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Oakland still has the #1 property crime rate in America
Oakland also still has the #1 violent crime rate in California — and the lowest reported rate of solved crimes of any major city in the nation…
Aug 15
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Cancel Piedmont — or break up Oakland?
A campaign to ‘cancel’ the wealthy city surrounded by Oakland raises a mirror-image question about Oakland itself.
Aug 11
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland did not dodge the budget crisis – it postponed the bill
Measure E’s backers warned of service cuts if voters didn’t approve it. Voters rejected the measure — yet the city avoided deep cuts after all, by using…
Aug 9
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Oakland Report
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Oakland Unified spent over $28,000 per student — more than any nearby district
Black and Hispanic students in Oakland Unified met English and Math standards at lower rates than Black and Hispanic students statewide — a gap of…
Aug 7
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Tarini Kakkar
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Oakland deserves a real contest for mayor. The job is too important to wave in.
Oakland's last two mayoral elections were decided by slim margins. With two days left for candidates to qualify for this November's election, incumbent…
Aug 5
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Flashback: There’s something about Rebecca
Why isn't former Oakland council member Rebecca Kaplan on the Sheng Thao witness list in her upcoming trial? We published this overview of Kaplan's long…
Aug 4
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland has the #1 property crime rate in America
Oakland also has the #1 violent crime rate in California — and the lowest rate of solved crimes of any major city in the nation.
Aug 2
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Sean S. Reinhart
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July 2026
Rough cut: Our video montage missed the mark
Our recent video compilation fell short. We did not meet our own standard of “no implicit bias”
Jul 31
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Sean S. Reinhart
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Oakland Coliseum: An open letter to Oakland council member Janani Ramachandran
A District 4 constituent asks his council member to reconcile her vote for the Oakland Coliseum sale with the ‘culture of enforcement’ she has publicly…
Jul 27
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Oakland Report
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Oakland: trash is cash, garbage is gold
How Oakland built a problem it cannot clean up — and how to fix it.
Jul 26
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Oakland Report
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Oakland public school enrollment fell 35% — far more than the shrinking child population
Enrollment in the public schools OUSD runs has fallen 35% since 2000, while Oakland’s school-age population fell only 23%. Meanwhile, charter schools…
Jul 23
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Oakland Report
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When a loan is not a ‘loan’: city officials use wordplay to elide the truth about the Coliseum sale
Oakland lends its Coliseum buyer half the price — and the buyer plans to immediately flip the Oakland Arena for cash. We map the deal to the city's own…
Jul 21
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Alex Montana
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