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a collage image showing people at a public meeting around the Howard Terminal plans

Councilwoman Carroll Fife Engages with Constituents, A’s team, around Howard Terminal Ballpark

May 12, 2022 Howard Dyckoff

Oakland City Councilwoman Carroll Fife called on residents from West Oakland and Chinatown, neighborhoods she represents as part of District 3, to discuss plans for the new waterfront ballpark and high-end housing development at Howard

A mom and two children stand by a ballot box dropping off their ballot.

Quiet in-person voting this Sunday, but huge number of early voters in Oakland

November 2, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

58 percent of Oakland voters have returned their ballots. We caught up with a few of these early voters in Oakland.

Which businesses can and can’t reopen in Oakland due to COVID-19?

August 31, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Coronavirus is “widespread” in Alameda County, limiting business reopenings.

Alameda County eases stay at home restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise

May 18, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Alameda County health officials eased restrictions on businesses as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Santa Rita inmates fear exposure to coronavirus.

An illustrated image of a baseball park near the waterfront in Oakland, CA.

Oaklanders Meet Over A’s New Ballpark Community Benefits

February 10, 2020 Howard Dyckoff

With a waterfront ballpark moving closer to an Oakland reality, City government has launched an effort to bring community and business stakeholders together and also to inject consciousness about equity into the process. The Howard

“Let’s Go Oakland!”: The Town’s Bittersweet Relationship with The Athletics

October 4, 2012 Katherine Brown

As excited as we are over the A’s improbably success, the thought of the team leaving sobers things just a little bit right now. And for many fans, the preoccupation could also rob Oakland of the opportunity of being acknowledged for something positive for a change.