5 days ago
Oakland · Headline Desk
What Oakland's newsrooms are reporting
Local coverage for Oakland, gathered from the newsrooms that cover this town and this state — every headline linking straight back to the people who reported it.
26 on the wire right now
On the wire
Filed in the last few weeks by the newsrooms covering Oakland, sorted by what they are about. Every headline opens at the outlet that reported it.
Fire, air and hazard
What is burning, leaking or drifting.
Roads and transit
Crashes, closures and getting around.
Police, courts and jail
Enforcement, the docket and who is held.
City hall and the county
Votes, budgets and the people casting them.
2 days ago
The highs and lows of Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s record
6 days ago
Democratic socialists are on a roll. Can one win a seat on Oakland City Council?
6 days ago
Oakland school board green lights more tech restrictions in the classroom
2 days ago
Election 2026: A teacher and a parent line up to challenge OUSD’s District 4 incumbent
Schools
Districts, campuses and the students in them.
Work and money
Jobs, closures and what is being built.
Also on the wire
Syndicated copy and everything that did not fit a storyline above.
5 hours ago
Kaiser Permanente lays off 147 statewide, including in Oakland
9 hours ago
On a quiet street in the Oakland hills, a Thai chef is making noise with seasonal twists on Royal cuisine
1 day ago
This week in Oakland: comedian Ilana Glazer at the Fox, and Tesmescal Art Week
1 day ago
Gold Palm returns, for now; plus, new sushi in Old Oakland and Puerto Rican Street Cuisine regroups
5 days ago
Mothers ‘reeling’ after city demolishes West Oakland tiny home shelters
6 days ago
Were chemical injuries at Temescal Pool linked to Oakland’s failure to hire?
1 day ago
Hyphy, 20 years later: hear about the summer of 2006, the fade, and the revival
2 days ago
Dorothea Lange’s photos of Japanese American incarceration are turned immersive at OMCA
Across the state
Statewide reporting that did not name Oakland — kept separate on purpose, because it is not this town's news.
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Hilton blames Democrats. Becerra blames Trump. Little was learned in governor’s race debate
CalMatters ↗state desk
2 hours ago
In Becerra and Hilton’s only scheduled debate, Trump was the main character
CalMatters ↗state desk
3 hours ago
California restricts parole for sex offenders after near-release of 2 convicted of molestation
CalMatters ↗state desk
4 hours ago
Newsom signs first-in-the-nation law to bolster struggling local news organizations
CalMatters ↗state desk
4 hours ago
On AI, Newsom gives labor only some of what it demanded
CalMatters ↗state desk
5 hours ago
What bills did Gavin Newsom sign into law — or veto — in his final year leading California?
CalMatters ↗state desk
6 hours ago
California bans child marriage after 9-year fight to outlaw the practice
CalMatters ↗state desk
7 hours ago
Newsom signs anti-monopoly bill after bruising legislative battle
CalMatters ↗state desk