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Author Archives: Darwin BondGraham
Before joining The Oaklandside as News Editor, Darwin BondGraham worked with The Appeal, where he was an investigative reporter covering police and prosecutorial misconduct. He has reported on gun violence for The Guardian, and was an enterprise reporter for the East Bay Express. BondGraham's work has also appeared with KQED, ProPublica and other leading national and local outlets. He holds a doctorate in sociology from UC Santa Barbara and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017.
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After a national search, Oakland’s police watchdog has a new chief investigator
Mac Muir grew up in Oakland and most recently worked for New York City’s police oversight board.
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At North Oakland town hall, some residents demand more police and harsher penalties
Many of the 200 people attending a District 1 public safety forum lashed out at city officials.
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Oakland sideshows: here are the city’s top stunt-driving hotspots
We mapped almost four years of police data revealing the Oakland neighborhoods most impacted by rowdy street takeovers.
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Shootings, assaults, lies: Oakland police misconduct revealed on new city website
The Oakland City Attorney’s office has published years’ worth of internal police investigations online.
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Help Oakland’s Police Commission pick a new leader for the Community Police Review Agency
CPRA is in charge of investigating police misconduct and recommending discipline. The commission is interviewing 3 finalists to lead the agency.
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District attorney Pamela Price charges Oakland police officer with perjury and threatening a witness
A no-bail warrant was issued Monday for the arrest of OPD’s Phong Tran, who allegedly made secret cash payments to a witness in a case that sent two men to prison on murder charges.
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Oakland leaders say they were blindsided by ‘extremely disappointing’ A’s Las Vegas land deal
Mayor Sheng Thao said she first learned of the A’s plans to go all in on a Nevada stadium Wednesday night in a call from the team’s president.
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Federal oversight of the Oakland police will continue through at least September
After the latest misconduct case dashed OPD’s hopes of regaining independence, leaders wonder if cultural change is possible.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Lake Merritt’s cherry trees are about to erupt in blossoms
Seventy years ago, civic boosters like Frank Ogawa gifted hundreds of the cotton-candy flowered trees to Oakland. Today, just a few remain.
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Hackers leaked a second, larger set of stolen city files on the dark web
Numerous additional files stolen from Oakland during a ransomware attack were published this week, sources say.
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The Oaklandside is suing the Alameda County Registrar of Voters
The registrar’s office hasn’t been forthcoming about errors that impacted the Nov. 8 election. The public deserves to know.
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Ex-Oakland employees file lawsuit over COVID vaccine mandate
Two dozen former city workers claim the city didn’t accommodate their Christian beliefs against abortion when it fired them for refusing the vaccine.
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‘I was not truthful’: Murder conviction overturned after witness says Oakland police officer paid for her testimony
A star witness who sent a man to prison for life in a 2011 slaying revealed recently she felt “pressured” to lie by an OPD officer.
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Can Lake Merritt be saved from another fish kill?
Stewards of Oakland’s wildlife refuge are fundraising to create oxygenated refuges where fish can escape harmful algae blooms.
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Recount of Oakland mayor’s race is dead in the water
The registrar of voters says there’s no reason to doubt the election results, and no legal path forward for a reexamination of ballots for the Nov. 8 election.
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Oakland ransomware hackers dumped gigabytes of sensitive city files on the web
City employees’ personal information, whistleblower files, police investigations, banking information, included in criminal leak.
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Ransomware hackers stole city of Oakland files, plan to leak sensitive data
Oakland officials acknowledged Friday that an ongoing ransomware attack involves the theft of city records.
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Survey: 63% of Oaklanders disapprove of the job city government is doing
Most residents say homelessness and violent crime should remain top budget priorities.
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Violence during a West Oakland homeless camp’s closure highlights dire stakes and lack of trust
A chaotic scene in West Oakland that left a city councilmember’s partner accused of assault reveals dangerous gaps in coordination during high-stakes events.
