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City of Oakland Head Start and Early Head Start centers will be operating half-day programming through Friday, January 14, 2022 due to staffing shortages related to a COVID-19 exposure. All centers will re-open full-time on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 following Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

In an innovative effort to support equitable access to transportation in and around Oakland for historically excluded communities, the pilot provides $300 per person to fund trips or passes on public transit, bikeshare, and shared e-scooters

City of Oakland Head Start Center Tassafaronga is temporarily closed effective today, January 5, 2022 through January 17, 2022 due to a COVID-19 exposure. The site will re-open on January 18, 2022 after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

City of Oakland Early Head Start Center Broadway is temporarily closed effective today, January 5, 2022 through January 17, 2022 due to a COVID-19 exposure. The site will re-open on January 18, 2022 after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The City of Oakland's Planning & Building Department (PBD) has proposed to increase certain fees by 3% to fully recover the cost of services provided.

City of Oakland Head Start Center Sungate is temporarily closed effective today, January 3, 2022 through January 14, 2022 due to a COVID-19 exposure. The site will re-open on January 18, 2022 after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Like most cities and departments across the nation, the City of Oakland, and the Oakland Police Department (OPD) navigated through an unprecedented pandemic. As new strains of the Coronavirus continued to emerge and impact our Country, Oakland saw an eight percent increase in both, the violent crime index and overall crime.

The City of Oakland is supporting warming center operations at St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP) Community Center and Shelter between Friday, December 31 and Monday, January 3. This activation is in response ...

The Oakland Police Department will hold a DUI Checkpoint on December 31, 2021, from 6:00 PM to 3:00 AM, at an undisclosed location within Oakland.

In alignment with the City’s commitment to reimagine and reconstruct our current public safety system, Councilmember Taylor’s gun violence resolutions strategically uplift prevention, deterrence, and enforcement measures.