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A caravan of Customs and Border Protection agents arrived at the Coast Guard’s facilities in Alameda early Thursday morning. At least 150 protesters are at the scene. President Trump has called off a federal deployment to San Francisco. Head to oaklandside.org for more updates.
Four minutes after highway patrol officers broke off a chase, a suspect collided with another car, sending a child to intensive care. https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/27/child-badly-injured-in-east-oakland-by-driver-who-crashed-after-a-police-chase/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
No matter who wins the race for Oakland mayor, the coal industry probably will not have a friend in City Hall — at least for the next two years. https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/26/loren-taylor-and-barbara-lee-sign-on-to-anti-coal-pledge/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
The city of Oakland doesn’t have the cash to keep paying for a private security company to guard City Hall and other public facilities. https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/26/oakland-has-run-out-of-money-to-pay-for-city-hall-security/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Did Barbara Lee's time as a legislator prepare her to be the city’s cheerleader-in-chief? oaklandside.org/2025/03/25/b...
City work crews plan to spend the entire month of April removing all of the homeless camps around Lake Merritt. https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/25/lake-merritt-encampment-closure-oakland/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
We wanted a clearer picture of how some key figures who supported the recall feel about the mayor’s race. https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/24/they-recalled-oaklands-mayor-who-are-they-backing-now/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Lots of local services get grants from D.C. The president-elect has threatened to slash that funding in the past. https://oaklandside.org/2024/11/27/oakland-federal-funding-trump/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Some fish could be traced to a Mokelumne hatchery. Where did the others come from? https://oaklandside.org/2025/03/17/lake-merritt-chinook-salmon-update-mokelumne-river-hatchery/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_