A man who stands up for Oakland by saying "Oakland. California. Here life is worthless.“

There's a man in Oakland who literally follows crime scenes and other insults to his home town and shares it with the world; not to embarass his city but advocate for its resurrection. The Spanish words, spring out online, ““Oakland, California, donde la vida no vale nada. “Oakland, California, donde la vida no vale nada." In English:  Oakland. California. Here life is worthless. “

Reps. Lee, Swalwell celebrate $30m in federal funds for multimodal project

U.S. Reps. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, celebrated on Friday after receiving $30 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to install about 10 miles of street improvements along the project corridor, which will span from Lake Merritt to Bayfair.