Bay Area New Alameda County DA withdraws from historic death penalty resentencing By Cayla Mihalovich | CalMatters | May 30, 2025 The former DA said her office wanted to achieve justice for the people of color whose constitutional rights had been violated in the process.
lifestyle Children’s Fairyland celebrates 75th anniversary with limited-edition Oakland Public Library card designed by 12-Year-Old By Morgan Rothenbaum | Children's Fairyland | May 27, 2025 The cards will be available starting May 30.
Environment Ship with environmental mission sinks in Oakland Estuary By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | May 27, 2025 The ship began sinking on Sunday night and a boom around the vessel was deployed Monday afternoon by the Oakland and Alameda fire departments to contain any spilled fuel.
Oakland ‘Whack-a-mole’ politics: Bay Area injunction protecting international students expands By Joe Dworetzky | Bay City News | May 26, 2025 Nationwide injunctions have been a flashpoint with Trump’s administration.
Environment One of Oakland’s largest homeless camps is cleaned up, residents get temporary shelter By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 24, 2025 On Friday, city officials said the last of the 79 or so residents have moved on — 70 of them to the Mandela House, a converted hotel.
Education Oakland Unified school board reverses course on afterschool, summer program cuts By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 23, 2025 Dozens of OUSD students, parents and afterschool program providers urged the board to repeal the spending cuts.
Bay Area San Francisco moves up in new park ranking index. Here’s how Oakland and other Bay Area cities fared By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | May 23, 2025 The ParkScore index is a report from the Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit that works to create and protect parks, trails, and other public lands.
Bay Area Spanning a century: Oakland reopens iconic Leimert Bridge after seismic retrofit project By Nicole Tingson | Bay City News | May 22, 2025 The $2 million project began in late summer 2023 and concluded this month, officials said.
budget Lee sworn in as Oakland’s 52nd mayor, says ‘no time to waste’ getting to the work ahead By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 20, 2025 Lee promises to "govern in a new way."
budget Coliseum windfall allows Oakland Fire to do something it hasn’t been able to in 23 years By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | May 20, 2025 On Sunday, most of the city’s 26 fire stations were up and running despite Oakland’s ongoing and drastic budgetary struggles.