Although the principal operations of the Oakland Tribune will remain in Walnut Creek and San Jose, the Bay Area News Group announced today that a new "open newsroom" in downtown Oakland will provide space for community meetings, blogger desks, and free public Wi-Fi. 

Does Oakland still have a viable print paper of record with a local reporting staff - or is the Trib moving into the next stage of collapse?

Oakland Local is looking for Oakland students who are computer literate, love to write and have deep ties to one or more Oakland communities to work as interns this Spring.

When Oakland Local decided to go mobile, the first thing we wanted to know was what kinds of mobile phones do people in Oakland have, and how are they using them?

Almost every adult in Oakland has a cell phone. Most of these phones can do far more than just voice calls - but their capabilities, and how people use them, vary widely.

So in order to figure out what kinds of mobile services we should offer, last summer Oakland Local conducted in-person surveys with 84 cell phone users in various parts of town.