SF News Oakland's New 'Lightning Loader' Turns Claw Game Into Trash Savior Oakland Public Works is making quicker time of bulky trash removals thanks to their newest toy: the Lightning Loader. Essentially a giant mechanical claw used to pick up big piles of rubbish, city officials say it's helped them to remove 17 tons of trash in just four days.
Arts & Entertainment Bay Area Roller Skaters Lead Effort to Build Outdoor Rink ‘Panther Skate Plaza’ in West Oakland A group of Bay Area roller skaters is on a mission to build Panther Skate Plaza, an inclusive, community outdoor rink at West Oakland’s DeFremery Park. Every week, dozens of residents attend the group’s Thursday Panther Prowl event.
sports Oakland Roots and Soul Soccer Teams Secure Permanent Home at Former Raiders Facility The former Oakland Raiders training facility has been rebranded as the UCSF Health Oakland Roots and Soul Performance Center in a deal finalized Friday by SF-based Redco Development, with the revenue split between the City of Oakland and Alameda County.
SF News Court Rules Oakland Police Can Be Sued for 2022 Bystander Death A federal appeals court ruled Oakland police can be held liable for the 2022 death of Lolo Soakai, a bystander killed after an unauthorized pursuit—challenging qualified immunity and allowing the family's lawsuit to proceed.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Tesla Sales Plummet In Europe Tesla sales decreased by 45% across Europe in January; Oakland city departments were found to have paid more than $1.6 million in excess overtime over the past six years; and a man who shot at San Leandro police was charged.
SF News Gov. Newsom Sends 120 Extra State Police Officers to Oakland in Crime Crackdown Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he's increasing state police presence in Oakland and the East Bay by a whopping 900% in response to a crime surge.
SF News Oakland’s 911 System Fails After Thursday Afternoon Technical Glitch What started as a PG&E outage turned into a hobbled 911 system for the city of Oakland, and the city’s 911 call center had trouble routing calls throughout Thursday afternoon and evening.
SF News City of Oakland Employees Launch Class Action Lawsuit Over Ransomware Attack Furious that gobs of their personal data are now available on the dark web, some Oakland employees are suing the city in a class action lawsuit over the February ransomware attack that hobbled the city’s IT systems.
SF News Oakland Police Locate Baby Boy Reported Abducted From Encampment at Another Encampment Less Than 1 Mile Away The boy, who went missing and was found in the Oakland Coliseum neighborhood, appeared to have no signs of obvious physical injuries.
SF News 3 Wrong-Way Crashes Reported Across the Bay Area This Weekend The incidents, across Oakland, San Mateo County, and the North Bay, resulted in the deaths of two people and five hospitalizations, as CHP investigates their causes and if alcohol played a role.
SF News Hackers In Ransomware Attack Plan to Release City of Oakland Employee Info, and More The City of Oakland, it looks like, opted not to pay any ransom to a hacker group that succeeded in hobbling multiple city systems, and that group is now planning to make good on its threat to release an unknown amount of sensitive data.
city of oakland Three People Died Within Three Hours in Separate Shooting Incidents in Oakland Friday Evening The Oakland Police Department called it "a bloody Friday night" and is still investigating all three shootings, but no more details have been released.
SF News Alameda County Reveals Error in Counting Ranked-Choice Votes, Flipping Outcome of One District School Board Race Last week, Alameda County election officials announced they found a programming error in the vote-counting process that miscounted votes, resulting in a new winner in the Oakland District 4 School Board Director race.
SF News Oakland Pivots Certain 911 Calls to Mental Health Crews, Helping Better Address Non-Violent Emergencies Launched this month, Oakland's MACRO program has responded to specific 911 calls related to non-violent emergencies — like mental health issues, wellness checks, and panhandling — helping to de-escalate particular crises without the need for police.
SF News Activist Behind Moms 4 Housing Sets Her Eyes on Oakland City Council Run Carroll Fife, alongside the other Moms 4 Housing members, took hold of the country's attention last year after occupying an empty West Oakland abode, helping make the case that housing rights are human rights. Now, Fife is funneling that philanthropic notoriety into a run for Oakland City Council.
SF News Jump in Illegal Firework Activity Seen Around Bay Area; COVID-19 and Protests Make Citing Violators Difficult No, you're not going mad: it really is starting to feel like Fourth of July weekend — almost every night across the Bay Area.
SF News City of Oakland To Enforce Parking Meters, Regulations Starting July 6 One windfall of the pandemic has been unmetered, ticket-free street parking in many Bay Area cities. But now, just like in San Francisco — where street sweeping ticketing will resume on June 15 — the City of Oakland is set to start enforcing certain parking regulations soon.
SF News Frank Ogawa Plaza Finally Getting New, Post-Occupy Grass Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza which Occupy folk liked to refer to as Oscar Grant Plaza for reasons that only sort of make sense is finally getting restored after looking brown and
SF News City of Oakland Considering Bankruptcy The state and our fair city have their share of budget woes, but Oakland is now considering pulling a Vallejo and filing for bankruptcy in the face of $100 million budget deficit in
