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Journalism for Oakland. We amplify community voices, share information resources, and investigate systems, not just symptoms. Nonprofit through @citysidelocal.
- Activists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza have blocked and shut down the Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco—where world leaders have gathered for the APEC summit.🚨BREAKING🚨: Bay Area residents have SHUT DOWN Bay Bridge to demand ceasefire while @POTUS Biden visits San Francisco. #CeasefireNow! No more genocide in Gaza! #BayBridge #CeasefireNow #BidenHarrisCeasefireNOW #APEC
00:00 - Honored and humbled to introduce our work, our reporting, and our team to the world. We are The Oaklandside, a team of reporters dedicated to serving information needs, amplifying community voices, and investigating systems in and for Oakland.
- We’re at the fan-organized Oakland A’s reverse boycott! First pitch is about 2 hours away and organizers are handing out 7,000 t-shirts that say “SELL” on them before fans head into the Coliseum for the game. 📽️: @amirazizphotos
00:00 - Tonight, in the top of the 5th inning at the #UniteTheBay Bay Bridge Series game, SF Giants fans joined Oakland A’s fans in a #selltheteam chant as a protest against the plans to move the team to Las Vegas.
00:00 - Westlake Middle School students held a walkout today to call attention to what they view as Oakland Unified's suppression of discussions about the Israel Palestine conflict in schools. 📹by @ashleynmcb who is following the student march today.
00:00 - Oakland is renaming a street after Tupac Shakur
- How did 15,000 people come together to march from Oakland Tech yesterday? Student and youth organizers made it happen—and had hundreds of masks and hand sanitizer on hand for COVID safety. @DarwinBondGraha reports:
- Oakland plans to honor legendary rapper @TooShort with renamed street. A span of Foothill Boulevard will be renamed "Too Short Way" next week. oaklandside.org/2022/12/02/oak…
- Proposed bike and pedestrian bridge would connect downtown Oakland to Alameda
- Sheng Thao wins Oakland mayor's race. This year's mayoral election was extremely close—just 682 votes separated Thao and Taylor after the ranked-choice process was run.
- Today, we officially launch @Oaklandside with a beautiful new home for our reporting and much, much more! oaklandside.org 🎉🎉🎉
- No, that's not a picture of a tropical ocean—it's a bat ray skimming the surface of Lake Merritt! We reported on the many other surprising and strange creatures you can find in the lake, with the help of local citizen scientists.
- Ahem, some organization news 🚨💯 Cityside is expanding our journalism—to Richmond! We're super excited to bring our community-focused local reporting to this awesome Bay Area city.People across Richmond want more reliable, independent local news. We’re launching a free nonprofit news outlet to serve residents with original reporting and information about Richmond and what makes this city unique. Welcome to Richmondside: richmondside.org
