![\"Julian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/21bfef22-5536-4e94-884b-b16f1ee0ec8a_1732543862.file.png\")
OAKLAND, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\nOakland’s ‘Lightning Loader’ scoops up more than 17 tons of illegal dumping debris, city says<\/p>\n
OAKLAND, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n
The city of Oakland has a new tool to remove massive piles of trash around the city.<\/p>\n
The “Lightning Loader” lets crews use what’s called a boom arm to scoop up debris and drop it into the back of a waste materials truck. It works similarly to what Sacramento residents would refer to as “The Claw.”<\/p>\n
According to the city, this machinery has already picked up 17 tons of trash in less than a week.<\/p>\n
Oakland resident Evelyn Wilmtoh expressed feeling relief over the increased cleanup efforts. She spoke of a pile of garbage she noted had been there for two months, where she believes people passing by added to the pile, taking up an entire parking spot.<\/p>\n
“Thank God\u2014we needed it,” Wilmtoh said. “Now I can finally park there.”<\/p>\n
The city is expecting a second truck to arrive within the coming days. There are also three new officers who search through illegal dump sites to figure out who is responsible for dumping the trash.<\/p>\n
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it\u2019s safe to do so at kcra.com\/upload<\/a>.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> | Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oakland’s ‘Lightning Loader’ scoops up more than 17 tons of illegal dumping debris, city says OAKLAND, Calif. \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[172943,2820,172942,7,1409,172946,63052,3047,36238,23615,172944,172945,10372,473,172939,64122,172950,671,172948,7758,143,145,144,74023,28317,172947,669,26541,14476,2734,4796,172940,172949,172941],"class_list":["post-435622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-17-tons","tag-app","tag-boom-arm","tag-california","tag-city","tag-city-cleanup","tag-cleanup-efforts","tag-com","tag-debris-removal","tag-download","tag-evelyn-wilmtoh","tag-illegal-dump-sites","tag-illegal-dumping","tag-kcra","tag-lightning-loader","tag-massive-pile","tag-massive-piles","tag-more-coverage","tag-new-officers","tag-new-tool","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-resident","tag-parking-spot","tag-second-truck","tag-subscribe","tag-the-claw","tag-ton","tag-top-california-story","tag-trash","tag-trash-cleanup","tag-trash-pile","tag-waste-materials-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}