{"id":136297,"date":"2026-01-16T15:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/136297\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:27:09","slug":"progress-and-peril-on-oakland-roads-on-the-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/136297\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress and peril on Oakland roads…on the podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oakland\u2019s roads are in crisis\u2014871 stretches have zero years of remaining life left. But there\u2019s also progress: bond money is finally flowing, bollards on International Boulevard have eliminated pedestrian deaths, and speed cameras are coming online. <\/p>\n

Oaklandside road safety reporter Jose Fermoso takes us deep into the data, the success stories, and what\u2019s next for Oakland\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n

Also in this episode: Oakland needs 200 more volunteers for the homelessness count, MetWest High School\u2019s impressive academic gains, the city\u2019s failure to publish transparency reports, Floyd Mitchell\u2019s refusal to talk to the press, new cafes and bookshops, and Sunday\u2019s protest against ICE raids.<\/p>\n

Stories we cover in this episode<\/p>\n

Main story: Oakland\u2019s roads<\/p>\n

Homelessness<\/p>\n

Education<\/p>\n

City Hall transparency and government accountability<\/p>\n

Immigration enforcement<\/p>\n

Food & culture<\/p>\n

Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org<\/a>. Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“*” indicates required fields<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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