The Nosh food awards are in! Hear about Oakland\u2019s Best New Restaurant (Lucuma), Best Bar Overall (Tallboy), Best Coffee Shop (Mother Tongue Cafe & Bar), and much more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
See all the Nosh winners in 2025.<\/a><\/p>\n Also in this episode: Oakland finally sells $285 million in Measure U bonds for roads and housing after years of delays, OUSD\u2019s school board faces tough decisions on $100 million in cuts, the city attempts to reform its notoriously difficult permitting system, and we round up holiday markets across The Town.<\/p>\n Stories in this episode:<\/p>\n $285M for roads, parks, and housing finally a go in Oakland<\/a> \u2014 After 16 months of pressure from OakDOT and years of deferred maintenance, Oakland successfully sold bonds that will fund street repairs, affordable housing, libraries, senior centers, and stormwater projects.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Getting a permit to build in Oakland has been hellish. Will reform work?<\/a> \u2014 Mayor Barbara Lee makes permit reform a cornerstone of her first year, with new one-stop digital applications, expanded counter hours, and same-day permits for smaller projects. But builders say it\u2019ll take more than tweaks to fix the system.<\/p>\n 24 Oakland holiday markets for gifts and winter cheer<\/a> \u2014 From the BlackOut Holiday Market to Children\u2019s Fairyland\u2019s winter market, over 20 holiday markets across Oakland offer unique gifts while supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n 5 Oakland events from December 10 to the 16<\/a> \u2014 Including Bay Area Film Night at the Grand Lake Theatre, Street Spirit\u2019s winter fundraiser, and the announcement of Rosal\u00eda\u2019s Lux Tour coming to Oakland Arena in 2026.<\/p>\n Find this show wherever you get your podcasts, like Apple<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n “*” indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nosh food awards are in! Hear about Oakland\u2019s Best New Restaurant (Lucuma), Best Bar Overall (Tallboy), Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144,4363],"class_list":{"0":"post-91985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news","11":"tag-oaklandside-510"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91985","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=91985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}