This is the most important story I write for The Oaklandside, sadly, every year: Those who die from traffic violence. In 2023, 33 died while driving, biking, and walking. All had interesting, complicated, full lives and histories people should know about:
https://t.co/cst8kjgNhA
In January and March, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee hosted high-powered meetings to end 2 years of near-incessant lobbying by politically connected residents over a street-slowing project. The lobbying role of Buffy Wicks, state assembly member, angered many
https://t.co/xEUHvnE3WV
Federal judge William Orrick said today that if Oakland maintains its police reforms through September, he’ll end OPD’s 23-year-old federal court oversight. That means full local control and no monitor.
https://t.co/VUdLQjvuXY
EXCLUSIVE
A year ago, the Trump admin announced it was creating an Office or Remigration—named for a racist plan to expel immigrants, popularized by European far-right groups
It has since said nothing about it.
But @WIRED found out what it's doing...
https://t.co/LLbsP6eU5e
A tech exec and Oakland resident, who supported Tesla's goals and was excited about the Cybertruck, told me he became disillusioned and then angry with the company when a CT door scarily unlatched next to his baby as he was about to get on the freeway: https://t.co/t1ETBOmRFA
I traveled all over Oakland to find its worst streets. The city paved 18.6 miles in '25, so the searchable list of 3,304 road sections here, based on an independent survey of paving quality, is thorough. Find your road and paving score and post it here.
https://t.co/H1eNdAEise
@EastOaklandDad@JeffreyDCash@Oakland thanks for tagging me on this. I'll look into it. I did write that they were going to start getting rid of them: https://t.co/iFD7wSZes6
Oakland sold $285M in Measure U bonds over the last week for parks, housing, and road infrastructure after 2 years of concerns about its financial outlook, which led to a credit downgrade last year. With the sale, the city says its finances are looking up
https://t.co/do4WekAl5x
California law requires police to disclose recordings of “critical incidents” in 45 days. Oakland police argue the “brief struggle” that led to former NFL star Doug Martin’s death was not a critical incident.
https://t.co/7nRi6OlnrJ
@kirkmorrison@kirkmorrison this is Jose Fermoso, a reporter at @Oaklandside, the Oakland news organization. I'm an O'Dowd alum. I'd like to speak to you about Coach Beam if you have time. I'm at [email protected]. Thank you. -- JF