City Piedmont’s new pools have water – what’s next? By City of Piedmont | September 9, 2025 Testing, hiring, and training.
City New transformer installation marks next step in 911 Dispatch Center construction By City of Piedmont | September 9, 2025 City Hall was closed last Thursday for the infrastructure upgrade.
Around Town Harvest Festival returns Sunday, September 21 By City of Piedmont | September 9, 2025 Mark your calendars for this classic family event featuring food, music, art, an Edibles Contest, PEF games, scarecrows -- and more.
Housing Alameda County rolls out program to cut red tape from affordable housing development By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | September 8, 2025 County is seeking a qualified architectural firm to help make it happen.
Oakland Oakland First Fridays push back against police union’s finger pointing in wake of shootings By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 OPD, moreover, finds no connection between the outbreak of violence and the free festival that had ended hours earlier.
crime Mayor Barbara Lee responds to deadly Oakland shootings, police union criticism By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 Union blames mayor and cuts to the police department for the violence.
Oakland OPD delays rollout of police radio encryption amid technical issues, transparency concerns By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 Previously, public radio frequencies allowed for journalists, watchdogs, and members of the public to monitor police activities.
Bay Area We belong outdoors: Bay Area groups battle inequity to make nature accessible for all By Anna Tran | Bay City News | September 7, 2025 Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.
BART ‘It feels like a cyber-attack’: Computer issue snarled commute for thousands of BART riders By Dan McMenamin and Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | September 5, 2025 Computer upgrade gone wrong paralyzed BART on Friday.
City Planning Commission to host study session on new housing design standards on Sept. 8 By The City of Piedmont | September 5, 2025 Community is invited to watch and/or participate; a final draft of the new standards is expected to be released for public review this fall.