of millions after new court rulingNovember 25, 2025 Things were looking bleak for Oakland last month after a Kentucky bankruptcy judge ruled that Oakland interfered with…