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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.Fires
Caldecott Tunnel eastbound bore to close this week to clean soot from vehicle fire
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The left of the two eastbound tunnels on Highway 24 will be closed three nights this week from 10 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.education
Oakland schools learn that going police-free is tough; anti-violence efforts gain traction
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OUSD's preference is for restorative justice, which emphasizes circle-of-trust interactions to improve how students treat one another.City
Piedmont Fire Department responds to car fire on Selborne
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Wednesday's fire sent huge columns of black smoke into the air.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.ballot
Short of signatures for fall, organizers target 2026 ballot for tightening transgender rights
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Initiative organizers were buoyed by the 400,000 signatures that thousands of volunteers collected.Housing
California’s highest court rejects ‘people as pollution’ argument for UC Berkeley housing
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The California Supreme Court gave the greenlight to build student and homeless housing at People’s Park, ending a years-long legal debate over whether student noise is an environmental pollutant.public safety
Officer injured, 13 arrested after protesters barricade inside Stanford president’s office
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A group calling itself Liberate Stanford, made up of Stanford students and alumni, claimed responsibility.crime
