{"id":101747,"date":"2025-12-19T22:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101747\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:07:30","slug":"big-school-budget-cuts-oak-and-ice-costco-plan-and-more-on-the-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/101747\/","title":{"rendered":"Big school budget cuts, OAK and ICE, Costco plan, and more&#8230;on the podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland Unified School District faces brutal $102 million in budget cuts that will impact every school. Education reporter Ashley McBride breaks down what\u2019s getting cut, why the district is in crisis, and what happens next.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: Oakland airport\u2019s new guest pass program raises concerns about TSA sharing passenger data with ICE, the ethics commission dismisses Ken Houston\u2019s complaint against a city official, Mills College Children\u2019s School finds a new home, the West Oakland Costco proposal moves forward, new restaurants open, and Oakland Tech unveils a stunning $1.4 million auditorium renovation.<\/p>\n<p>Stories we cover in this episodeOUSD budget crisis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2025\/12\/10\/ousd-oakland-budget-cuts-school-site-staff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OUSD has $100M in cuts to make. School sites won\u2019t be exempt<\/a> \u2014 Interim superintendent Denise Saddler proposes $32 million in cuts from school site budgets as part of a broader $100 million deficit reduction plan that may include school closures and mergers. Ashley McBride explains the full scope of cuts, from custodial services to technology to special education.<\/p>\n<p>Airport and immigration enforcement<\/p>\n<p>Oakland City Hall<\/p>\n<p>Oakland schools<\/p>\n<p>NOSH restaurant news<\/p>\n<p>Find all these stories and more at <a href=\"http:\/\/oaklandside.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">oaklandside.org<\/a>. Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/2025\/12\/19\/big-school-budget-cuts-oak-and-ice-costco-plan-and-more-on-the-podcast\/mailto:editors@oaklandside.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editors@oaklandside.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-background\">Find this show wherever you get your podcasts, like <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/oaklandside-510\/id1827523642\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3zCgg6nXfFCHg8aVpACxoS?si=0910f208950148ec\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/author\/tasneem-raja\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" alt=\"Tasneem Raja headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tasneem-raja-headshot-80x80.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oaklandside.org\/author\/tasneem-raja\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Tasneem Raja\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland Unified School District faces brutal $102 million in budget cuts that will impact every school. 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