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Oakland, California is located in Alameda County. Zip codes in Oakland, CA include 94606, 94605, and 94623. The median home price in Oakland is $430,000 which is roughly $269/per square foot. More Oakland information.

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3 hrs ago | Oakland Local

In Oakland Classrooms, Students "Learn to Work"

Ed. Note: In 2011, California's legislature passed AB 790, a statewide initiative aimed at addressing the growing number of high school graduates unprepared or under-prepared for either college or a career.

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3 hrs ago | Oakland Local

Code for America founder keynotes League of Women Voters Awards Luncheon in Oakland

A 21st Century alternative May Day event took place in Jack London Square, one not requiring a march to the barricades to participate.

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3 hrs ago | Oakland Local

Mayor Quan on proposed Oakland City Budget

This last week we held 4 hearings on the budget. They were evenly attended by staff and residents for the most part and brought out lively discussion.

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4 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Details in Oakland teen slayings revealed

A witness testified that a heated argument led to the early morning fatal shootings of two teenage girls gunned down on an Oakland street.

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4 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Oakland man who posed as an FBI agent arrested for violating probation

Federal authorities recently arrested a Hayward man for violating his probation after he impersonated an FBI officer and want to know if the public has ever come into contact with him while he pretended to be an agent.

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4 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Details emerge in slaying of two teenage Oakland girls last year

The slaughter of two teenage girls near Brookdale Park last November was sparked by an adolescent relationship squabble, a witness testified in court Tuesday.

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7 hrs ago | Oakland Local

Community Leaders Say Gun Violence In The East Bay Is A Public Health Crisis

An Assembly hearing focusing on rising gun violence in the East Bay instead evolved into a string of community and faith-based leaders clamoring for answers over how to heal what they say is the root cause of violence in places like Oakland: socio-economic despair.

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11 hrs ago | Oakland Local

East Bay Legislators Call For Stringent Gun Control Laws

Lest we forget the East Bay is still a bastion of liberalism, a few of its Democratic legislators Friday reminded voters that even though societal factors like unemployment and an eroding middle class may be a cause for rising gun violence, firearms are also to blame.

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15 hrs ago | Oakland Local

Clitoral Mass set to hit Oakland May 25

Spanning six major North American cities this year, Clitoral Mass 2013 will kick off Saturday, May 25 in Oakland.

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16 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

'Dancing With the Stars': And the winner is ...

The 16-year-old Oakland native and her pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, had to settle for second place on "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday night as country singer Kellie Picker and Derek Hough waltzed off with the mirror-ball trophy.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Scientific American

Shooting the Wheeze: Whooping Cough Vaccine Falls Short of Previous Shot s Protection

Protection against the disease pertussis, or whooping cough , doesn't appear to be as strong with the currently administered vaccine when compared with the older version administered up until the 1990s, according to a new study in Pediatrics .

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Contra Costa Times

Oklahoma tornado: Search and rescue expert from Oakland fire dispatched to aid in relief efforts

A member of the Oakland Fire Department is heading to Moore, the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb where at least two dozen people have died, to help with the recovery and rescue plan, state officials announced Tuesday.

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Contra Costa Times

High-speed chase of stolen Jaguar nets two suspects in Oakland home-invasion robbery

A high-speed police chase of a Jaguar sedan stolen in an Oakland home invasion robbery netted two felons who were in the car and who were both wearing tennis shoes taken in the heist, authorities said Tuesday.

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Inside Bay Area

BART to decide on relaxed rules for bikes on trains

Sara Chestnut, of Oakland, gets ready to board a Pleasanton BART train at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on March 18, 2013.

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Business Journal

Sutter Health's Alta Bates fined for health, safety violations

State regulators have slapped Sutter Health's Alta Bates hospital in Oakland with potential fines totaling $142,970 for six health and safety violations related to failure to properly isolate patients with airborne diseases such as tuberculosis.

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East Bay Express

Tuesday Must Reads: Bridge Expert Says Bad Bolts Should Be Replaced;...

The bolts were designed to be too hard and brittle and could snap in an earthquake; 32 of the rods have broken already.

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San Francisco Bay View

In loving memory of El Hajj Malcolm Latif El Shabazz

On the joyous occasion of his 26th birthday, at a party surrounded by his family and friends, Malcolm Shabazz kisses his beloved mother, Qubilah Shabazz, on Oct.

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Mon May 20, 2013

SFGate

Breakers runner goes missing at beach

Beau Rasmussen, 27, of Oakland, was last seen finishing the Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco and parting way with his friends to go to Ocean Beach Sunday, May 19, 2013.

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Contra Costa Times

Drummond: New Foothill Square positive development for East Oakland

Construction workers renovate the old Foothill Square shopping center, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oakland, Calif.

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San Francisco Bay View

Black male objectification in the media wit' visual artist Ajuan Mance

I met Ajuan Mance at a function at the San Francisco Main Library, where she had a table displaying her sketches of the many faces of Black men.

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