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Oakland, CA. – This holiday season, the Oakland Police Department wants to remind the public about the importance of being safe and sober when you are driving.

The Oakland Police Department Traffic Division has seen an increase in fatalities on Oakland roadways. This year, 33 people were killed on Oakland streets, compared to 27 in 2019. Most of these collisions occurred between 9:00 PM and 3:00 AM.

The Oakland Police Department has seen an 18% decrease in robberies across the city this year. However, over the last three weeks, we’ve seen a recent surge in robberies citywide.

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020, at approximately 12:25 AM, a patrol officer was flagged down in the area of Collins Street and Joe Morgan Avenue regarding a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.

On December 07, 2020, at approximately 7:49 PM, Oakland Police Officers were contacted by a motorist in the area of Enos Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. The driver advised that he and the passenger had been shot.

The City of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department’s Rent Adjustment Program (RAP) administered its first “pulse survey” to assess the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on tenants and property owners from late March to September 2020. The survey was designed to capture a snapshot, or pulse, from Oaklanders as they manage through the pandemic. The survey was translated into Chinese, Spanish, and Vietnamese; posted on the City’s website; and socialized throughout the community using outreach efforts that included partnering with key stakeholder agencies to distribute to and share with their communities

Report warns that without timely action, City is at risk of severe fiscal stress

Now that the City has completed its public improvement work at the Gateway Industrial District (formerly the Oakland Army Base) — including installing all new roads, landscaping, and pedestrian and bike trails — it is now open for business.

The Oakland Police Department has seen a 38% increase in carjackings citywide over last year. Many of these incidents appear to be crimes of opportunity and in some cases, the victims are delivery and rideshare drivers.

On December 3, 2020, around 10:00 PM, in the 3400 block of 82nd Avenue, an armed male approached two people sitting inside a vehicle.