Oakland City Council backed a draft of the bill that would give governments more time to respond to requests.

Students say when a fight breaks out on campus, a crowd often gathers to hit record. School leaders are now considering discipline for students who share those videos.

THAT’S TWO BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF FOR TEAM USA

Every day, officers head out to respond to multiple Oakland calls. They’ve rescued injured birds and a 350-pound pig — and faced the grim outcome of animal neglect.

INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

Oakland's African diaspora and other communities came out to celebrate on Saturday in Mosswood Park.

This Plank location in Jack London Square would be an excellent place for an Oakland Berkeley Bowl. And they can keep the bowling lanes. oaklandside.org/2026/06/05/p...

An astonishing level of surveillance — 600 million plate reads in a year. oaklandside.org/2026/06/05/f...

A new HBO documentary by Questlove tells the story of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Morning Edition host A Martinez speaks with band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White & Ralph Johnson. n.pr/4fXMxGA

Only a small fraction of the plates were associated with criminal suspects, according to police.

In January and March, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee hosted high-powered meetings to end 2 years of near-incessant lobbying by politically connected residents over a street-slowing project. The lobbying role of Buffy Wicks, a state assembly member, angered many neighbors. oaklandside.org/2026/06/01/b...

The state rep wants to steamroll obstacles to road improvements, in part by limiting public feedback. Yet she was a leading player in a contentious, years-long debate over traffic-slowing measures in her own neighborhood.

Air monitors are currently online at 56 Oakland Unified School District campuses, with plans underway to expand to 75.

Several others sustained injuries in a major collision late Saturday night. The driver allegedly tried to flee 85th and International after the crash.

AC Transit, BART are seeing year-over-year increases in ridership, while car dealerships say hybrid sales are booming. They say war-related gas scarcity is only one factor.

DA Ursula Jones Dickson said there are at least 10 victims of the East Oakland collision.

Oakland Animal Services sent 205 dogs to Miranda’s Rescue last year. The agency has discovered that some animals it sent for adoption were killed and dumped instead.

Catch up on Oakland news while walking the dog or cooking dinner with Oaklandside 510.

The city is facing a potential multi-million dollar lawsuit for the crash following a CHP pursuit that killed Boomer and injured Ta Ta Neshe Woodruff.

earthquake. got the detection notification like 3 seconds before feeling it.

If a new tax doesn’t pass in November, one plan would cut service to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels. Bus lines that serve fewer people, such as the 281, 19, 251, and 56, are on the chopping block.

Green meteor above California??

Graphic video from the OPD car chase that turned fatal for a 28-year-old bystander also shows that the officers abruptly left the scene.

Members of the East Bay's Iranian American community express fear, stress, sorrow, and hope as the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran unfold.

San Francisco Baykeeper is suing the State Lands Commission over a deal allowing the removal of 1.7 million cubic yards of sand each year from the bottom of the San Francisco Bay.

Update: our attorneys convinced Oakland to release some of the police body camera video of the incident, including a brief struggle with OPD officers, that led to Martin's death. bsky.app/profile/did:...

The highway impact report found Oakland forgoes $23.9 billion in development and $181 million in property taxes thanks to urban land swallowed up by freeways.

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The city added 18 speed cameras on January 14 as part of a multiple-city statewide pilot. Fines start in mid-March.

Chang, the hip hop historian and cultural critic, has written a vivid history of the martial arts legend and his worlds. He takes us on a tour of Lee’s days in Oakland.

A misdemeanor case has surfaced a troubling pattern in Alameda County juries, which often fail to reflect the community’s diversity.

Saturday’s violence at a downtown nightclub marked the 13th and 14th homicides in Oakland this year.

And the identity of the government’s key informant might soon be made public.

Rep. Lateefah Simon said the attacks 'demonstrate once again President Trump’s callous disregard for the rule of law.' A protest is scheduled for 3 p.m. in San Francisco.

Other events include Oakland Ballers open tryouts, the Oakland 68s Fans Fest, and championship matches for Oakland high school soccer and basketball.

The Oakland Police Department reported a 73% reduction in pending Skelly hearings between October 2024 and January 2026. OPD attributed the backlog to understaffing, strict recusal requirements, and outdated technology. oaklandside.org/2026/02/25/o...

Oakland teachers voted to authorize a strike last Friday. Pressure is rising for OUSD to come to an agreement with their union, the OEA, while facing a looming $100 million deficit.

The large, open-ended strike had led to frustrations by some patients over delayed care as well as difficulties for workers who went weeks without a paycheck.

Oakland! oaklandside.org/2026/02/19/a...

Three more miles of protected cycle tracks will make biking from Fruitvale to Lake Merritt and Downtown safer.

“Happy Heavenly Birthday Oscar,” an installation about the young Oakland man killed by a BART police officer in 2009, is up through Feb. 28 at the Black Panther Party Museum.

The City Council agreed to give the indigenous-led organization over $800,000 in Measure DD funds to conserve 16-acres in the Oakland hills.

The beloved national park ranger and civil rights pioneer died in December at her Richmond home. She will be honored at Oakland's Kaiser Center for the Arts.

An ambitious plan to improve the West Oakland roadway is expected to break ground this summer, with buffered bike lanes, pedestrian islands, and more.

People being sexually trafficked, and sex workers, often experience barriers to accessing healthcare and other resources. An Oakland nonprofit is bringing a clinic to the streets, focusing on serving and empowering sex-trafficked youth. oaklandside.org/2026/02/12/d...

"The Important Novels of the mid-90s were supposed to be ‌American Pastoral and Underworld, chronicles of the past by laureled men over sixty. Infinite Jest came busting in among them like a graphomaniac Kool-Aid Man, young, brash and huge." www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/infinity-plu...

"The potential for love is all around the Town, and we heard from more than two dozen couples for whom Oakland is the main character in their love story." Love this story so much @chroniclesofazu.bsky.social thank you ✨💖🙏💕💫 oaklandside.org/2026/02/09/o...

Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years. www.propublica.org/article/fore...

The city’s finance department is on a fast track to take over parking enforcement from the department of transportation, alarming staff and business leaders. The turf dispute will get aired out at a Feb. 10 council committee meeting.

Multiple Oakland businesses, from bars to hair salons, also shuttered or donated earnings as part of a national day of actions to protest Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown and honor the victims of ICE violence.