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Tantalizing lunchtime read in which I rhapsodize about a fried fish oaklandside.org/2025/02/13/val…

A bunch of the newer Oakland apartment buildings are being foreclosed on or sold for pennies on the dollar oaklandside.org/2025/02/14/oak…

City of Vallejo reporting that unhoused individual killed by city worker during cleanup last year.

Here's a cheat sheet for the Oaklandside's sold-out mayoral forum tonight, whether you snagged a ticket or will be watching from home. oaklandside.org/2025/02/26/oak…

Reading this raises a few questions for me x.com/emily_hoeven/s… Does Garofoli know how Oakland elections work? Oakland uses ranked-choice voting, so this election could very likely be decided by supporters of the candidates he contemptuously labels not "serious."

Tix on sale for the next Oaklandside Culture Makers event -- this one with reps from the Oakland Ballers, Roots, Soul, and girls softball league ⚾️⚽️. Always a good time with host Azucena Rasilla! eventbrite.com/e/culture-make…

Meet the candidates running for Oakland City Council District 2 in the Oakland special election. Natalie Orenstein and I interviewed the contenders about their plans for the district and city. oaklandside.org/2025/03/06/oak…

Residents of a Rockridge senior living facility took to the streets Saturday to oppose Social Security cuts. Some have been “marching since Vietnam.” Others told me it was the very first time in their 80- or 90-some years they’d felt called to protest. oaklandside.org/2025/03/17/wev…

Two major homeless shelters in West Oakland could close March 31. The operator blames the city, which has often paid them for services months late. oaklandside.org/2025/03/20/woo…

I visited the prominent Lake Merritt Lodge homeless shelter after the program moved out in Nov 2024 — and found startling, hazardous conditions. I looked into oversight at the lodge and found a convoluted system that created confusion and, often, chaos. oaklandside.org/2025/03/31/lak…

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has acknowledged that it grabbed a Maryland father with protected status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador—but claims that courts are powerless to order his return, Nick Miroff reports: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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It's Election Day in Oakland!! (If the ads spilling out of your mailbox didn't remind you already.) Here's our last-minute guide: oaklandside.org/2025/04/14/las…

Loren Taylor leads Barbara Lee in the very early Oakland mayoral election results. Charlene Wang has a stronger early lead for District 2. Lots could still change as more ballots are counted tonight and this week. oaklandside.org/2025/04/15/oak…

Pom-poms are a-shaking at Barbara Lee’s campaign party, but the candidate has yet to arrive.

The vote in the Oakland mayor's race is revealing a stark divide. Barbara Lee is picking up most of her support in the flatlands and North Oakland. Loren Taylor is picking up his core support in the hills. oaklandside.org/2025/04/15/oak…

Friday night flip in the Oakland election: Barbara Lee is now leading and likely headed to the mayor's office. oaklandside.org/2025/04/18/bar…

The bill to lower California’s cap on rent increases and expand tenant protections drew strong opposition from landlord groups and others who argued it would hamper development. kqed.org/news/12038224/…

Is David Duong seeking a pardon from Trump in the Oakland FBI corruption investigation? New with Roselyn Romero and Darwin BondGraham oaklandside.org/2025/05/16/oak…

Read and take time with this story by Jose Fermoso, who sat down with the family and partner of Marvin Boomer for an in-depth and moving interview. oaklandside.org/2025/06/06/mar…