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A’s fans are adept at shrugging off bad news. And last week they smartly ignored negative headlines, opting instead to celebrate big wins, a no-hitter, and 50 years of Oakland baseball.
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The rapper and producer discusses healing, hyphy, and the communities that made him.
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Instead of welcoming the cannabis industry into the light, Oakland's new rules are putting many out of business, while others are disappearing into the illicit market.
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Plus, the Bay Area has fallen behind on seismic safety.
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Small farmers had hoped to usher in California's new legal cannabis market, but the state's high taxes and fees and a loophole in its regulatory scheme are allowing Big Weed to take over.
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An imaginative map from the creator of the East Bay Yesterday podcast illustrates Oakland's natural and industrial history.
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The Elmwood's new fast-casual restaurant is a welcomed evolution of the red sauce joint.
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Activists are also garnering support for a statewide ballot initiative to repeal Costa Hawkins.
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We endorse Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and former Obama White House aide Buffy Wicks in the June 5 primary.
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A group of East Oakland youth in the Scraper Bike Team say San Leandro police keeping confiscating their bicycles — sometimes at gunpoint.
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It will break us from the chains of capitalistic individualism and the destructive car-centric lifestyle.
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Hundreds of people gathered last night to demand that the city hire additional public works crews to clean up garbage and focus on the most impacted neighborhoods.
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Activists are also garnering support for a statewide ballot initiative to repeal Costa Hawkins.
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Compelling true-story drama recounts an eminent domain nightmare.
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True Shoah story takes a disconcertingly sweet point of view.
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The Korean-American artist specializes in dance-worthy club beats that feel quiet and cozy.
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Jon Hamm's new movie makes a hash of Lebanon, but it's high-class hash.
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Re: “Oakland's Ron Dellums on President Trump: 'Step Forward'”
Actually, crime decreased substantially during Dellums' term.
1. Homicides dropped almost 40% from 146 in 2006 (Brown's last year) to 90 in 2010 (Dellums' last year).
See Urban Strategies report at: https://urbanstrategies.org/2010-oakland-homicide-report/
2. Total Part I crimes (measure of all serious crime) decreased from 31,943 to 23,643 (26% decrease) during the same period.
See: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak025261.pdf
Compare this to the 31,014 Part I crimes in 2015.
See: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak056565.pdf
Through a combination of prevention and intervention strategies, Dellums prioritized public safety. He put major emphasis on reforming OPD. He took NSA compliance from almost zero during Brown to full compliance with the majority of NSA "tasks" and "subtasks". He implemented Measure Y. He increased police staffing from 698 to 837 officers in less than 2 years. He brought to Oakland the largest public safety "Stimulus" grants in the U.S. And his term coincided with the worst of the Great Recession.