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Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm
To mark the fire’s 30th anniversary, we produced a 30-minute podcast looking back at the historic blaze that forever changed how the East Bay looks at wildfires.
How Oakland avoided a crisis of abandoned pandemic pets
Groups like OAS, Hopalong, Cat Town, and PALS East Bay worked with foster volunteers and each other to find homes for animal companions.
Oakland’s Feelmore Social Club wants to make space for Black and queer bargoers
Owner Nenna Joiner also owns the East Bay’s Feelmore adult shops, and hopes to bring a similar sexiness to Oakland’s bar scene
‘A sweet, magical little event’: Autumn Lights Festival illuminates Lake Merritt
Photos and words from the opening night of Oakland’s 10th annual festival of lights.
We produced six hours of video journalism to celebrate our one-year anniversary, touching on some of Oakland’s most pressing issues.
Arts & Community
Recent arson at Lake Merritt Sailboat House part of uptick in vandalism, break-ins
Boathouse workers say facilities have sustained significant damage over the past month from vandalism and burglaries.
city hall & policing
An Oakland Hills District? New redistricting maps show what council boundaries may look like
Oakland’s Redistricting Commission wants public input on 4 proposed maps that redraw council and school board districts.
Oaklanders speak on what the city’s guaranteed income program means to them
In the coming months, The Oaklandside will be periodically checking in with three participants in the city’s pilot initiative, to see how an extra $500 a month is impacting their lives.
Updated: 4 Oakland officers fired for 2018 police shooting found law enforcement jobs elsewhere, records show
The news comes as Gov. Newsom signed two bills on Thursday meant to keep officers who commit serious misconduct from jumping to other agencies.
Oakland issues its largest ethics fine ever, against a corrupt former building inspector
The Oakland Public Ethics Commission fined Thomas Espinosa approximately $309,000 for 47 violations, including accepting bribes.
HOW WE WORK
Values guiding our work
News organizations don’t always tell you–or know–what drives their decisions.
Education equity
New after-school program serves foster, immigrant, and unhoused youth in the East Bay
Project re:Fresh is the vision of Junia Kim, a former East Bay teacher who wants students to know that failure is OK.
NOSH
Tribune’s Omri Aflalo didn’t care about food until he went to art school
With one project on pause, the fine-dining veteran is putting his all into his new “Oakland meets Parisian” restaurant.
East Bay Restaurants offering takeout or delivery
These East Bay restaurants have started curbside, no-contact pickup and in-house delivery. Find out who’s offering curbside and delivery.
Health & Environment
Business
Hyper-local shopping app expands from Oakland to Berkeley and Alameda
Keep Oakland Alive rebrands as Nearby Bay Area, but continues to offer an alternative to Amazon.
Oakland awards $100,000 in grants to help close digital divide
10 local organizations will receive funds to address disparities in internet access across the city.
Rob Schwartz enjoys the fight for worker rights
Partner with Oakland law firm helps whistleblowers and employees facing harassment and discrimination.
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Built on a foundation of listening
How do we build an outlet for local journalism that is rooted in, representative of, and responsive to communities in a city as diverse, complex, and powerful as Oakland?
Hundreds of Oaklanders told us what they want from local journalism. Here’s what we learned.