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Oakland Police Commission leadership conflict | The cost of free eggs | How should the county address the opioid crisis? | Rift in local NAACP

Category: City Hall & Policing

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Recount of Oakland mayor’s race is dead in the water

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham March 15, 2023March 17, 2023

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.

Castlemont High students walk into the Oakland Coliseum lot for a tour with the African American Sports Entertainment Group, which is developing the site, on March 8, 2023.
Posted inEducation Equity

Oakland students are helping to reimagine the Coliseum site

Ashley McBride headshot by Ashley McBride March 13, 2023March 13, 2023

The African American Sports and Entertainment Group will be incorporating ideas from students in Castlemont High’s urban design academy into its development plan.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland ransomware hackers dumped gigabytes of sensitive city files on the web

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

City employees’ personal information, whistleblower files, police investigations, banking information, included in criminal leak.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Ransomware hackers stole city of Oakland files, plan to leak sensitive data

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham March 3, 2023March 6, 2023

Oakland officials acknowledged Friday that an ongoing ransomware attack involves the theft of city records.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

What is a ransomware attack? An expert explains.

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas March 1, 2023March 2, 2023

As Oakland struggles to get systems online, we asked a cybersecurity expert about what makes cities vulnerable, and who’s often behind the attacks.

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Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland City Council is returning to in-person meetings

Natalie Orenstein headshot by Natalie Orenstein February 28, 2023March 6, 2023

City Hall reopens this week. Here’s what to know.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Survey: 63% of Oaklanders disapprove of the job city government is doing

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Most residents say homelessness and violent crime should remain top budget priorities.

Posted inHousing & Homelessness

Violence during a West Oakland homeless camp’s closure highlights dire stakes and lack of trust

Natalie Orenstein headshotDarwin BondGraham by Natalie Orenstein and Darwin BondGraham February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

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.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

As Oakland braces for winter storms, ransomware attack has partially downed 311 system

Ricky Rodas headshotAvatar photo by Ricky Rodas and Jose Fermoso February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

The city’s call center for non-emergency services, OAK311, is experiencing an outage.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Ransomware attack: some city of Oakland services are back online while recovery work continues

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

The city remains tight-lipped about the cyber attack.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong fired by Mayor Sheng Thao

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham February 15, 2023February 16, 2023

Thao said she lost confidence in Armstrong, who minimized misconduct by officers and criticized OPD’s federal court monitor.

City Hall and Frank Ogawa Plaza.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Ransomware attack causes Oakland to declare local state of emergency

Ricky Rodas headshot by Ricky Rodas February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

A cyberattack that began Feb. 8 has taken several of the city’s non-emergency systems offline.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Fire or keep Oakland’s police chief? Read the confidential report yourself

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham February 13, 2023February 15, 2023

Oakland’s mayor and police commission are considering the case against OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong. We’re publishing a key secret document.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Oakland police commission to create a ‘discipline committee’ in bid to take control of Chief Armstrong case

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham February 10, 2023February 12, 2023

The commission expressed frustration with being sidelined in investigations of misconduct that threaten to derail OPD’s reform program.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Confidential files shed more light on turmoil behind Oakland police chief’s leave

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham February 8, 2023February 8, 2023

Records leaked to The Oaklandside reveal that a sergeant who avoided punishment in a hit-and-run case earned nearly $500,000 in 2021, including overtime for special Chinatown patrols.

Posted inArts & Community

‘This was a hard-fought victory’: Oakland formally announces agreement for Coliseum development

Azucena Rasilla headshot by Azucena Rasilla February 2, 2023February 3, 2023

The city reconfirmed its negotiation agreement with African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG), a Black-led development team with dreams of bringing a WNBA franchise to the Town.

Posted inRoad Safety

Oakland installs parking meters at Lake Merritt amid gentrification concerns

Avatar photo by Jose Fermoso February 2, 2023February 3, 2023

Questions of accessibility and gentrification surround the new project

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

District Attorney Price to reopen 8 police killings for possible criminal prosecution

Darwin BondGraham by Darwin BondGraham January 31, 2023February 1, 2023

The new DA has asked for case files from various police agencies, including two Oakland police shootings from over a decade ago.

Posted inCity Hall & Policing

Photos: Hundreds rally against police violence in downtown Oakland

by Daniel Danzig January 30, 2023January 31, 2023

District Attorney Pamela Price joined community members in calling for greater police accountability, two days after Memphis police released a video of officers lethally beating Tyre Nichols.

Posted inRoad Safety

Family of man killed in Oakland police ‘ghost chase’ files lawsuit 

Avatar photo by Jose Fermoso January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

Lolomanaia Soakai was struck by a man fleeing OPD officers who were allegedly conducting an unpermitted high-speed chase.

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