Longfellow Community News Today

Several community members say plans to house the police’s new Third Precinct offices with community services will alienate people who don’t trust law enforcement.

Before he ran for office a decade ago, Andrew Johnson was an I.T. systems engineer who was facing his third eye surgery to treat glaucoma. He didn’t know if he’d even have his vision in a few years, but he knew he wanted to serve.

The 8th annual Front Porch Music Fest is Sunday. Artists take the stage at 2 p.m.

The city is pushing to bring police back to the neighborhood amid rising crime and slower response times, but many residents are balking at what they call a lack of options.

One would reopen on the site of the current vacant building; the other would be four blocks away.

The district is hoping to keep people involved after a school closure plan drew widespread attention.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- President Biden is focusing on economic relief as his policy theme on Friday two days after his inauguration as President of the United States. However, an Oakland neighborhood is setting an example of how relief can also be addressed at the grassroots level. The economy is part of Building A Better Bay Area. Bordered on two sides by freeways, the Longfellow neighborhood in north Oakland is easy to drive past. But you would be overlooking a diverse community that really...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- President Biden is focusing on economic relief as his policy theme on Friday two days after his inauguration as President of the United States. However, an Oakland neighborhood is setting an example of how relief can also be addressed at the grassroots level. The economy is part of Building A Better Bay Area. Bordered on two sides by freeways, the Longfellow neighborhood in north Oakland is easy to drive past. But you would be overlooking a diverse community that really...

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