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Saturday, June 11, 2022, the Oakland Police Department is teaming up with several community partners to hold a unique and innovative gun buyback titled: Guns to Gardens.

City of Oakland Early Head Start Center Broadway is temporarily closed effective today, June 9, 2022 through June 14, 2022 due to a COVID-19 exposure. The site will re-open to children and staff on June 15, 2022.

To limit the impact of increasing COVID-19 cases on hospitalizations, the Alameda County health officials announced that masks will be required in most indoor public settings beginning Friday, June 3, 2022.

Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Selection Panel for the Police Commission announced the opening of the application process to serve on the Oakland Police Commission. The Selection Panel will seek to make appointments that reflect Oaklanders’ diversity of experiences, especially individuals from communities experiencing the most frequent contact with the police.

Today, the City of Oakland announced a new cohort of 10 Cultural Strategists-in-Government (CSIG) that will embed in seven different entities in the City. The program is a partnership between the City’s Cultural Affairs Division and the Oakland Fund for Public Innovation, with funding for 7 of the 10 individuals provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Thank you to our community and media partners, Ameriyah Benavides, is no longer a Missing Person.

She has been safely located. #SAFEOAKLAND.

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The Oakland Police Department is requesting assistance from our community and media partners in locating Missing Person, Ameriyah Benavides, who is at risk due to age.