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Report warns that without timely action, City is at risk of severe fiscal stress

Now that the City has completed its public improvement work at the Gateway Industrial District (formerly the Oakland Army Base) — including installing all new roads, landscaping, and pedestrian and bike trails — it is now open for business.

The Oakland Police Department has seen a 38% increase in carjackings citywide over last year. Many of these incidents appear to be crimes of opportunity and in some cases, the victims are delivery and rideshare drivers.

On December 3, 2020, around 10:00 PM, in the 3400 block of 82nd Avenue, an armed male approached two people sitting inside a vehicle.

Three Oakland Head Start Centers — Manzanita, San Antonio Park and San Antonio CDC — are temporarily closed after the City of Oakland learned an individual tested positive for COVID-19 at each center.

On December 2, 2020, at approximately 2:49 PM, the Oakland Police Department’s Communications Division received a ShotSpotter Activation in the 7600 block of International Boulevard.

UPDATE: The Oakland Police Department (OPD) makes arrests in connection to an attempted murder of two California Highway Patrol Officers. OPD officers and members of the Hayward Police Department’s Special Response Unit took two male adults into custody without incident, in the 400 block of Rousseau Street in Hayward around 10 PM Tuesday.

Outdoor youth programming, senior programs, homeless services, and library sidewalk service continue without change

Oakland, CA- The safety of everyone traveling is the focus of a grant awarded to the Oakland Police Department. The $500,000.00 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) will assist the Oakland Police Department’s efforts to reduce deaths and injuries on Oakland roads.

The Oakland Police Department (OPD) Homicide Division is investigating an attempted murder of an officer. The incident occurred on December 1, 2020, at approximately 1:46 AM. California Highway Patrol (CHP) advised OPD's Communications Division of a vehicle pursuit in the 9800 block of Golf Links Road.