Citing the inability of the Oakland Police Department to investigate and hold accountable a homicide detective who is accused of bribing a witness, the plaintiffs attorneys say this is an “intolerable” and “massive failure” and they’re considering another receivership motion.

Prospective Oakland D7 Council candidate Tonya Love sued the county over the Registrar's decision to discount petition signatures due to technical errors. The judge will issue a ruling within 2 hours. Final ballots are due into the printing press tomorrow oaklandside.org/2024/08/29/dis…

Pamela Price entered the Alameda County DA’s office just last year bent on offering young people rehabilitation, but opponents immediately organized to stop her and she faces a recall in November. New reporting by Piper French: boltsmag.org/oakland-distri…

Wrote about the explosion in companies building tiny homes for homeless people and angling for government contracts in Oakland and CA. oaklandside.org/2024/08/30/tin…

“Watching native fishes vanish,” by Andrew Rypel (Andrew Rypel) and Peter Moyle. californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/01/wat… #CAwater

An Oakland police officer, Samson Liu, owns an illegal cannabis grow house in Antioch that was raided by state agents…. cnn.com/2024/08/31/us/…

At least 83% of California’s native fish species are at risk of extinction. californiawaterblog.com/2024/09/01/wat…

.Schmidt Ocean scientists discovered twenty possible new species across ten seamounts, the first-ever recording of a rare squid, and thriving deep-sea coral reefs during an expedition of the Nazca Ridge, 900 miles off the coast of Chile. ww2.kqed.org/science/2024/0…

The federal judge who is the ultimate authority overseeing the Oakland Police Department's reform program is considering paradigm changes for how the department polices itself. oaklandside.org/2024/09/04/oak…

Oakland is getting much-needed upgrades to its 911 dispatch center. oaklandside.org/2024/09/05/oak…

A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit brought by some Oakland landlords against the city and county COVID-19 eviction moratoriums. The judge says the eviction bans weren't illegal takings of property. But landlords say they'll refile. oaklandside.org/2024/09/05/evi…

Guía para padres preocupados por la alta contaminación por plomo en las escuelas de Oakland. ¿Qué escuelas fueron afectadas? ¿Qué recursos hay disponibles? Aquí le decimos como. oaklandside.org/2024/09/06/oak…

What are Oakland District 3 residents thinking about heading into the Nov. 5 Election when they'll pick their councilmember? oaklandside.org/2024/09/06/wes…

Former Mayor Libby Schaaf faces thousands in ethics fines. The chamber of commerce, Oakland police union, and city contractors also allegedly violated city election laws alongside Schaaf during the 2018 and 2020 elections. oaklandside.org/2024/09/06/for…