Politics
Bridge failures have become a growing concern in recent years due to funding shortfalls, faulty materials and increased traffic flows.
BART expanded services tonight and ran extra trains while ongoing repairs shut down the Bay Bridge.
Caltrans crews worked through the night to begin repairing a section of the Bay Bridge that collapsed onto the upper deck last night. The upper and lower levels have both been closed to traffic and a construction team is currently working on the bridge.
Two hundred people joined at Lake Merritt early Saturday morning and walked together into daybreak. The walk, called Out of the Darkness, was part of a national effort to publicize suicide prevention.
October 22nd was a National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, a nation-wide initiative to draw attention to the lives that have been lost at the hands of law enforcement officers.
Newly appointed Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley, who comes from a Bay Area family of judges and prosecutors, steps into the job at a time of budget cuts and high-profile homicide cases. “It’s still looked at as one of the best D.A. offices in the country,” she said during an extensive interview last week. “I take the job very, very seriously.”
In old age homes and residential care facilities across the country, low-income seniors are already part of a government-run healthcare system–through MediCal, the state benefits program for the poor; and Medicare, the federal program for those over 65. But for some seniors those benefits don’t necessarily provide easy access to medical care either. A special Oakland North radio podcast.
When the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County opened its doors in 1979, it consisted of a few small entrepreneurs trying to create a Latino voice in the Bay Area business community. Three decades later, HCCAC members sit on the boards of major local companies and have a direct line to the region’s elected officials.
This Saturday, October 24th, North Oakland will join over 4,500 community events will be staged across 181 countries and all seven continents as part of the International Day of Climate Action.