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New harbor craft regulations could improve health for West Oakland residents
New harbor craft regulations will help cut pollution and improve health in portside communities like West Oakland.Read More
Propane tanks fuel stubborn Oakland encampment fire, torching vehicles
It took 25 firefighters about two hours early Tuesday morning to extinguish an encampment fire in West Oakland.Read More
Police seek help to find 11-year-old runaway boy
Oakland police are asking for the public’s help in finding an 11-year-old boy who is considered a runaway and at risk. Amirh Hewitt was last seen around 10 p.m....Read More
Ground to break in fall on Lower Bottoms affordable housing development
A 100 percent affordable housing project will break ground in West Oakland in November with the help of a former Black Panther Party leader. In 2014, former Black Panther...Read More
Fire spreads to three West Oakland homes, displaces seven people
Seven people were displaced after three homes burned Monday morning in West Oakland, fire officials said. The blaze, first reported about 5:30 a.m., started in one home in the...Read More
Community groups demand more review time for proposed Oakland A’s stadium impact report
Community groups are demanding more time to respond to the 6,000-page environmental impact report for the proposed waterfront Oakland A’s stadium and housing project at Charles P. Howard Terminal....Read More
Two-structure residential fire displaces nine people in West Oakland
A two-alarm fire has displaced nine people in West Oakland Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. The fire was reported at 2:18 p.m. at Eighth and Campbell streets. By 2:54...Read More
Raw sewage pollutes Oakland Estuary after wastewater plant fails in power outage
Boaters are being warned to stay away from the Oakland Estuary on Saturday, after an estimated 50,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled during a power outage Friday night at...Read More
State grants boost Oakland affordable housing project funds by nearly $90 million
Three environmentally friendly projects slated to provide 462 units of affordable housing in Oakland have won nearly $90 million in state grants, according to an announcement Wednesday from the...Read More
County expands free Covid-19 testing in West Oakland
Alameda County officials on Tuesday announced the launch of a new free Covid-19 coronavirus testing site opening in West Oakland this week. The center will open at Wednesday and...Read More
College mourns loss of assistant football coach after fatal shooting
A Contra Costa College assistant football coach was found unresponsive in West Oakland Thursday afternoon and died at the scene despite efforts of emergency personnel to save him, Oakland...Read More
Sheriffs carry out militarized-style eviction of Oakland mothers
This story includes an update with information provided by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office in a Tuesday morning press conference. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office early Tuesday morning evicted...Read More
Hundreds turn out to stand with Moms 4 Housing as eviction looms
More than 200 people gathered at a West Oakland home Monday to support homeless mothers who occupied the home nearly two months ago but now face eviction after a...Read More
As eviction nears, Wedgewood offers to pay charity to shelter Oakland moms for two months
The property owner planning to have two homeless mothers evicted next week from a West Oakland home offered Saturday to pay to shelter them for the next two months....Read More
West Oakland standoff continues near elementary school
A standoff is continuing on Monday afternoon at an unpermitted marijuana grow house in West Oakland where a commercial burglary was reported earlier in the day, police said. Officers...Read More
Judge to rule at later date on Moms 4 Housing case
Two homeless mothers who have been occupying a vacant West Oakland home for six weeks won at least a temporary victory on Monday when a judge didn’t rule on...Read More
Judge postpones eviction hearing in Moms 4 Housing case
A judge on Thursday postponed a hearing until Monday in the ongoing battle over a vacant West Oakland home that’s been occupied by two homeless mothers, saying there’s been...Read More