Death Toll in Deadly Warehouse Fire Rises to 30 as Search Goes On – New York Times
New York TimesMore than 33 people were killed on Friday night in a warehouse fire in Oakland, Calif. The authorities expect the death toll to rise. By NEETI UPADHYE and ELSA BUTLER on Publish Date December 3, 2016. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press.Death toll rises to 33 in CaliforniaReuters‘It was heartbreaking’: Oakland warehouse fire […]
Alameda County DA Files Charges Against 7 Oakland Police Officers In Celeste Guap Sex Scandal
Nancy O’Malley, the Alameda County District Attorney, has filed charges against seven Oakland Police Officers that were responsible for the sexual violation of Jasmine Celese Abuslin, who’s commonly known as Celeste Guap. You can read more about the charges filed here, but the DA did not release the names of the officers.
Rebecca Kaplan First Oakland Councilmember On BAAQMD Since 1992 #OakMtg
Wellstone Democratic Club Endorses Kalb, Kaplan, Gallo For Oakland City Council
The Oakland-based Wellstone Democratic Club (which has an older-to-elderly, white, progressive demographic of activists) has released its endorsements for the November 2016 Election:
Tony Thurmond, Rob Bonta, And The Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Tony Thurmond, Rob Bonta, And The Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Oakland Needs A New News Blog: “Oakland News”
Since 2004, when I started Oakland’s first true blog (and not a news website) Oakland Focus, Oakland has seen the following online publications come and many go: