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.
Around Town City holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for new Coaches Field batting cages By City of Piedmont | September 5, 2025 Eagle Scout candidate Sammy Ragones worked with the city on the renovation project.
City Letter to the Editor | Questions, concerns about Moraga Canyon housing development By Marj Blackwell, Vincent Fisher, Julie Watters, Daphne Albert, and Peggy Esposito | September 5, 2025 Residents Marj Blackwell, Vincent Fisher, Julie Watters, Daphne Albert, and Peggy Esposito say the plan is fraught with risk.
City Pools are filled with water as another construction milestone is met By City of Piedmont; Exedra staff | September 5, 2025 Let the testing begin.
Education California changed the way it teaches science. But test scores remain low By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | September 5, 2025 In 2019 only 30% of students met the standard on the state exam. Last year, the number had inched up to only 30.7%.
Arts & Entertainment 10 Berkeley-set crime tales offer thrilling reading By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News | September 5, 2025 There are around 2,700 mysteries set in the Bay Area according to the online bibliography Golden Gate Mysteries.
Arts & Entertainment Piedmont Ave. mural at center of nudity complaint won’t be removed from public view for now By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | September 4, 2025 Some Native American neighbors are offended and say the mural lacks ‘redeeming cultural message.’
City Pool Bond Oversight Committee wraps up work By Exedra Staff | September 2, 2025 Measure UU funded $25M of the total $34.9M pool budget.
public safety New Cal Fire campaign urges Californians to prepare ‘go bags,’ make evacuation plan By Sarah Stierch | Bay City News | September 2, 2025 We're entering peak wildfire season -- what's YOUR plan?