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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...

San Francisco Declares Water Emergency, Asks For 10% System-Wide Water Reduction

November 25, 2021 2:26 amNovember 24, 2021 9:27 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, along with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced on Tuesday that there is now a water shortage emergency in effect, calling for large reductions across the Bay-spanning system. According to the new emergency...

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....

Vice President Kamala Harris Stumps For Governor Newsom, Against Recall During Bay Area Visit

September 8, 2021 8:47 pm

Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the Bay area on Wednesday, attending an event with Governor Gavin Newsom to urge people to vote no in the upcoming recall election. After flying into Oakland on Wednesday morning, Vice President Harris joined...

Former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer Robbed in Oakland, After Democrats ‘Defund Police’

July 27, 2021 8:01 am

Former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer was robbed in Oakland, CA, the notorious city ranked in the top five for in crime in the country, and number#2 in the state, and where poor citizens receive universal basic income checks. Crime is...