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Oakland City Council Reinstates Indoor Public Masking Mandate

December 21, 2022 2:46 pmDecember 23, 2022 8:24 am

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to bring back mandatory masking at all indoor public facilities in order to fight rising cases of COVID, flu, and RSV. The move culminates in a year where Oakland had continual on...

Dead Heat In Oakland Mayoral Race According to Oakland Chamber Of Commerce Poll

October 20, 2022 12:21 pmOctober 20, 2022 12:22 pm

An Oakland Chamber of Commerce poll released on Wednesday found that that Oakland Mayoral candidates and City Councilmembers Loren Taylor and Sheng Thao are currently in a dead heat less than three weeks before election day. Ever since declaring themselves...

Oakland Gives Back Land Rights ‘Reparations’ in Park to Native Tribe

September 9, 2022 5:02 pm

Oakland became the first city in the United States to give city-owned land rights back to a Native American tribe for reparations due to European colonization on Thursday, receiving partial control of five acres of the Joaquin Miller Park. According...

California Democratic Party Opposes Online Sports Betting Amendment Measure Prop. 27

July 11, 2022 1:08 pm

The California Democratic Party (CADEM) announced Sunday that it opposes the online sports betting amendment ballot measure Proposition 27, one of the largest endorsements against the controversial proposition to date. According to the Secretary of State’s office, Prop. 27 would create...

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...