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Oakland, California is located in Alameda County. Zip codes in Oakland, CA include 94606, 94605, and 94623. The median home price in Oakland is $410,300 which is roughly $258/per square foot. More Oakland information.

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2 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

Amgen race: CHP officer collides with car, downtown Livermore evacuated hours later

A California Highway Patrol officer providing traffic control for the Amgen Tour of California was seriously injured Saturday afternoon in Brentwood.

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6 hrs ago | Catholic Voice

Archbishop Brunett reflects on his time in Oakland

"I found Oakland to be the biggest surprise of my life," said the Most Rev. Alex J. Brunett, who since Oct.

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6 hrs ago | Catholic Voice

Schedule for Bishop-elect Barber's ordination, installation

Three events surround the ordination and installation of the Most Rev. Michael C. Barber SJ, as the fifth Bishop of Oakland.

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6 hrs ago | Catholic Voice

Oakland's 5th bishop to be ordained May 25

The Rev. Michael C. Barber, SJ, who will become Oakland's fifth bishop on May 25, has served as far away as Micronesia, Toronto and England, and as close to home as Menlo Park, where he helped train men who are serving as priests in the diocese.

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10 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Jinho Ferreira: If enough cared about the violence in Oakland, it would be stopped

A crime scene technician, right, searches a purse at the scene of a homicide near the intersection of 12th and Peralta Streets on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.

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13 hrs ago | Oakland Local

List Of Possible Challengers To Oakland Mayor Quan Begins To Emerge

Even the though the 2014 election season in Oakland is over a year away that doesn't preclude potential candidates from starting early.

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17 hrs ago | Oakland Local

Take the field Friday, join Oakland youth baseball team for unveiling of new scoreboard

This 1989 " Field of Dreams " classic baseball movie quote highlights the importance of having not only a great place to play a baseball game, but also having someone to play the game with.

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22 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

Longshoreman killed when truck plunges into the bay

The Port of Oakland has temporarily ceased operations after the death of a longshoreman who drove his truck into the bay near TraPac Terminal on Friday afternoon, a port spokesman said.

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Fri May 17, 2013

East Bay Express

Fire Shuts Down Genny's BBQ

Sad news out of East Oakland, via Chowhound : Genny's BBQ , reviewed favorably in The Express just two weeks ago , has been shut down due to a kitchen fire.

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Lake County Record-Bee

Oakland woman appears in court for 2012 fatal Lake County crash

An Oakland woman appeared in court for the first time Friday on felony charges for allegedly causing a fatal drunk-driving crash outside Hidden Valley Lake a little more than one year ago.

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WHIO

Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson

Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy.

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SFGate

What to order at Juhu Beach Club in Oakland

Today, Nicholas Boer reviews Oakland's Juhu Beach Club , the long-awaited Mumbai-inspired restaurant from Top Chef alum Preeti Mistry .

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Fox Sports

Bay Area NFTC Story Central

News, notes and reports from the Elite 11 Regional Tryout held May 17, 2013 at the San Francisco 49ers Practice Facility and the Oakland Nike Football Training Camp held May 19, 2013 at Laney College in Oakland.

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Contra Costa Times

Double-fatal shooting shuts down Interstate 880 in Oakland

A shooting has left two dead and shut down all lanes on northbound Interstate 880 near Broadway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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The Campbell Reporter

Zendaya on 'Dancing With the Stars': Oakland native has title within grasp

Had you told Claire Stoermer early on during Season 16 of "Dancing With the Stars" that her teen daughter, Zendaya, would land in the show's finale, she might have had a good laugh.

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Thu May 16, 2013

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Memoir details a path toward destruction, turned around

God, science and the natural world infuse the poetry of Lucille Lang Day, whose memoir, "Married at Fourteen," is a finalist for a Northern California Book Award in creative nonfiction.

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KTVU Oakland

Crews battle Oakland apartment fire

A one-alarm fire displaced three children and two adults from their East Oakland apartment Thursday afternoon, a fire battalion chief said.

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SFGate

UC student faces prison in DUI deaths

A UC Berkeley graduate student faces up to 12 years in prison after pleading no contest to vehicular manslaughter for killing his girlfriend and her 6-year-old son by crashing into a tree last year while intoxicated.

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Inside Bay Area

Oakland: Suspect jumping on trains wreaks havoc at MacArthur BART...

Up a shaft and onto a roof. Atop a train. Alongside a freeway. Over barbed wire.

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Contra Costa Times

Oakland Effect: Reminiscing on bus route 40 along the Hotspot

This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson's blog, which focuses on the effects of violence and trauma on the community.

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