featured Oakland to enforce Sunday parking meters in move that could generate extra $1.6M a year By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | December 18, 2025 Sunday metering is a benefit to retail shops because it encourages parking turnover and customer traffic.
Bay Area CARE Court was created to help California’s toughest homeless cases. Why that’s been so hard By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | December 17, 2025 More than two years after the program first launched, most people starting the CARE Court process aren’t homeless, and those who are homeless aren’t always getting what they need most: housing.
featured Oakland City Council votes to expand police camera network amid sharp privacy debate By Tanay Gokhale | Bay City News | December 17, 2025 Footage and data gathered from the various cameras will then be consolidated into an online database managed by Flock Safety.
Crime & Safety The Blotter | Home possibly burgled on Alta Avenue By Damin Esper | December 16, 2025 Plus: Catalytic converter theft on Pala Ave.
Bay Area Faster, cheaper homes: Alameda County taps Oakland firm to advance SHIFT housing pilot By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | December 16, 2025 The company, with its “strong design approach,” has a track record of housing development on small, irregular, or undervalued parcels.
Elections Republicans ask federal court to overturn California’s new Prop. 50 maps By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | December 16, 2025 But the Prop 50 opponents’ odds look slim, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority recently blessed Texas’s new maps.
City Survey: Help inform swim lesson options at the new community pool By City of Piedmont | December 16, 2025 Your input needed as aquatics staff prepare for future operations and aquatics programming.
City Piedmont’s new fire code is a start. Now it’s time to act. By Dave Brannigan | Piedmont Fire Chief | December 16, 2025 Piedmont Fire Chief Dave Brannigan calls on residents to harden their homes against wildfire
BART BART fares to rise 6.2% in 2026 as ridership continues to rebound, budget gap persists By Gabe Agcaoili, Bay City News | December 15, 2025 Parking prices will also change on Jan. 1, though details were not specified.
crime San Jose family ran network of brothels earning $1M yearly, prosecutors say By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News | December 14, 2025 A married couple and one of their adult children ran at least 10 commercial sex brothels across Santa Clara County under the guise of massage parlors.