New rules curbing air pollution are coming to Bay Area ports

The Biden administration recently approved news rules to curb air pollution in the Bay Area by requiring auto carriers and chemical and oil tankers docked in the ports to shut off their engines and plug into the local power grid for electrical needs. 

New rules curbing air pollution are coming to Bay Area ports

The Biden administration recently approved news rules to curb air pollution in the Bay Area by requiring auto carriers and chemical and oil tankers docked in the ports to shut off their engines and plug into the local power grid for electrical needs.

Oakland neighbors fear growing homeless encampments, trash could cause more flooding

Several East Oakland neighbors say their streets have been overtaken by sprawling homeless encampments, increasing the likelihood trash could cause major flooding for a third year in a row if the city doesn?t take action. RVs, stripped-down cars, excessive trash and blight line both sides of East 9th Street in East Oakland covering storm drains on most corners from 33rd Avenue to 37th Avenue.

'SafeCity Connect' brings 175 new cameras to Oakland to help combat crime

A community program aiming to deter crime in Oakland with the use of security cameras is getting improvements to streamline communication between businesses and police in real time during a crime. The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has hired retired Oakland Police Department Captain Ersie Joyner as a consultant for its SafeCity Connect program in the Downtown and Uptown areas. The program is a partnership of businesses and property owners to coordinate a network of individually-owned camera systems as part of a suite of public safety strategies to support local businesses and increase public safety.