Parking ban at Lake Merritt, coal terminal, explaining the Oakland Police Commission: on the podcast

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3 weeks ago

November 14, 2025

MM Team

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In right this moment’s episode:

Oakland is going through a probably main authorized judgment over its efforts to dam a coal terminal in West Oakland.

The state believes that Oakland Unified discriminates towards Jewish college students.

A preferred assembly spot on Lake Merritt is getting new parking restrictions after gun violence.

The previous Lake Merritt Lodge is reopening as a shelter for survivors of home violence and human trafficking.

What it was like for a Palestinian-American lady residing in Oakland in the course of the conflict in Gaza.

And we’ll clarify what the Oakland Police Fee really does and why it issues.

Lastly: Oaklandside is accepting functions from Oakland highschool college students for a brand new reporting grant.

Tasneem Raja is editor-in-chief of The Oaklandside. A pioneer in information journalism and native nonprofit information startups, she co-founded The Tyler Loop, a nationally acknowledged group information platform in East Texas. She was a senior editor at NPR’s Code Change and at Mom Jones, the place the workforce she led helped construct America’s first-ever database of mass shootings. She started her profession as a reporter at The Chicago Reader and The Philadelphia Weekly, and lives in Oakland together with her husband and daughter.

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