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Sarah Ravani

Sarah Ravani

East Bay Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle

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Oakland FBI raids: Mayor Sheng Thao’s partner named by city attorney in subpoena memo - San Franc...

Oakland’s city attorney has instructed staff to preserve records related to Mayor Sheng Thao’s partner and companies owned by the politically powerful Duong family in response to a federal grand jury subpoena, the Chronicle has learned. The subpoena comes two weeks after the FBI raided the home of Thao and Andre Jones, as well as those of California Waste Solutions CEO David Duong and his son, Andy Duong, and the company’s offices. Oakland contracts with California Waste Solutions for curbside r…
4 months ago
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Destruction of menorah at Lake Merritt sparks hate crime investigat...

Oakland police have launched a hate crime investigation into the toppling of a menorah at Lake Merritt — an act of vandalism that stunned residents and drew swift condemnation from elected officials. “I want to be very clear that what happened was not just an attack on Oakland’s Jewish community but our entire city and our shared values,” Mayor Sheng Thao said in a statement Wednesday, days after she joined Rabbi Dovid Labkowski for the annual menorah lighting ceremony at Lake Merritt Amphitheat…
11 months ago
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Pro-Palestinian protesters storm U.S. military ship at Port of Oakl...

In a dramatic demonstration against Israel’s military actions in Gaza, protesters stormed a large U.S. military ship at the Port of Oakland on Friday. At least three people scaled the Cape Orlando and held on to the ladder to prevent the ship from leaving the dock. The protesters believed the ship, which is operated by the Maritime Administration, was headed for Israel after a stop in Tacoma, Wash. This could not be immediately confirmed. At close to 2 p.m., port workers tied the ship to the doc…
12 months ago
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Oakland Mayor Thao doubles down on crime in first State of the City...

As pressure mounts on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao to address the city’s biggest problems, she doubled down on a promise to tackle crime and violence at her first State of the City address on Tuesday. In her speech — delivered before a packed crowd in City Council chambers — the mayor said she is committed to building a more “robust” Police Department that has a notable presence on the city’s streets while beefing up specialized units to investigate crimes. She promised to invest in violence interru…
about 1 year ago
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao blasts police commission leader over searc...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao vowed Wednesday to declare a state of emergency by the end of the year if the city’s police commission fails to send her a list of finalists for police chief, escalating the battle between her and the group’s leadership. Thao has previously criticized the commission, saying that the body is taking too long in its process to select a new police chief as the city confronts a wave of violent crime. The police commission is in charge of finding the top three candidates for…
about 1 year ago
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California lawmakers pass ‘YIGBY’ bill to let churches build afford...

A state bill that could allow churches to build affordable housing on their parking lots and excess lands passed the California Legislature on Monday and heads to the governor’s desk. If Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB4 — introduced by State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco — into law, it would allow for thousands of urban lots to potentially be used for housing construction. “SB 4 will open up 170,000 acres of land for affordable housing. It’s a game-changer,” Wiener posted on X, the website for…
about 1 year ago
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Newsom approves Oakland request for CHP officers and license plate ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom will send California Highway Patrol officers and automatic license plate readers to Oakland after receiving a request from Mayor Sheng Thao and the police department amid growing crime concerns [https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/oakland-bay-area-rates-18259788.php], according to his office. The governor’s support will bring six CHP officers and one sergeant to the city to help with traffic enforcement. His office also agreed to extend a $1.2 million loan to Oakland so…
about 1 year ago
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‘Not what it used to be’: How downtown Oakland’s recovery compares ...

A ripple of hope ran through downtown Oakland in 2018 when financial tech company Square agreed to lease the entire office space at 1955 Broadway. The payments firm run by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was the latest company to feed a dream that the East Bay city could nab high-paying white-collar jobs from San Francisco and become a tech hub in its own right. But just as Square — now known as Block — was starting to move into the renovated building near the Paramount Theatre in early 2020, the…
over 1 year ago
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‘Will it be easy? Absolutely not’: Oakland taps new top official to...

Mayor Sheng Thao has appointed Atlanta native Jestin Johnson as Oakland’s new city...
over 1 year ago
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Antioch officers sent racist, homophobic texts, leaving residents, ...

UPDATE: AG Bonta investigating Antioch Police Department in wake of racist text messaging scandal [https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bonta-antioch-police-department-investigation-18090843.php]Antioch residents say they feel a mix of outrage, disgust and humiliation amid revelations that police officers used homophobic and racist language in text messages to describe the East Bay city’s people.The texts, sent among at least two dozen officers, called Black residents “gorillas,” “monkeys…
over 1 year ago
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Oaklanders say homelessness is the most urgent issue facing the cit...

Survey finds that homelessness is the top issue Oakland residents say the city needs to...
over 1 year ago
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This Oakland neighborhood used to be majority Black. Dramatic chang...

The Longfellow neighborhood’s community spirit has eroded as Black families and...
about 2 years ago
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Oakland church gives out cannabis and psychedelics as ‘sacrament.’ ...

The founder of the church argues that the city and its police department violated its...
about 2 years ago
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Oakland could open homeless shelter for 1,000 people on former Army...

The Oakland City Council will vote Tuesday to direct the city to begin studying whether...
over 2 years ago
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Bars are in spotlight as coronavirus cases rise. But in this Bay Ar...

Most people in the Bay Area can’t go to bars unless they sit outside, and unless food...
over 4 years ago
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Alameda County agrees to sell its share of Oakland Coliseum to A’s ...

The county Board of Supervisors voted Monday to sell its ownership in the 155-acre...
almost 5 years ago
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Oakland homelessness surges 47% — per-capita number now higher than...

The newly released Point-in-Time count shows that the number of homeless people in...
over 5 years ago
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Oakland bans use of facial recognition technology, citing bias conc...

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition by city departments, including police, making it the third city in the country to do so after San Francisco and Somerville, Mass. The ordinance, introduced by council president Rebecca Kaplan, amends the city’s current surveillance ordinance and prevent city departments from adopting any facial recognition technology and from using information obtained by the software. “I am thrilled my colleagues clearly und…
over 5 years ago
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Oakland’s groundbreaking cannabis equity program showing modest res...

Alphonso Blunt stood outside a warehouse near 66th Avenue and San Leandro Street in Oakland and gazed with satisfaction at the Coliseum across the street. Behind him, a steady stream of customers walked through the glass doors of the warehouse and into his marijuana dispensary. Nearly a year earlier, he had received his license to sell marijuana. After months of searching for financing and a building for his business, Blunt opened the doors to Blunts+Moore on Nov. 29, the first and still the onl…
over 5 years ago