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Recovery Efforts At Burned Oakland Warehouse Paused Over Fear Of Collapse

10:30am December 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A devastating fire on Friday killed at least 36 people at an artists' collective in Oakland, Calif. Firefighters have temporarily halted recovery efforts after they noticed a wall was leaning.

A collapsed roof and debris slowed down the recovery efforts of firefighters on Dec. 3 following a fire that killed at least 30 people at a warehouse in Oakland, Calif.

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Death Toll In Oakland Fire Rises To 33 As Searchers Comb Through Wreckage

10:07pm December 04, 2016

by James Doubek

"The scope of this tragedy is tremendous," Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said.

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At Least 9 Killed In Oakland Fire During Warehouse Party

7:39pm December 03, 2016

by James Doubek

The fire broke out late Friday during an electronic music show. "We've lost a lot of lives," Oakland's fire chief said.

Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia says a pilot project using algorithms to check for racially charged terms has helped cut racial profiling posts by roughly 50 percent.

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Social Network Nextdoor Moves To Block Racial Profiling Online

7:30am August 23, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Social networks let users share without being impeded. But Nextdoor, a platform for neighborhoods, is moving to block posts for the first time when they appear to be racial profiling.

Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent, with Mayor Libby Schaaf behind him, listens to questions from the media on May 2, 2015, after May Day protests in Oakland, Calif. Whent has since resigned as police chief — as did two interim chiefs after him, over the

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Mired In Sex Scandal, Oakland Police Department Loses 3 Chiefs In 9 Days

4:57pm June 20, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A number of officers are accused of having sex with a teenager; others allegedly sent racist texts. The mayor's office is taking control after the chief and then two acting chiefs resigned in a row.

Diana Venegas, a nursing student at Samuel Merritt University, in Oakland, Calif., takes a patient's blood pressure at a recent health fair at Allen Temple Baptist Church.

A Push In California To Train More Latino And Black Nurses

12:02pm November 13, 2015

by Adizah Eghan

Though 39 percent of the state's population is Latino, only 8 percent of its nurses are. Health officials are looking to reduce health disparities by increasing diversity among health professionals.

Oakland police officers, wearing body cameras, form a line during demonstrations against recent incidents of alleged police brutality nationwide.

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California Bill Could Limit Police Access To Body Camera Footage

12:46pm May 01, 2015

by Richard Gonzales

Lawmakers want to prohibit police officers from viewing video from their body cameras before they write their reports. It's part of an effort to bring more transparency to policing.

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File photo of the Oakland Police Department as they salute at the public memorial service for slain Oakland police officers.

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Retired Oakland Police Officer Recruits Locals To Police Their Own City

4:42am March 27, 2015

by Tara Siler

Police departments around the county are under pressure to diversify. In Oakland, Calif., officials say police-community relations also might improve by increasing the number of cops who live there.

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First The Protest, Then The Storm: Bay Area's 5 Straight Nights Of Clashes

1:45pm December 11, 2014

by Richard Gonzales

Oakland and Berkeley demonstrators have broken into stores and blocked freeways and rail lines, part of a movement born of frustration about police shootings in Staten Island, N.Y., and Ferguson, Mo.

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Protesters light a dumpster on fire, early Monday in Berkeley, Calif., as raucous demonstrations hit the streets of California for a second straight night in response to police killings in Missouri and New York.

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Bay Area Protests Turn Violent For Second Night In A Row

2:04pm December 08, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

Demonstrators vandalized businesses and blocked traffic on a freeway. The protests came in the wake of police killings in Missouri and New York.