The sleepy Rockridge district was an unlikely home for scandal. But in 1927, it came to light that a small Rockridge bungalow had become the...
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Murder of transgender woman Brandy Martell raises concerns about hate crime
Brandy Martell, 37, a Hayward resident, was killed in downtown Oakland early Sunday morning. Martell, who identified as transsexual, was in her car at the...
Quan’s 100-block plan criticized by councilmembers
Is Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s 100-block crime initiative working to reduce the city’s debilitating crime problem, or is it just moving city resources to one...
Oakland police raid enormous marijuana operation; seize $1 million worth of pot
The Oakland Police Department announced Thursday that officers had raided a commercial building in East Oakland and seized approximately $1 million worth of marijuana as...
New state legislation aimed at curtailing illegal mattress dumping
Every day, employees of the city of Oakland’s and the city of Richmond’s public works departments each collect around 30 abandoned mattresses. These discarded beds...
OPD changing its crowd control policy
Nearly six months after the first clashes between police officers and Occupy Oakland protesters in the middle of downtown Oakland garnered national attention, the Oakland...
Oaksterdam University supporters celebrate 4/20 with a march
Oaksterdam University supporters celebrated 4/20—the calendar date that matches a code word often associated with pot smoking—with a march in Oakland protesting the recent federal...
Residents learn OPD policies and procedures at Citizens Police Academy
Justin Samaniego is attending the Oakland Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy because he wants to become a police officer. Jan Gilbrecht signed up because she...
Dale Sky Jones to become new head of Oaksterdam University
After a federal raid in early April on Oaksterdam University, an education center located in downtown Oakland that trains students to work in the marijuana...
For little-known Oikos University, an uncertain future after campus shooting
Until April 2, when a shooter killed seven and injured three students and staff members at Oikos University, few in Oakland had even heard of...
Oakland residents gather to “demand justice” in Trayvon Martin case
Trayvon Martin was killed more than six weeks ago, and Oakland and Sanford, Florida are nearly 3,000 miles apart. But that didn’t dim the outrage...
For local dispensaries after the Oaksterdam raid, business as usual and a low profile
Medical marijuana dispensaries often strive to keep a low profile, but this has been even more the case after federal agents raided Oaksterdam University and...
Council approves community benefit program near Lake Merritt BART
The Oakland City Council approved plans for a community benefit program for a half-mile area surrounding the Lake Merritt BART station, which includes Oakland’s Chinatown....
