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Air district program lets people turn clunker cars into cash to help improve environment
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Bay Area Air Quality Management District will give people $1,500 starting in July for turning over vehicles made in 1998 or before.Elections
Thao recall backers claim enough signatures to qualify for ballot, call on mayor to resign
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Recall supporters said Thao should resign since the number of signatures on the petition exceeds the number of votes she received — 39,909.Featured in Category
Ex-spokesperson sues DA Pamela Price for wrongful termination, racial discrimination
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Patricia Lee, a former local TV reporter who worked for Price for about six months in 2023, filed the suit.business
Oakland council moves forward with sale of city’s Coliseum stake to development group
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has said that money from the sale will help her administration close a $177 million budget gap while avoiding layoffs and major cuts to city services.Crime & Safety
AlCo DA Price responds to her critics, rejects recall group’s demand she fire a subordinate
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Price rejected calls from the group Save Alameda For Everyone to fire Desmond Jeffries, director of recruitment and retention in her office.artists
Sonoma County seeks artists to design and install Fire Memorial for 2017 wildfire victims
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The artist or team of artists will be awarded up to $320,000 to design, create and install the memorial.lawsuit
Oakland city attorney threatens to sue hotel, alleging it owes workers more than $400,000
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Oakland’s Measure Z requires hotels to pay workers $15 per hour with health benefits or $20 per hour without health benefits.Bay Area
Organizers of campaign effort to recall Oakland mayor say they delivered petition to city
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Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao (OUST) said they only need 24,644 valid signatures to qualify for an election and that they turned in the petition well before the July 22 deadline.animals
