Skip to content
  • logo
  • logo
  • Home
  • News
    • City
    • Schools
    • Health & Science
    • Crime & Safety
    • Elections
    • Obituaries
    • Climate
    • Bay Area
    • California
  • Around Town
    • Opinion | Commentary
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Exedra Columnists
    • Good Dog
    • Nonprofit
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Food & Drink
    • Family & Kids
    • Senior Living
    • Home & Garden
    • Business & Finance
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • High School
    • Youth Sports (K-8)
  • Real Estate
    • Featured Homes
    • Market Insights
    • Homes for Sale
  • Donate
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Post Your News
    • Advertise

Piedmont Exedra - Piedmont news now

Piedmont Exedra (https://piedmontexedra.com/category/news/oakland/page/2)

  • Home
  • News
    • City
    • Schools
    • Health & Science
    • Crime & Safety
    • Elections
    • Obituaries
    • Climate
    • Bay Area
    • California
  • Around Town
    • Opinion | Commentary
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Exedra Columnists
    • Good Dog
    • Nonprofit
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Food & Drink
    • Family & Kids
    • Senior Living
    • Home & Garden
    • Business & Finance
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • High School
    • Youth Sports (K-8)
  • Real Estate
    • Featured Homes
    • Market Insights
    • Homes for Sale
  • Donate
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Post Your News
    • Advertise

Oakland

Calendar
  • Related Topics:
  • regional
  • missed
  • crime
  • lifestyle
  • education

Oakland

Oakland issues $334 million in bonds to fund new and ongoing infrastructure projects

By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | December 10, 2025
City still needs to close a $40 million budget deficit and has hinted at a potential measure that will be on the ballot in the spring.
Oakland

Oakland’s new interim police chief names 3 officers to executive team

By Pete Young | Bay City News | December 9, 2025
OPD interim chief James Beere was most recently the department’s assistant chief.
crime

Public memorial at Laney College to honor beloved Oakland football coach John Beam

By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | December 7, 2025
"Light the Path, Light the Field" starts at 4 p.m. December 10 at Laney Bistro.
crime

Oakland to deploy speed safety cameras at 18 locations to curb dangerous driving

By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | December 2, 2025
Speeding fines will run between $50 and $500, depending on the speed of the vehicle.
holiday

CHP steps up Thanksgiving patrols after last year’s spike in crashes, DUI arrests

By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | November 27, 2025
Increased CHP patrols will continue through Sunday night.
Bay Area

Family of slain Laney coach expresses thanks to community, sympathy for suspect’s family

By Pete Young | Bay City News | November 23, 2025
Beam’s tenure at Laney College was featured on the Netflix documentary “Last Chance U” in 2020 and included a state championship.
crime

Suspect charged with murder in shooting death of beloved Laney College coach Beam

By Kathleen Kirkwood | Bay City News | November 18, 2025
The shooting, along with other recent gun violence, has prompted AlCo DA to reinstate mandatory minimum sentences in gun cases.
California

Oakland’s big education bet: empower parents, transform schools

By Jo Napolitano | The 74million.org | November 17, 2025
"Unlike school leaders, or even teachers, parents are here to stay," says founder and CEO of the local tutoring program.
Featured in Category

‘We cannot accept this’: Bay Area leaders, athletes mourn coach Beam’s shooting death

By Dan McMenamin and Kiley Russell | Bay City News | November 17, 2025
Piedmont Police Chief Frederick Shavies spoke at the recent news conference on the shooting.
Bay Area

Laney College sports director John Beam dies after shooting Thursday; suspect in custody

By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | November 14, 2025
Beam, the former football coach at Laney as well as Skyline High School, was taken to Highland Hospital following the shooting and died Friday morning, police said.
Load more posts

Follow Piedmont Exedra

Like Us on FacebookFollow Us on TwitterFollow Us on Instagram

About Piedmont Exedra

The Piedmont Exedra is a free, hyperlocal, independent news site created by a group of Piedmont citizens and launched in November 2018.

Who we are

  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe
  • Post Your News
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Comments Policy

Archives

Affiliates

  • LION Publishers
  • Bay City News
  • CalMatters
  • EdSource
  • Piedmont High School TPH
  • Piedmont Athletics
  • The Piedmont Portal

© Copyright 2026, Piedmont Exedra

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑

The Piedmont Exedra needs YOU

Our year-end campaign is happening now. Please consider a tax-deductible donation so we can continue to report on news that matters to Piedmont.