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Wind, rain and king tides: Bay Area bracing for first atmospheric river storm of season
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This week's king tides are predicted to reach up to 7.2 feet, about two feet higher than a normal tide.Arts & Entertainment
Thieves abscond with more than 1,000 items belonging to Oakland Museum of California
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OMCA responds to the theft of jewelry, laptops and Native American baskets, among other things taken from a museum storage facility on Oct 15.children
‘It’s criminal neglect’: Wahab slams Alameda County leadership on child welfare system
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The audit found that DCFS failed to start about 50 percent of investigations within the time allowed, failed to ensure that foster youth received medical care and mental health services promptly, and more.crime
Oakland council rejects re-appointments of police commission chair, alternate commissioner
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Mayor Barbara Lee said Wednesday that the council’s vote won’t “delay or disrupt the Chief of Police selection timeline.”Education
Alameda County students outperform state averages in English, math and science
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Also, the county’s ELA and math scores are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels.Environment
Newsom signs bill to expand recycled water use for irrigation, public sites across state
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Recycled water is sewage that has been treated in a wastewater facility and that meets various levels of treatment criteria.Oakland
Tens of thousands of Kaiser health care workers set to start 5-day strike
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The strike, over pay and staffing, marks the largest labor action in their union’s 50-year history.crime
Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell to resign effective Dec. 5, gives no reason for decision
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Mitchell, a former police chief in Lubbock, Texas, was hired by former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao in March of 2024.California
