From victims’ rights to police accountability, O’Malley leaves a complex legacy. Her decision to not appoint a successor also creates the most open election for DA in decades–maybe ever.
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Posted inArts & Community
Could the A’s waterfront ballpark be a good deal for Oakland?
Big real estate projects don’t always benefit locals. Community benefits agreements, like the one being negotiated for the Waterfront Ballpark project, are meant to address this problem.
Posted inArts & Community
Oakland will keep its protected bicycle lanes on Telegraph Avenue
But the years-long pilot project stoked conflicts between different communities and revealed problems with the city’s transportation planning process.
Posted inHealth & Environment
‘This is unacceptable’: Air-polluting industries face increased scrutiny in East Oakland
For years, East Oakland residents were told the air they breathe is safe. New data suggests that’s not actually the case.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Listen: West Oakland’s ‘diesel death zone’
Meet the Oakland residents fighting environmental racism in one of the city’s most highly polluted neighborhoods.
Posted inBusiness
Scarred but resilient: Telegraph Avenue emerges from the pandemic
Lines around the block for cupcakes and a boom year for a flower shop, but a shoe shop for the stars is calling it quits, one of several COVID-19 casualties.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
A far-right militia came to Oakland to attack police last year
Members of the “Grizzly Scouts” hunted law enforcement during the 2020 protests, and one of them allegedly murdered a federal guard.
Posted inEducation Equity
How OUSD’s Yemeni community won more resources for Arabic-speaking and Muslim students and families
Oakland schools plan to hire more Arabic-speaking staff, conduct cultural sensitivity training, and add Eid holidays to the school calendar.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland immigrants face illegal evictions and barriers to rent relief
Despite COVID-19 tenant protections and assistance programs, immigrant renters are vulnerable to threats and displacement.
Posted inEducation Equity
A ‘restorative restart’: How Oakland students want to see school reimagined next year
With millions in extra funding, schools have an opportunity to fundamentally change learning environments and support youth mental health. From peer support groups to mindfulness exercises, here’s what students have to say.
Posted inArts & Community
Oakland’s Black Liberation Walking Tour will use oral history to root a community in place
Tour organizers hope to prevent further gentrification and build support for a new library in Oakland’s Hoover-Foster neighborhood.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Maintain police spending or invest in alternatives: What do Oaklanders really want?
Mayor Schaaf said a supermajority of residents want more police, but reform advocates say the public is really on their side.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland wants to end single-family zoning. Can the city get it right?
We looked at two very different neighborhoods that don’t allow apartments, in Rockridge and East Oakland. Can the city undo a legacy of housing segregation without recreating the problems of the past?