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Oakland City Council Votes To Add More Police, Police Academies Amid Crime Surge

December 9, 2021 2:20 amApril 3, 2022 8:35 am

The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to add more police academies and officers, reversing a course of police defunding and hiring freezes from the last year and a half. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented...

Oakland Councilwoman Sheng Thao Enters 2022 Oakland Mayoral Race

November 11, 2021 2:15 amNovember 12, 2021 10:01 am

Oakland City Councilwoman and current Council President Sheng Thao announced on Wednesday that she would be running for Mayor of Oakland in 2022. The daughter of refugees from Laos, Thao graduated from Merrit College and, later, from UC Berkeley with...

Alameda County Board of Supervisors Votes To Keep New Athletics Stadium Plan Alive In 4-1 Vote

October 27, 2021 3:52 pm

In a non-binding 4-1 vote, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors agreed to keep a new Oakland Athletics baseball stadium project alive at Howard Terminal, saving, for now, the last major team still playing in Oakland. For the past 15...

Oakland City Council Adds New Police Academy, More Officers Due To Rising Crime Rate

September 23, 2021 2:30 amSeptember 22, 2021 9:37 pm

The Oakland City Council approved a resolution on Tuesday that, due to a shortage of officers and a rising crime rate, a fifth police academy is to open in the city to boost the number of police officers by 2022....

Gov. Newsom Physically Attacked While Touring Oakland Small Businesses

June 18, 2021 12:49 pmJune 24, 2021 6:39 am

NOTE TO READERS: Comments on this article have been disabled. Governor Gavin Newsom was assaulted by a 54-year-old man while in Oakland on Thursday, one of the first physical confrontations against the Governor during his term. According to law enforcement...

Bill That Would Stop Scholarship-Driven Financial Aid Reduction Introduced in Assembly

January 25, 2021 5:35 pm

On Monday, a bill that would prevent colleges and universities from reducing financial aid if a student is given one or more private scholarships was formally introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 288, authored by Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), would...

President Trump Threatens Federal Law Enforcement Intervention In Oakland

July 22, 2020 6:26 amMarch 17, 2022 8:26 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. On Monday, President Donald Trump noted that he may be sending federal law enforcement officials similar to those deployed in Portland, Oregon to Oakland and other cities...