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‘This is how you serve your community’: Oakland churches get grant to put housing on their land
‘This event recognizes us’: Seniors flock to Oakland festival promoting health and wellness
Already high child lead poisoning cases expected to rise in Alameda County
Lead poisoning cases remain high in Alameda County, and the Public Health Department expects them to rise in the next couple years, as parents return to having children tested after read more…
Oakland 911 now can dispatch mental health calls to MACRO team instead of police
Oakland’s community response pilot program, which launched last spring as an alternative to a police response, was connected this month to 911 dispatch services. Teams with the Mobile Assistance Community read more…
OUSD cuts attendance positions, despite nationwide ‘crisis’ in absenteeism
Oakland Unified started the school year this week without its five network attendance liaisons, whose sole job was to keep kids coming to school, even as the district struggles to read more…
Oakland wants to give voters money to make campaign contributions
Oakland voters will be asked on the Nov. 8 ballot if they want the city to give each of them $100 in campaign vouchers that could be donated to the read more…
Addressing ‘a never-ending flow of potholes that sort of keep reappearing’ on Oakland’s streets
Driving in Oakland can sometimes feel like a video game, swerving around potholes to avoid a flat tire or damage to the undercarriage of your car. Potholes have become one read more…
‘They did what we expected them to do, though it was hurtful’: OUSD board rejects community attempt to save schools
After five months of heated meetings, tensions boiled over Wednesday as the Oakland Unified School board voted decisively against a resolution brought by the community to reverse the scheduled closures read more…
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