Plan your Bay Area holiday season week by week, with free celebrations, local makers, Black culture, lights and music from November through New Year’s.
Updated 8:26 PM PST — November 2, 2026Community Pulse is a qualitative cross-source assessment of identified accounts and recurring questions, not representative polling.TODAY’S PULSE1....
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Updated | 1. Mario Juarez takes the stand in Oakland corruption trial —...
Updated 4:38 PM PDT — October 30, 2026Community Pulse is a qualitative cross-source assessment of identified accounts and recurring questions, not representative polling.TODAY’S PULSE1....
Updated 6:03 PM PDT — October 29, 2026Community Pulse is a qualitative cross-source assessment of identified accounts and recurring questions, not representative polling.TODAY’S PULSE1....
A dated, qualitative look at hospital access and accountability, city workplace concerns, industrial arts access and essential transit costs in Oakland.
Tuesday’s Oakland briefing: the tentative firefighters agreement, dog-safety investigation, corruption-trial testimony, ballot deadline, school and housing proposals, shoreline weather, BART work and new arts and community reporting.
A dated, qualitative look at arts access after The Crucible’s closure, park safety, shared remembrance, health-care access and essential transit costs in Oakland.
Monday’s Oakland briefing: a Santa Rita Jail custody-death follow-up, the Eastmont protest, Tuesday deadlines and meetings, the $30 wage proposal’s council date, school hearings, the I-80 reopening and the Valkyries’ Game 6 time change.
A qualitative look at free disposal access, health-care access near immigration enforcement, essential transit and household costs, and port truckers’ operating costs in Oakland.
Sunday’s Oakland briefing: a look back at the week, Highland Hospital, voting access, housing and wildlife, weather, BART and freeway travel, business funding, and Community Pulse.