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This is the most important story I write for The Oaklandside, sadly, every year: Those who die from traffic violence. In 2023, 33 died while driving, biking, and walking. All had interesting, complicated, full lives and histories people should know about:
oaklandside.org/2024/02/08/3…
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There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story.
It’s called the “burnerverse”: a sprawling network of anonymous college-sports accounts that can look, at first glance, like ordinary shitposting.
Then I started looking closer. And what I found was a highly coordinated network of hundreds of anon accounts, dedicated to doxxing girls and ruining their lives.
My investigation for @WIRED — including some of the men allegedly behind some of these accounts — is out now. wired.com/story/burnerverse-…
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I'm back to masking in indoor public spaces as COVID seems to be surging in the Bay Area again.
There's no longer wastewater data available in the East Bay, but check out this chart covering the eastern half of SF.
A solid surge since August. Highest it's been all year...
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Curious to know who federal prosecutors plan on calling as witnesses at former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s corruption trial in October?
Here’s the list: oaklandside.org/2026/07/31/t…
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ICE detained an Oakland resident at the Denver airport just before she was about to step on a Southwest Airlines flight home.
oaklandside.org/2026/07/22/i…
Three disastrous calls by World Cup FIFA refs in last two days. Balogun's red, Senegal's penalty, and Croatia's goal were not obvious.
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The Senegalese 🇸🇳 delegation gets this treatment on arrival in the USA. Full tarmac searches, shoes off, bags turned inside out like criminals.
This is straight up humiliation and a disgrace. They’d never put white boys through the same.
In January and March, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee hosted high-powered meetings to end 2 years of near-incessant lobbying by politically connected residents over a street-slowing project. The lobbying role of Buffy Wicks, state assembly member, angered many
oaklandside.org/2026/06/01/b…
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Federal judge William Orrick said today that if Oakland maintains its police reforms through September, he’ll end OPD’s 23-year-old federal court oversight. That means full local control and no monitor.
oaklandside.org/2026/05/27/o…
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EXCLUSIVE
A year ago, the Trump admin announced it was creating an Office or Remigration—named for a racist plan to expel immigrants, popularized by European far-right groups
It has since said nothing about it.
But @WIRED found out what it's doing...
wired.com/story/the-state-de…
Oakland's Rev. Bautista starts the process to sue the government for getting shot in the face with chemicals.
oaklandside.org/2026/01/30/o…
A tech exec and Oakland resident, who supported Tesla's goals and was excited about the Cybertruck, told me he became disillusioned and then angry with the company when a CT door scarily unlatched next to his baby as he was about to get on the freeway: oaklandside.org/2026/01/23/t…
I traveled all over Oakland to find its worst streets. The city paved 18.6 miles in '25, so the searchable list of 3,304 road sections here, based on an independent survey of paving quality, is thorough. Find your road and paving score and post it here.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/23/l…
Oakland sold $285M in Measure U bonds over the last week for parks, housing, and road infrastructure after 2 years of concerns about its financial outlook, which led to a credit downgrade last year. With the sale, the city says its finances are looking up
oaklandside.org/2025/12/09/o…
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California law requires police to disclose recordings of “critical incidents” in 45 days. Oakland police argue the “brief struggle” that led to former NFL star Doug Martin’s death was not a critical incident.
oaklandside.org/2025/12/02/d…
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A day after ICE showed up near Hoover Elementary, Oakland parents felt nervous and defiant.
oaklandside.org/2025/11/20/a…
I spoke with the family of Castlemont teacher Marvin Boomer, including his girlfriend (who was with him at the tragic collision), his mom and dad, and his sisters. They're in shock, mourning the passing of a man they call "extraordinary." New story:
oaklandside.org/2025/06/06/m…
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Marvin Boomer’s family mourns loss and girlfriend slams CHP for deadly Oakland chase.
Boomer’s family will hold a church service for the beloved Castlemont teacher at Acts Full Gospel on Friday.
oaklandside.org/2025/06/06/m…
Last week, I got to follow people cycling all over the city for Bike to Wherever Day, which bike advocates and regular folks used to advocate for safer streets. Did you participate?
oaklandside.org/2025/05/15/o…
I went to the Oakland Ballers' opening game last night and spoke to a lot of people who were happy to move on from the A's era, which we all know ended in heartbreak.
New story: oaklandside.org/2025/05/21/o…
