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Thursday, June 26th, 2025
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Good morning, Oakland. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 26th of June.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Oakland Voices announced its first summer 2025 interns as it brings on Emewodesh Eshete and Ayah Ali-Ahmad as Dow Jones News Fund newsroom interns and Andrea Martinez as the community engagement coordinator partnering with UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. The program (lasting 10 weeks) will build local reporting and audience engagement efforts. Oakland Voices
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ Oakland police and the FBI said that 21-year-old Heaven McGee, missing since January and last seen in Stockton, was believed to be a victim of human trafficking—with the FBI offering a $10,000 reward for tips to help find her. San Francisco Chronicle
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ R&B singers Brandy and Monica are teaming up for their first co-headlining tour and will perform in Oakland on Nov. 8 at the Oakland Arena. Ticket presales begin today at 10 a.m.—general sales start on June 27. San Francisco Chronicle
- ➤ The San Francisco Chronicle food team conducted a blind taste test of 17 rotisserie chickens from Bay Area restaurants, butchers and grocery stores, ranking Rooster’s Peruvian Rotisserie as the top pick for its juicy meat and flavorful cumin seasoning. The test showed that restaurant chickens generally outperformed market options—with one Costco chicken nearly matching high-end offerings but available only to members—highlighting clear differences in quality. San Francisco Chronicle
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ A new report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute finds that Oakland’s high crime rates—and low funding for public safety—have hurt local businesses and tax revenue, though many experts disagree with its plans for policy changes. The Oaklandside
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Oakland police have routinely overspent their overtime budgets and the new city budget set aside $72 million for overtime over the next two years—spending controls remain unimplemented. The Oaklandside
- ➤ A meeting at OUSD Central Kitchen in West Oakland from 6 to 8 p.m. offers residents a chance to share feedback on Vision 980—planned changes to I-980 that may include enhancing, covering, or removing parts of the highway. A public survey remains open through July 11—helping the community shape the future of the corridor. The Oaklandside
SHOP NEWS
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Baekhyun World Tour: Reverie
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Acoustic Alchemy Live Performance
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