Oakland, California sits right across the Bay from San Francisco. The city has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state at an official 16.3% and, by some accounts, sits at No. 3 in the entire country in terms of crime. The murder rate per capita is 3.5 times the national average. So it’s [...]

A couple of days ago, a new web site covering the city of Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area called Oakland Local launched. From the site’s “About” page: Oakland Local is an independent, non-profit community news and information hub, connecting community and news. Our site combines original investigative and feature reporting with community news [...]