The city’s redistricting commission last week whittled down the number of optional district maps to just a couple. Oakland residents can review them and submit their feedback to the commission ...

After months of public discussion on how Oakland’s voting districts ... The chief changes in Map #26 from current districts are to combine the Maxwell Park neighborhood into one district, District 6, ...

Most Oakland Unified School District buildings failed inspections and are still not in compliance. Some schools were found with missing fire extinguishers or nonfunctioning fire alarms.

How many more people will die due to Oakland ... and code-inspection system? Thirty-six people were killed late last year in the Ghost Ship warehouse inferno in the Fruitvale District.