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Police commission: How to overturn a vote you couldn’t cast
Police commissioner Omar Farmer used an ethics complaint to nullify a police armored vehicle decision he had spent years opposing
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Rajni Mandal
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I got 5: This week’s Newsstand headlines
Oakland police officers charged with fraud; councilman Kevin Jenkins requests “more bitches”; Oakland schools trustee VanCedric Williams gets paid by…
Sep 11
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland’s police commission broke open-meeting laws. The commission still hasn’t fixed it.
The public ethics commission hasn’t ruled on the matter yet — ten months after the incident — and its enforcement chief admits that they have no way to…
Sep 10
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Alex Montana
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Oakland Unified’s general fund cash shrank by $100 million last year
OUSD still hasn’t identified $30 million in cuts it passed to balance its 2026-27 budget — and it’s now two months into the new fiscal year
Sep 9
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland elections: No one wants to catch the “falling knife”
This year, the stakes are higher than ever in Oakland’s local elections — so why are so few candidates running?
Sep 8
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Seneca Scott
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Oakland school board director VanCedric Williams was paid by California teachers union. He denied it, then voted to approve teachers union…
The California Teachers Association reported paying Williams in each of the last three years for which it has filed. His disclosure forms list no income…
Sep 6
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Charlene Price
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“More b*tches. Bring ‘em all here.” Oakland council member’s phone call with Sheng Thao co-defendant revealed
Read the eight-minute call in full: the recalls of mayor Sheng Thao and Pamela Price, a call with the mayor about buying modular housing units, an…
Sep 4
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I got 5: This week’s Newsstand headlines
Oakland city workers attend union “strike school”; Janani Ramachandran lures city job-seekers to her campaign website; the real reason Caltrans may open…
Sep 3
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Which violent crimes become news?
A review of one year of Oaklandside’s public safety coverage shows how a changing local news landscape can affect what readers see.
Sep 2
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Rajni Mandal
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August 2026
The real reason Caltrans may open I-580 to big rigs
Caltrans says the case for lifting the ban is about relieving pollution on I-880. But its own modeling shows keeping the I-580 ban in place would result…
Aug 31
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Alex Montana
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Introducing Newsstand — a free public service for our readers
Oakland Report's Newsstand is a daily roundup of Oakland news and stories from across the spectrum — a one-stop destination for readers to keep abreast…
Aug 29
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Coming soon: Oakland Report is expanding
Oakland Report is growing — thanks to our readers’ generous support — and we’re launching a new service for our readers this weekend.
Aug 28
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Oakland Report
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