8 officers in total, including 4 commanders, allegedly botched an examination of bribery and perjury charges against a homicide investigator.
Category: City Hall
Posted inPublic Safety
District Attorney Pamela Price’s supporters object to special election for recall
Recall opponents are asking the Board of Supervisors to schedule an election in November, saying a special election this summer would waste $20M.
Posted inPublic Safety
Oakland’s police watchdog is concerned about CHP operations in the city
The Oakland Police Commission welcomes state highway patrol officers working city streets but has concerns about the lack of transparency.
Posted inPublic Safety
Oakland is raising awareness about the harms of sex trafficking
The city is sharing resources to help children and teens learn how to recognize, avoid, and report sexual exploitation.
Posted inPublic Safety
Recall organizers demand speedy special election to decide Alameda County district attorney’s future
On Tuesday, recall supporters rallied in downtown Oakland, asking the county Board of Supervisors to hold a special election this summer to let voters decide Pamela Price’s fate.
Posted inEducation Equity
Laney College journalists exposed school officials’ mistakes. The story kept getting more complicated
The Peralta Citizen’s reporting derailed multimillion-dollar security contracts on campus. School officials called the reporters “racist.” The reporters say they were just doing their jobs.
Posted inPublic Safety
Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries
A federal judge has ordered District Attorney Pamela Price to review 35 death penalty cases after notes from decades ago showed alleged ‘prosecutorial misconduct.’
Posted inPublic Safety
District Attorney Price charges 3 Alameda police officers with manslaughter in Mario Gonzalez case
Gonzalez was killed in 2021 as several officers attempted to restrain him in a park.
Posted inCity Hall
The Ballers find home ballpark in West Oakland but will need to spruce it up
In a deal between the Oakland City Council and the new Pioneer League baseball team, the Ballers will invest $1.6 million in Raimondi Park.
Posted inPublic Safety
Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price to face recall election this year
The recall campaign targeting Price collected enough signatures to trigger an election, the registrar said Monday.
Posted inCity Hall
I-880 in Oakland blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters
The freeway shutdown appears to be part of a global “economic blockade” opposing the war in Gaza.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Oakland airport approves controversial name change
Oakland’s Port Commission gave preliminary approval to rename OAK the “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” over the objections of environmentalists, SFO, and the local NAACP.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Push to rename Oakland airport reveals flaw in expansion plan, say activists
Airport officials say there’s a need to build a new terminal to accommodate millions more passengers. But flight numbers have yet to rebound from the pandemic.
Posted inCity Hall
Gov. Newsom touts hundreds of license plate reader cameras in Oakland
480 surveillance cameras will be installed around East Bay freeways and run by the highway patrol.
Posted inCity Hall
Oakland is bracing for yet another budget deficit
The city anticipates a $177 million shortfall for the end of this fiscal year in June. Officials are planning next steps, but service cuts are likely.
Posted inCity Hall
Oakland’s new Police Chief Floyd Mitchell promises to work with the community
At his first appearance in Oakland, Mitchell talked about his childhood, community policing priorities, and his plans for OPD.
Posted inPublic Safety
Oakland HOAs are quietly installing surveillance cameras to watch public roads
To fight crime, private neighborhoods are using license plate readers to track vehicles on city streets. One is already sharing data with cops.
Posted inCity Hall
Oakland’s new police chief is Floyd Mitchell
Mayor Sheng Thao announced today that she has selected the retired Lubbock police chief to lead OPD after a lengthy search process.
Posted inPublic Safety
MACRO, Oakland’s non-emergency crisis response team, now has a phone number
People can now call these civilian responders directly as an alternative to 911.
Posted inCity Hall
A fight for the identity of the local Democratic Party was won—or lost—by everyone
The race for seats on the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee Assembly District 18 heated up this year.
