The Oaklandside

The Oaklandside

We are a dedicated team of local journalists focused on serving Oakland. Our mission is to elevate community voices, provide reliable information, and explore the underlying issues affecting our city. Every day, we deliver news about Oakland through our nonprofit news platform. You can connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and don’t forget to subscribe to our weekly newsletter, where we highlight our stories along with other notable reporting. Our newsroom operates based on core values that we established after months of conversations with Oakland residents. We aimed to understand how local journalism can improve their lives and contribute to a more informed and equitable community. You can discover more about our efforts and the insights we gained.

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  • 2 days ago | oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla

    The event I’m most excited to feature this week is the Friday announcement of the 2025 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. I had the opportunity to serve as a guest judge to help select the winner, and I look forward to you all discovering who will represent our city as a young ambassador of literacy. If you would like us to consider an event for this weekly list, please email me at [email protected].

  • 2 days ago | oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe

    How much do you like Barbara Lee? Enough to spend $25,000 to support her inauguration party? How about $50,000? Or $100,000? Die-hard Lee supporters can now spend big bucks on a committee that is raising cash for the new mayor’s inauguration celebration. According to a website run by the “Oakland Inaugural Committee Fund 2025,” there will be a party for Lee on June 8 at Jack London Square. The fund is also collecting smaller dollar donations for the event.

  • 3 days ago | oaklandside.org | Eli Wolfe |Natalie Orenstein

    When someone wants to run for a local government office in California, they normally create what’s called a “candidate committee,” basically a special bank account that they can use to raise money. Legally, contributions can be used to pay for things like yard signs and television ads. But there’s another type of political committee, known as an officeholder account.

  • 3 days ago | oaklandside.org | Azucena Rasilla

    The Oakland History Center at the main branch of the public library (125 14th St.) is offering a crafty opportunity for history and news aficionados to let their creativity flow through the center’s new contest, All the News That’s Fit to Build: Local News Dioramas.

  • 6 days ago | oaklandside.org | Jose Fermoso |Roselyn Romero

    Students, teachers, and residents of Oakland’s Clinton neighborhood gathered at 12th Avenue and E. 21st Street Friday evening to remember the life of Marvin Boomer. Boomer was killed Wednesday around 7:45 p.m. when a suspect fleeing from the California Highway Patrol struck a fire hydrant, which broke off and smashed into the Castlemont High School teacher, who was out walking with his wife.