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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’s Achilles heel — Letters to the editor
Wondering why a council member behaves like a nightclub act; who’s missing from the Sheng Thao witness list?; gross mismanagement at Oakland Unified …
Aug 25
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Oakland’s fire department is using GPS to improve emergency response. What about police?
The fire department’s implementation of GPS-based dispatch provides a possible model for a policy that remains unresolved at the police department.
Aug 23
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Six schools closed in Oakland in 2026. All were charter schools
The Oakland Unified school board told staff not to close any district-run schools, despite its own facility plan showing that its schools are only…
Aug 20
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Oakland police could exit federal oversight soon. What comes after?
As Oakland approaches what could be the final court hearing in the longest-running federal police oversight case in the nation, a new city position is…
Aug 18
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Laney’s art gallery is losing 78% of its space. So students created their own
The Peralta district’s relocation plan cuts the June Steingart Gallery from 922 square feet to 200 and moves it off the Laney campus — the deepest…
Aug 17
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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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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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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 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…
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Sean S. Reinhart
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