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  2. Crime in Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Crime in Oakland, California began to rise during the late 1960s after the King assassination riots, and by the end of the 1970s Oakland's per capita murder rate had risen to twice that of San Francisco or New York City. [2] In 1983, the National Journal referred to Oakland as the "1983 crime capital" of the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]

  3. List of neighborhoods in Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods. This hills/flatlands division extends beyond Oakland's borders into neighboring cities in the East Bay's urban core such as Berkeley , Hayward , San Leandro , and Richmond .

  4. Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Oakland was one of the worst affected cities in California that was impacted by the San Francisco plague of 1900–1904. Quarantine measures were set in place at the Oakland ports requiring the authorities at the port to inspect the arriving vessels for the presence of infected rats. [36]

  5. Local nonprofit to reopen Safe Place Parking Lot in December ...

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    The Safe Place Parking Lot opened in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic to expand its reach to individuals without stable housing. Scow said one of the organization's main concerns was ...

  6. Oakland residents feel less safe than they did 2 years ago ...

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    The notion that Oakland residents have been feeling unsafe now has numbers to back it up. Survey from more than 600 residents show many are unhappy with the state of the city, as the ongoing ...

  7. American Bag Company and Union Hide Company - Wikipedia

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    American Bag and Union Hide Company Building is a historical warehouse building in Oakland, California. The American Bag and Union Hide Company building was built in 1917. The American Bag and Union Hide Company building was listed to the National Register of Historic Places on January 10, 2007. Leonard H. Thomas (1882–1967) designed the ...

  8. Adams Point, Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Adams Point is a neighborhood of Oakland, California. It is located on the northern shore of Lake Merritt, directly adjacent to Downtown Oakland and the Grand Lake district. It is a triangle bounded by Grand Avenue on the south, Harrison Street on the northwest, and the MacArthur Freeway on the northeast. It lies at an elevation of 79 feet (24 m).

  9. Rockridge, Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Rockridge is a residential neighborhood and commercial district in Oakland, California. Rockridge is generally defined as the area east of Telegraph Avenue, south of the Berkeley city limits, west of the Oakland Hills and north of the intersection of Pleasant Valley Avenue/51st Street and Broadway. Rockridge was listed by Money Magazine in 2002 ...