News — OPD

Weekend Rewind: July 24-26th

Jul 27, 2015

Happy Monday, Oakland! Here’s a quick recap of what went down over the weekend in your Town, and around the Bay. Thousands of people jogged through the streets of San Francisco for the SF Marathon. You may want to sit for this news if you haven’t heard it already….also in SF, the San Francisco Giants […]

Tags: Baseball, Battle of the Bay, Bay Area Black Expo, Berkeley, Bikes, Justice For Rich, Kite Festival, Oakland, Oakland A's, Oaklandish, OPD, Other, Pedalfest, Richard Linyard, SF Giants, UC Berkeley

Weekend Rewind: July 17-19

Jul 20, 2015

This past weekend, a heatwave hit The Town! Temperatures topped 80 degrees, and stayed warm during the evening on Sunday night. And it looks like this flash of summer will last all week. The A’s are in the middle of a six game home stand. The guys in green and gold won in a wonderful […]

Tags: A's, Athletics, Baseball, East Oakland, Heatwave, Homicide, Oakland, Oaklandish, OPD, Other, Pete Escovedo

August 4th is National Night out in Oakland!

Jul 20, 2015

It’s that time of year again! August 4th is National Night Out in Oakland. If you’re looking to organize a block party in your neighborhood, you can register here. *Photo credit: SF Gate.

Tags: Block Party, National Night Out, Oakland, OPD, Other

Love Our Lake Everyday

Jul 06, 2015

This past Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a piece on the Oakland Police Department’s crackdown of barbecuing, playing loud music, and littering by people hanging out on the shores of Lake Merritt. “Oakland needs to celebrate the growing number of people frequenting Lake Merritt instead of seeking to discourage or even punish them with […]

Tags: Lake Merritt, News, Oakland, OPD, Other, SF Chronicle, Spencer Whitney

June Gloom In Oakland

Jun 08, 2015

June Gloom, it’s when there are low-lying stratus clouds that have been formed over the ocean and then pushed inland by strong winds. It’s something that commonly happens around this time of year in San Diego and Santa Barbara. But during the first days of June 2015, the Bay Area was under a massive cloud. But […]

Tags: East Oakland, Fruitvale, June Gloom, NBA, NBA Finals, Oakland, Oakland Mayor Schaaf, OPD, Other, Shooting