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The Sausal Creek Restoration Project (Project) has received the 2019 Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects, Northern California Chapter in the Design, Parks, Recreation, Trails …

Enforcement Efforts Aimed at Stopping Suspected Impaired Drivers

Oakland, Calif. — Memorial Day Weekend is a time many spend with family and friends for outdoor activities but is also what is considered the start of California’s 100 dangerous days of summer on roadways between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.

Oakland is proud to be the first Bay Area city to offer Adaptive Bike Share for people with disabilities.

The Oakland Public Works Department will celebrate Saturday the City’s newest recreation facility and park at the Rainbow Recreation Center in the Seminary Neighborhood.

Three fathers, sons and husbands from the Bay Area, two of whom are Oaklanders, are facing imminent deportation orders by the Trump Administration’s ICE based on decades old convictions, despite having demonstrated rehabilitation, solid jobs and families.

"The racially offensive card from the Alameda County Fire Station shows that the County has hard work before it to create a work environment and workforce that is centered around equity, fairness and respect. I join the call for the County to conduct an investigation and take action."

On Thursday May 9, 2019, from 7am to 9:30am, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland (WOBO) produces the largest Bike To Work Day celebration of the No Pollute Commute at Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall. Councilmember Dan Kalb will present a resolution celebrating the City of Oakland’s Gold Level Bicycle-Friendly Community designation and Bike To Work Day. Thursday marks the City of Oakland’s 26^th celebration of Bike To Work Day, held on the 2^nd Thursday of May each year.

For 2019, the City of Oakland is taking the Small Business Week workshops into the commercial districts that small businesses call home by working with its nonprofit business service provider partners. Entrepreneurs and small business owners may choose from networking events, informative workshops and insightful panels in Downtown, East Oakland, Fruitvale and West Oakland during Oakland Small Business Week, May 5 to 11. Topics will include social media, tech tools, access to capital, cyber security, business models, women mentoring women, business operations and more. The full roster of free activities is posted at oaklandca.gov/sbw.

The annual report summarizes the Public Ethics Commission’s work in 2018, an election year in which the Commission established its role as educator, compliance officer, data illuminator, investigator, …

In 2017 and 2018 the city of Oakland selected a consultant to provide technical assistance for equity applicants for a one-year period. Now, the City of Oakland is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a consultant to continue providing similar services for a two-year period.