Oakland’s recent rainy weather is a helpful reminder that winter is here, and could bring with it rainy or stormy weather that City workers, residents and business owners can all prepare for now. Please go to our Winter Storm Preparation page for more information.
Posted: December 10th, 2019
Oakland Public Works announced today multiple honors awarded to the City’s latest parks and recreation facility, the Rainbow Recreation Center. Completed in March 2019, the recreation center has gained attention in local, national and international audiences.
Posted: November 27th, 2019
Mayors’ initiative as part of annual Coastal Cleanup Day protects the San Francisco Bay, improves neighborhoods, and combats illegal dumping
Posted: September 27th, 2019
A two-city mayors’ competition to protect the Bay by volunteering to clean neighborhoods took a turn Monday, as San José Mayor Sam Liccardo joined his city into the fray. The event has been dubbed Battle for the Bay, a friendly volunteer competition to protect the shared Bay by cleaning up coastal areas and neighborhoods.
Posted: September 16th, 2019
Game on! Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and San Francisco Mayor London Breed met on Treasure Island today to challenge each other and their respective cities to a Battle for the Bay, a friendly volunteer competition to protect the shared Bay by cleaning up coastal areas and neighborhoods in both cities.
Posted: September 5th, 2019
The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the Lakeside Green Streets Project!
Posted: June 7th, 2019
The Oakland Public Works Department will celebrate Saturday the City’s newest recreation facility and park at the Rainbow Recreation Center in the Seminary Neighborhood.
Posted: May 17th, 2019
In a huge step forward for sustainability and environmentally-friendly investment, the City of Oakland and its vehicle fuel provider, Neste, announced Thursday a new model for providing fuel for City vehicles: gathering raw material such as cooking oil from Oakland’s own businesses, processing that material into renewable diesel, and using that renewable diesel to operate City vehicles.
Posted: April 18th, 2019
Thousands of youth and adult volunteers from across the nation will participate in a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In Oakland, over twenty community cleaning, greening, and beautification projects are planned and more than 2,000 volunteers are expected to participate.
Posted: January 18th, 2019
Oakland’s forecasted rainy weather is a helpful reminder that winter will arrive in a matter of weeks, and could bring with it rainy or stormy weather that City workers, residents and business owners can all prepare for now.
Posted: November 20th, 2018
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