Crime & Safety
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Lake Merritt play structure to be rededicated
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The freshened-up free-form sculpture near the lake's bandstand has been there since the 1950s.Featured in Category
Oakland City Council approves sale of city-owned garage for new Kaiser HQ
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The garage at 2100 Telegraph Ave. will be sold to the developers for $28 million.Crime & Safety
Day 2 on the witness stand: Derick Almena alleges Ghost Ship owners misled him
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Almena said he didn't learn until after the fire that "the building had been registered for 71 years for storage only."Bay Area
PG&E deploys helicopters to scan East Bay hills for fire danger
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Helicopters equipped with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology help identify hazardous trees that could fall into power lines.Bay Area
Derick Almena blames landlords for conditions at Ghost Ship
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Master tenant Almena said he believes the Ng family, which owns the building, misled him about the conditions there.Uncategorized
New community cabin site for homeless opens next week on Oakland/Emeryville border
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The Mandela Parkway cabin site is the fifth one to open since December 2017.News
Oakland issues permits to four e-scooter operators
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Scooters in Oakland weren't regulated before the ordinance was passed.News
Ghost Ship trial: Almena’s wife says authorities never said warehouse was unsafe
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Defense attorneys allege that government officials, such as police officers, firefighters and child service workers, are at least partly responsible for the blaze because they all toured the warehouse before the fire and failed to report it for dangerous conditions.Bay Area
