Sprint To Provide Electronics to Oakland USD StudentsPatch.com… tool for classroom performance, helping students with everything from communicating with teachers and counselors via email to conducting research for assignments and compiling reports and presentations,” said Richard Buery, deputy mayor for New … and more …read more Source:: Oakland Mayor Race News By Google News
Bend Bulletin“The Mayor” is about an aspiring rap star in a West Coast city — not unlike Diggs’ hometown of Oakland — who runs for mayor on a lark and … well, the title is a hint but victory was entirely unexpected. It stars Brandon Michael Hall, a breakout … …read more Source:: Oakland Mayor […]
Topeka Capital JournalThe chase went north into the Oakland neighborhood where the man ran on foot from the truck in the 900 block of N.E. Chester, Johnson said. As the man was running from officers, he allegedly pulled a gun from his pants and threw it down. The 37-year … and more …read more Source:: […]
San Francisco ChronicleHundreds of thousands of dollars in donations have gone to the Oakland Military Institute and the Oakland School for the Arts, two charter schools he founded when he was the mayor of Oakland. Among the donors were Prime Healthcare, currently facing a … …read more Source:: Oakland Mayor Race News By Google News
Berkeley Shooting Arrest: Berkeley Man Behind BarsPatch.comBERKELEY, CA — Berkeley police last week arrested a man they believe pulled the trigger in a shooting near San Pablo Park in July in which a bullet nearly hit a resident in the head. Berkeley resident Anthony McCurty, 37, was arrested at about 8:30 a … and more […]
Patch.comOAKLAND, CA —Two men were victims of a shooting early this morning in Oakland, according to police. The shooting was reported at 2:10 a.m. in the 7300 block of Bancroft Avenue, police said. Two male victims were involved and one of them was taken to a … and more …read more Source:: Oakland California News […]
DNAinfoOAKLAND — Two men are putting people in a choke hold and robbing them, according to police. The Chicago Police Department on Monday sent out a community alert warning Oakland residents that there have been reports twice in August of men attacking … …read more Source:: Oakland CA News By Google News
Housing crisis: Will California force its cities to OK more building?Santa Cruz SentinelPowerful tech companies, state lawmakers and pro-growth activists from around the region implored the City Council on Monday to allow housing on land once used as a rail yard and a landfill — an idea many residents oppose. But after hearing … …read […]
San Francisco ChronicleCasinos, telecom industry giants, oil interests and other well-funded groups — many with business before the governor — have contributed $1.6 million this year alone at Brown’s behest to two charter schools the former Oakland mayor founded: the … …read more Source:: Oakland Mayor Race News By Google News
Will California force its cities to OK more housing?Daily DemocratPowerful tech companies, state lawmakers and pro-growth activists from around the region implored the City Council to allow housing on land once used as a rail yard and a landfill — an idea many residents oppose. But after hearing passionate … …read more Source:: Oakland City […]
Athletics NationThe Oakland A’s recently acquired a player named Boog Powell, and we really need to talk about that. It’s an excellent baseball name and it automatically makes the lineup more fun. We recently had a discussion about player nicknames, but this one … …read more Source:: Oakland Athletics News By Google News
FOX40The July fire prompted the evacuation of 700 neighbors after a construction crane spun out of control for hours. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said last month that the loss of the planned 196 apartment units exacerbated the region’s affordable housing crisis. …read more Source:: Libby Schaaf Oakland News By Google News
Patch.com“The whole criminal process is class discrimination,” says Malcolm Feeley, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has written about bail reform and argues the poor are the ones most often arrested and charged with crimes. A … …read more Source:: Berkeley Ca. News By Google News
The Mercury NewsPowerful tech companies, state lawmakers and pro-growth activists from around the region implored the City Council on Monday to allow housing on land once used as a rail yard and a landfill — an idea many residents oppose. But after hearing … …read more Source:: Oakland City Council News From Google News
NBC Bay AreaA man on Friday died at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, prompting officials to launch an investigation to figure out what caused his death. Oakland police around 11:47 a.m. responded to a report of a man “behaving aggressively” inside a …Police investigate ‘suspicious’ death at Chabot Space and Science Center […]
HoodlineOakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is touting a new report saying that the city is on track in its goals in building new housing, but the bulk of that construction is market-rate units. As a result, the city remains way behind in its goals when it comes to …Only Six Percent of Housing Under Construction in […]
Patch.comOAKLAND, CA — A judge today denied a motion by defense lawyers for a former Oakland police officer not to allow prosecutors to re-file two felony counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice against him for his alleged involvement with a prostitute. and more …read more Source:: Oakland California News By Google News
East Bay ExpressAccording to a new City of Oakland report, there are 18,793 housing units in the city’s development pipeline, and 2,781 of these homes are already under construction. But only 170 of the under-construction homes — 6 percent of the total — are being … and more …read more Source:: East Oakland News By […]
The Bakersfield CalifornianThe July fire prompted the evacuation of 700 neighbors after a construction crane spun out of control for hours. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said last month that the loss of the planned 196 apartment units exacerbated the region’s affordable housing crisis. and more …read more Source:: Libby Schaaf Oakland News By Google News
Patch.comBERKELEY, CA — A vicious attack on a man in the parking lot of an East Bay BART station is the latest violent crime to put a BART patron in the hospital. The victim had facial swelling, an abrasion on his head and pain in his fingers when he was … and more …read more […]