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Author Archives: Eli Wolfe
Eli Wolfe reports on City Hall for The Oaklandside. He was previously a senior reporter for San José Spotlight, where he had a beat covering Santa Clara County’s government and transportation. He also worked as an investigative reporter for the Pasadena-based newsroom FairWarning, where he covered labor, consumer protection and transportation issues. He started his journalism career as a freelancer based out of Berkeley. Eli’s stories have appeared in The Atlantic, NBCNews.com, Salon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. Eli graduated from UC Santa Cruz and grew up in San Francisco.
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Should Oakland allow for more aggressive police chases?
Some city leaders wonder if tweaking the rules would help OPD address crime. But chases have caused injuries and deaths of bystanders, suspects, and officers.
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Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price will face recall election in November
The Board of Supervisors decided to save money and put the contentious recall question on the general election ballot.
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Oakland hasn’t collected millions in business taxes–why?
Facing a budget deficit, potential layoffs, and service cuts, city leaders and unions want the Finance Department to explain why revenue has gone uncollected.
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Flyers, welcome to ‘San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport’
Oakland’s Port Commission finalized the OAK’s new name that puts “San Francisco” first.
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Recall campaign has outraised District Attorney Pamela Price by millions
We contacted some of the major contributors and asked them why they’re seeking the DA Price’s removal.
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Numerous problems ‘derailed’ Oakland’s retail theft prevention grant, says auditor
City Auditor Michael Houston faulted multiple departments, including the mayor’s office and police, but declined to say who was most responsible.
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Oakland is closer to securing a new interim stadium site for the Roots and Soul
The city wants to acquire Alameda County’s stake in two properties that could play pivotal roles in professional soccer’s growth in the East Bay.
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Oakland’s Convention Center is broke
The company that operates the George P. Scotlan Memorial Convention Center is asking the city for $1.7 million to keep the lights on.
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Who’s funding the recall campaign against Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao?
Recall organizers have raised almost $275,000, but most of the money comes from a committee that hasn’t disclosed its donors yet.
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District Attorney Pamela Price’s supporters object to special election for recall
Recall opponents are asking the Board of Supervisors to schedule an election in November, saying a special election this summer would waste $20M.
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Oakland’s police watchdog is concerned about CHP operations in the city
The Oakland Police Commission welcomes state highway patrol officers working city streets but has concerns about the lack of transparency.
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Oakland is raising awareness about the harms of sex trafficking
The city is sharing resources to help children and teens learn how to recognize, avoid, and report sexual exploitation.
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Recall organizers demand speedy special election to decide Alameda County district attorney’s future
On Tuesday, recall supporters rallied in downtown Oakland, asking the county Board of Supervisors to hold a special election this summer to let voters decide Pamela Price’s fate.
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Alameda County prosecutors allegedly excluded Black people and Jews from death penalty juries
A federal judge has ordered District Attorney Pamela Price to review 35 death penalty cases after notes from decades ago showed alleged ‘prosecutorial misconduct.’
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The Ballers find home ballpark in West Oakland but will need to spruce it up
In a deal between the Oakland City Council and the new Pioneer League baseball team, the Ballers will invest $1.6 million in Raimondi Park.
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Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price to face recall election this year
The recall campaign targeting Price collected enough signatures to trigger an election, the registrar said Monday.
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Oakland airport approves controversial name change
Oakland’s Port Commission gave preliminary approval to rename OAK the “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” over the objections of environmentalists, SFO, and the local NAACP.
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Push to rename Oakland airport reveals flaw in expansion plan, say activists
Airport officials say there’s a need to build a new terminal to accommodate millions more passengers. But flight numbers have yet to rebound from the pandemic.
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Gov. Newsom touts hundreds of license plate reader cameras in Oakland
480 surveillance cameras will be installed around East Bay freeways and run by the highway patrol.
