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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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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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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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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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Rajni Mandal
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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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Phoebe Vo
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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 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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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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