Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Fri, 11 Feb at 10:07am.

Next week, Alameda County will host two budget forums titled “The Worst is Yet to Come," focusing on the region’s economic outlook, as well as proposed federal and State budget cuts and their potential impacts on the community.

Blog entry by Karen Smulevitz.
Last updated at Wed, 26 Jan at 11:00am.

Editor's note: This essay is personal commentary by a community member; if you have views you'd like to share here, contact editor@oaklandlocal.com.

Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Fri, 17 Dec at 6:39am.

Did our recap of the recent public forum on bias-based policing in Oakland catch your attention? Tomorrow is another opportunity to learn more about community oversight of the Oakland Police Department -- although it's unclear how welcome public participation will be at this meeting.

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Fri, 10 Dec at 10:44am.

Courtney A. Ruby has jumped out the election box with audit guns blazing.

A few weeks after decisively winning a second term and releasing a performance audit that found the city lost track of $14 million in its CEDA loans receivable program, Oakland's City Auditor now has her eye set on the city’s public safety agency - the Oakland Police Department.

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Sep at 4:48am.

A local start up, founded by an Oakland resident, is about to get a nice size check for a unique idea that bridges the web and local government operations.

Blog entry by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Thu, 4 Mar at 7:56am.

The Oakland Parks and Recreation Department is currently taking job applications and putting the final touch on its annual Summer Hiring Fair set for Saturday, March 20 at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza, 2nd Floor.

Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Wed, 17 Feb at 7:22am.

Tonight, Oakland City Council is meeting discuss the controversial proposed 2010 municipal budget. At Oakland Local, we've been trying to understand Oakland's budget process -- especially how public participation really fits in. Unfortunately, Oakland's budget process is daunting, convoluted, cryptic, and frankly seems engineered to discourage meaningful public participation...

Blog entry by AC Transit.
Last updated at Mon, 8 Feb at 9:12am.

Have you ever been to an AC Transit Board of Directors meeting?