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California signs off on Oakland’s plan to add 26,000 new homes

State regulators have signed off on Oakland’s plan to add at least 26,000 new homes over the next decade — meaning the Bay Area’s third-largest city is no longer at risk of missing out on crucial funding or losing control over local development rules.

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Thousands of California residents plunged into darkness due to fire at PG&E substation

The outage caused security lines at the Oakland airport to come to a standstill

The Independent UK

Power cut to 50,000 customers amid fire at Pacific Gas & Electric substation in Oakland

A transformer caught fire Sunday afternoon at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in East Oakland, cutting power to tens of thousands of people across the East Bay.

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Power slowly returns after outage, fire at Pacific Gas & Electric substation in Oakland

A transformer caught fire Sunday afternoon at a Pacific Gas & Electric substation in East Oakland, California, cutting power to tens of thousands of people across the East Bay.

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'The next thing I knew, I was on the ground': Bay Area bike riders tell of attacks

On the evening of Feb. 10, Eleanor Mead was riding her bike in Oakland on the way to the East Bay Bike Party, a meet-up of dozens of bicyclists who then pedal through the San Francisco Bay Area streets.

Los Angeles Times

Charismatic cats: mountain lion besties gain TikTok following

Rescued cubs Holly and Hazel now spend their days cuddling after being found in the Santa Cruz mountains

The Guardian - US

‘Unsung hero’: the baker and activist whose death inspired calls for restorative justice

After Jen Angel’s shocking death, loved ones honor her legacy of punk zines, gourmet dinner nights and social justice projects

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Vahe Gregorian: Ned Yost enters Royals Hall of Fame as epitome of their rise from futility to glory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A few weeks before I started at The Kansas City Star in June 2013, I was getting acclimated to the Kansas City sports scene when I read of Royals manager Ned Yost’s rant in Oakland about the struggles of young Mike Moustakas.

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Oakland police chief is out. Mayor cites report on officer misconduct

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao fired city Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on Wednesday after an investigation into Armstrong’s handling of police misconduct cases.

Los Angeles Times

Oakland fires police chief for alleged misconduct cover-up

The Oakland Police Department has lost its seventh head of police in as many years over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s misconduct

The Independent UK

Thai hit-and-run driver to be extradited to US

A 57-year-old Thai woman wanted for a fatal hit-and-run accident in the United States on Jan 1 has been arrested in Ratchaburi and will be extradited for trial, police said.

Bangkok Post

Ex-worker says Shake Shack told him to 'explain his gender' to colleagues. He's getting $20,000

Hamburger chain Shake Shack has agreed to pay $20,000 to a former employee of an Oakland, California, location who said he was misgendered by co-workers and did not receive support from management when he reported it.

Los Angeles Times

Inside eerie abandoned Osama Bin Laden's $7.5million family mansion in Florida

An eerily abandoned mansion on Johns Lake in Oakland, Florida, US was home to Osama Bin Laden's family, who was the world's most wanted man since the 9/11 terror attacks

Daily Mirror

Beloved baker fighting for life after being dragged by car during violent robbery

Jennifer Angel, a baker in Oakland, California, who was popular among her community, was targeted by robbers as she was sitting in her car in the parking lot of a bank in San Francisco, US

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Black-led group wants to prove skeptics wrong with big dreams and sports teams for Oakland Coliseum

OAKLAND, Calif. — For the past decade, the vast Coliseum complex in East Oakland has increasingly felt like a forsaken land, its once proud ballpark and arena on a path to concrete ruin following the departures of the Raiders and Warriors and likely the A’s.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Former Celtic Kevin Garnett and JR Rider on their time guarding NBA greats Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant

In the exclusive interview, KG gets into it with the Oakland native to talk about playing against legends Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, and Rider's history as an NBA All-Star Dunk Contest icon.

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An early look at certified 2024 measures

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

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Vahe Gregorian: ‘In the face of the fates’: On Chiefs-Bengals, mind games and the 1969 parallel

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Maybe this sounds familiar: Once upon a time, the Chiefs lost three straight times in less than a year to a bitter (and cocky) rival. Those defeats were lowlighted by an agonizing collapse on the cusp of the Super Bowl, a loss that propelled them into…

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The Street

Nevada Gov. Cracks Open Door for Huge Las Vegas Strip Project

The Republican governor won't add new taxes, but he's open to other funding options to make the deal happen.

The Independent UK

A's running out of time to find home in Oakland, Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have spent many years trying to get a new stadium

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Tallying error in Oakland, Calif., led to inaccurate election results

On December 28, 2022, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters acknowledged in a press release that the initial certified results were incorrect for the school director race in District 4 of the Oakland Unified School District in California.

The Guardian - US

Eight days, 25 dead: California shaken by string of mass shootings

A series of four attacks have upended communities across the state, from a city to farming towns

Tribune News Service

1 dead, 4 shot in Oakland; 3 others injured fleeing scene

OAKLAND, Calif. — An 18-year-old man died and four other people were wounded Monday after a shooting in an East Oakland gas station where a music video was being filmed, authorities said.

Tribune News Service

One dead, seven injured in East Oakland shooting

OAKLAND, Calif. — A man died and seven others were injured Monday after a shooting in an East Oakland neighborhood, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Shootout at Oakland gas station kills 1, wounds 8 people

A shootout at an Oakland gas station killed one person and wounded seven others in the second shooting involving several people on Monday night in the San Francisco Bay Area

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