Oakland Teachers Union Calls for Feb. 21 StrikeAt a Saturday press conference, Oakland Education Association president Keith Brown said that Oakland Unified School District was “failing its students” and said that bargaining with the district “has not worked” calling on teachers to strike on Thursday, Feb. 21. (2-16-19)
Oakland Continues Cleanup of Lake Merritt Homeless CampOakland has just completed a two-day sweep of homeless encampments around Lake Merritt. The city believes a recent legal decision enables it to take down the camps and deal with a spiraling homeless problem. Wilson Walker reports. (2-15-19)
City of Oakland Clears Homeless from Lake MerrittCity of Oakland workers spent the Valentine's Day evicting more than a dozen homeless people who have been camping by Lake Merritt. Susie Steimle reports. (2-14-19)