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The East Bay Municipal Water District provided updates on drought measures, difficult labor negotiations, and watershed restoration after the Butte wildfire.
The mayor covered inequity, policing and housing in the address.
Thanks to an Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board vote Wednesday night, within the next three years ethnic studies classes like this one will be offered at all Oakland high schools. The courses may count as an academic graduation credit, but will not be required.
As the one-year anniversary of Prop. 47’s passage approaches, many people working in the state’s legal system are evaluating its effectiveness.
Oaklanders get a range of broken items fixed by local repair shops.
Oaklanders gathered by moonlight for a traditional Japanese celebration of the Harvest Moon.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, advocates and clinicians establish new connections to combat the crime.
Black farmers gather in Oakland to discuss food deserts, the future, and the history of their community.
Oakland has joined 130 other communities nation-wide that aim to increase reading proficiency levels by 2020, its specific initiative called the Oakland Reads 2020 campaign.