Oakland loosens rules on police chases, giving officers more leeway
The Oakland Police Commission this week gave police Chief Floyd Mitchell the green light to allow officers to start a car chase without prior approval from a supervisor and to read more…
Nearly $1 billion in tax money now flowing to Alameda County child care providers
Alameda County officials announced Monday the release of $17 million in emergency grants to more than 370 licensed child care providers across the county. Childcare centers in Oakland, Hayward and read more…
NAACP works with city to boost Oakland police staffing
The Oakland chapter of the NAACP on Monday announced a new collaboration with the Oakland Police Department to recruit more officers from the community, especially Black residents as well as read more…
BART says it’s taken steps to avoid a repeat of the Sept. 5 systemwide shutdown
After a six-hour workday shutdown earlier this month, BART officials say the agency will do cable maintenance only on weekends to avoid another halt like the one that affected 44,000 read more…
Volunteers work to clean up Oakland waterways: ‘All of these people care so much about their shoreline’
Barry Stenger sweated under a warm sun Saturday as he weeded, mulched and collected trash among native live oaks and cottonwood trees at Barry Place, a small nature preserve along read more…
Protesters want ICE out of Oakland amid reports of seven people taken into custody
Chanting “ICE out of Oakland!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” protesters demonstrated Saturday near the East Oakland intersection where federal immigration agents reportedly had read more…
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