Oakland (California, United States)

Type: City

Name: Oakland (California, United States)

Country: United States

Latitude: 37.77

Longitude: -122.220001

population: 394,579

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

UC & FEMA Tree Removal in East Bay Hills - Public Meeting

Claremont Middle School, 5750 College Ave., Oakland.UC seeks FEMA funds to cut down 22,000 non-native trees.Public meeting Saturday, Claremont School Rockridge.A public meeting on the draft EIS will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 18, at ... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - 4 hours ago]

Entities: FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Oakland (California, United States), Middle School

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 3 reports

18-year-old says shooting girlfriend in the face was an accident; he faces manslaughter charges

An 18-year-old Pontiac man was arraigned on a charge of manslaughter this morning in the death of his 17-year-old girlfriend.The girl, who was not named, was shot in the face Tuesday. She died Wednesday.Lorenzo Clanagan appeared in 50th District Court ... [Published Detroit Free Press - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Manslaughter, Oakland (California, United States), Michael Martinez

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

Man shot in chest in serious condition

OAKLAND -- A man is in serious but stable condition after being shot in the chest Friday night, police said.The shooting occurred on 45th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. The man was hit in the chest by gunfire and rushed to Kaiser Oakland Medical ... [Published San Jose Mercury News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), Martin Luther King Jr, Police

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

The Oakland Tribune

Demoted Oakland police officer get old ranks back

OAKLAND, Calif. --The Oakland Police Department says it will comply with an order to reinstate two officer to their former ranks who were demoted for their involvement in a botched SWAT action that ended in the death of two fellow officers.The Oakland ... [Published Fort Mills Times - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), Police Officer, The Oakland Tribune, Oakland Police Department

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Punished Oakland cops to get ranks back

(05-17) 19:14 PDT OAKLAND -- The only two Oakland police supervisors disciplined for their decisions on the day four officers were shot and killed in 2009 were unjustly demoted and will have their ranks restored, an arbitrator has ruled.Capt. Rick Orozco ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), Paul Greenberg, Arbitrator, Michael Rains, Johnna Watson

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

Oakland neighborhood mural project underway

A new project kicked off Friday morning with two murals planned for the Oakland neighborhood.Arts Connect Inc., in collaboration with the Topeka Police Department, Safe Streets Coalition and Downtown Topeka Inc., kicked off the “Topeka Mural Project” ... [Published Kansas First News - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), Topeka (Kansas, United States), Connect Inc

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 4 reports

University of Nevada Reno

Reno-Tahoe Airport's new boss former No. 2

Marily Mora was named Thursday as the new president and CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. She replaces Krys Bart, who is retiring after 14 years.Mora was the second in command at the Reno authority for 12 years before she took a job as assistant ... [Published Whittier Daily News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Mora, University of Nevada Reno, Hong Kong Airport Authority

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

North Oakland residents hold emergency meeting in wake of violence

_ OAKLAND -- North Oakland residents, worried about recent violence in their neighborhoods, got some direct advice from Oakland police: Keep your eyes open and get a hold of authorities when crime breaks out."We want you to go and enjoy your neighborhood. ... [Published Contra Costa Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), Crime, emergency

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Plea Deal Reached In Attempted Murder Of CHP Officer In Oakland

OAKLAND (CBS SF) – The Oakland Police Department announced on Thursday that a plea deal has been reached with four men, believed to be members of the Norteno gang, in a case involving the attempted murder of a California Highway Patrol officer last summer ... [Published CBS San Francisco - May 17 2013]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), David Gonzalez, Attempted Murder, Oakland Police Department

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

$600,000 EPA Grant Could Help Development of Oakland Brownfields

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP — Oakland County will receive a $600,000 federal grant to help local communities and developers determine if contaminated land can be reclaimed and redeveloped.The grant was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and given ... [Published CBS Detroit - May 16 2013]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States), US Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, Park Madison Partners

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

FEMA Plans Clear-Cutting 85,000 Berkeley and Oakland Trees

By Randy Shaw The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is moving to chop down 22,000 trees in Berkeley's historic Strawberry and Claremont Canyons and over 60,000 more in Oakland. This destructive plan is rapidly moving forward with little ... [Published California Progress Report - May 16 2013]

Entities: FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency, Oakland (California, United States), Randy Shaw

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 4 reports

Man on BART tracks in Oakland delays trains

OAKLAND, calif. -- A man who was arrested for walking on the tracks and climbing on top of trains near the MacArthur BART station in Oakland is causing BART delays.As of about 7:30 a.m., BART trains traveling in all directions were delayed by about 30 ... [Published KGO San Francisco - May 16 2013]

Entities: Oakland (California, United States)

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Privilege, Oppression, and InterseXionality-Day 3 [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - 4 hours ago]

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Drowning in Fairfield is city's third in 2013 [Published Daily Breeze - 6 hours ago]

Les Weidman, the sheriff from 1990 to 2005, testified Friday that Neuman was allowed to resume work because "he was a very valuable member of the Sheriff's Department" and a lot of tax dollars were invested in his training

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