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Oakland

Feds announce charges for alleged driver in U-Haul attack on Coast Guard personnel

By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | November 5, 2025

Bella Thompson was charged Tuesday with one count of assaulting federal officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and could, if convicted, face up to 20 years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

FBI releases images of suspects in theft of over 1,000 artifacts from Oakland Museum

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News

Dueling demonstrators gather at Oakland City Hall over license plate reader cameras

By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News

Thieves abscond with more than 1,000 items belonging to Oakland Museum of California

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News

Oakland council rejects re-appointments of police commission chair, alternate commissioner

By Kiley Russell, Bay City News

activism

Teens march through downtown Oakland, call for companies to pay for pollution

By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | October 26, 2025

The march is part of an effort to pass state legislation requiring large corporations to offset their climate footprint by supporting environmental projects.

Housing

At first-ever California Big City Mayors summit, leaders call for unity, urgency on housing

By Alise Maripuu, Bay City News | October 24, 2025

California Big City Mayors is a bipartisan coalition of 13 mayors from cities such as Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Bakersfield, and Los Angeles.

crime

Former NFL player Doug Martin identified as man who died in Oakland police custody

By Dan McMenamin | Bay City News | October 21, 2025

The Oakland native made two Pro Bowls as a top player in the league during his time with Tampa Bay Buccaneers and also played for the then-Oakland Raiders in 2018.

Around Town

‘No Kings, only the people’: Protesters blanket Bay Area with peaceful message

By Exedra Staff | Andres Jimenez Larios and Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | October 19, 2025

Nearly 7 million people turned out across the country to protest President Trump, event organizers say.

alert

Oakland residents, officials take part in ShakeOut to stay prepared for earthquakes

By Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News | October 17, 2025

Coincidentally, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the University of California, Berkeley campus Thursday morning.

Oakland

Tens of thousands of Kaiser health care workers set to start 5-day strike

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | October 14, 2025

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

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | October 9, 2025

Mitchell, a former police chief in Lubbock, Texas, was hired by former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao in March of 2024.

featured

SFMTA finds new cameras cut speeding 72% at 15 sites, spurring changed driver behavior

By Nicole Tingson |Bay City News | October 7, 2025

San Francisco’s new speed camera program is the first of its kind in California.

Oakland

Public invited to school budget meetings as Oakland Unified faces $4M monthly shortfall

By Pete Young | Bay City News | October 6, 2025

The district faced a similar crisis in 2003 when it descended into fiscal insolvency and was placed under state receivership for 6 years.

California

Alameda County supervisors approve ethical investment policy, pause rollout for review

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | October 6, 2025

Disagreement about implementation, with the public split over investments with Israel-Gaza ties.