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 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 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…
OOakland Read More Oakland City Council kills lawsuit against Southwest AirlinesOctober 30, 2025 Last year, the Oakland City Attorney sued Southwest Airlines for allegedly depriving some of its thousands of workers…