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Oakland to transform vacant properties into affordable housing
Oakland officials have teamed with the non-profit Hello Housing to transform 26 vacant properties into permanently affordable housing.Read More
Oakland crews patch 2,800 potholes
Oakland city officials said Thursday that they patched nearly 2,800 major potholes in the past three weeks.Read More
Ghost Ship lawyers delay pleas, blame owner
Ghost Ship warehouse master tenant Derick Almena and creative director Max Harris appeared briefly in court Friday in connection with the fire that killed 36 people.Read More
Oakland welcomes city’s first protected bike lane
Oakland city officials will cut the ribbon Monday morning on the city's first protected bike lane, three days before Bike to Work Day.Read More
Libby Schaaf to seek re-election in 2018
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who was elected in 2014, announced Monday that she will seek re-election in 2018.Read More
Diesel-laden capsized barge sinks in SF Bay
A 112-foot long freight barge that capsized south of the Bay Bridge early Friday morning is leaking and has 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board.Read More
Oakland hills landslide cuts water service
A landslide in the Oakland hills has left 23 homes without water service, a spokeswoman for the East Bay Municipal Utility District said today. Water agency spokeswoman Nelsy Rodriguez...Read More
Fatal Oakland fire deemed accidental
A four-alarm fire that broke out at a West Oakland apartment building early Monday morning killing four people has been deemed accidental.Read More
Fire inspector flagged site of fatal blaze
Only three days before a fire at a West Oakland apartment building killed four people, a fire inspector visited the site and found 11 safety problems.Read More
NFL owners back Raiders’ Vegas gamble
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis' plan to move the team to Las Vegas was approved 31-1 by NFL owners.Read More
Oakland police chief wants to charge ‘hearts and minds’
New Oakland police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick says she wants to change the hearts and minds of police officers.Read More
Oakland police chief seeks to ‘transform’ department
New Oakland police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said Monday that reducing crime and restoring her department's relationship with the community are two of her biggest goals.Read More
‘Ghost Ship’ documents reveal Oakland inaction
The city of Oakland released hundreds of pages of documents Wednesday related to the Ghost Ship fire in December.Read More
Venus Johnson named Oakland public safety director
Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday she has appointed former prosecutor and legislative analyst Venus Johnson to be Oakland's public safety director.Read More
Group seeks to preserve creative spaces
A new organization has been formed to build a coalition between artists, community leaders, activists and policy makers.Read More
Names released of 7 warehouse fire victims
The Alameda County coroner's bureau Sunday evening released the names of seven victims among the 33 found so far in the wreckage of the Ghost Ship warehouse.Read More
Oakland City Hall garage declared unsafe
A city-owned parking garage in downtown Oakland will close indefinitely Friday because of seismic instability.Read More
60 applicants compete for SF police chief job
At least 60 people have applied to be San Francisco’s next police chief, with 11 of those applicants being current or former members of the city’s police department, the...Read More
Ringling Brothers return to Oakland — without elephants
In December 2014, the Oakland City Council became only the second city in the country to ban the use of bullhooks for handling elephants.Read More