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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:43 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former staffer of recalled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao said Thursday that she testified before a federal grand jury about her ex-boss, who has reportedly been indicted following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018120/family-center-oakland-fbi-raid-backed-thao-secure-lucrative-contracts-da-says\">an FBI investigation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation, reported Thursday afternoon that Thao had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/oakland-sheng-thao-indicted-20038739.php\">indicted by the grand jury\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renia Webb, who was Thao’s chief of staff when she was a member of the City Council and aided in her transition to the mayor’s office, told KQED she believed charges were forthcoming after she was subpoenaed to testify last month but added that she hadn’t been notified by the U.S. attorney’s office about what they might be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, I feel like Oakland is going to be able to move forward,” said Webb, who is running in this year’s special election to replace Thao. “We’re walking into a brighter future and I feel that way, like we’re taking a turn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew it was coming, but it’s just — yeah, a blessing. A blessing for Oakland,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2157862759-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FBI agents raid the Maiden Lane home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of California declined to comment on the report of an indictment, but it had announced earlier that it would reveal an unspecified “significant law enforcement action” on Friday morning in a press conference with representatives from the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and IRS Criminal Investigation’s Oakland field office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao has been one of the central figures in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018120/family-center-oakland-fbi-raid-backed-thao-secure-lucrative-contracts-da-says\">ongoing federal corruption investigation\u003c/a> in Oakland, which has also ensnared the politically connected Duong family, who own the city’s curbside recycling contractor, California Waste Solutions. A spokesperson for Cal Waste said the company had not heard from the federal government about possible indictments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former mayor has said repeatedly that she is not the target of the investigation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009615/oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-makes-her-case-against-a-recall\">telling KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> in October, “I am innocent, I have done nothing wrong.” She did not reply to a request for comment by the time of publication Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11991242 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/OaklandMayorRaid01-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Councilmember Loren Taylor, who is also running in this year’s special election and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11931400/sheng-thao-oaklands-next-mayor\">finished second to Thao\u003c/a> in 2022, called it “unfortunate that Oakland is in the news, the national news, again for political corruption, for things that are negative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have to make sure that our elected officials are focused on the things that matter most to everyday Oaklanders’ lives and not distracted by things like political scandals or doing returning favors for others who have supported them,” Taylor told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses owned by the Duong family and a trip they sponsored for East Bay politicians to Vietnam in 2023 are believed to be connected to the probe, but the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office have so far offered no insight into possible charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report of Thao’s indictment comes a day after the FBI raided the home of Bryan Azevedo, a San Leandro City Council member who traveled to Vietnam with the Duongs and Thao. Three locations associated with David Duong and his son Andy, including Cal Waste’s headquarters, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993390/oaklands-federal-subpoena-deadline-is-here-whats-next-in-the-investigation\">raided by federal agents\u003c/a> in June, along with Thao’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after the June raids, a federal grand jury subpoenaed city records referencing Cal Waste, the 2022 mayoral election that Thao won, her long-term partner Andre Jones, and a few other people and businesses. In July, it issued a second subpoena asking for much of the same information, as well as some Oakland police records, including reports made against the Duongs since April 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the federal investigation, the Duong family and Cal Waste have been the subject of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992073/oakland-fbi-raids-and-straw-donor-probe-spur-allegations-of-corruption\">straw donation probe\u003c/a> by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and the California Fair Political Practices Commission since at least 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state political watchdog agency has said there is probable cause to believe Andy Duong and Cal Waste used other peoples’ names to illegally donate to local campaigns between 2016 and 2018. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Councilmember Loren Taylor, who is also running in this year’s special election and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11931400/sheng-thao-oaklands-next-mayor\">finished second to Thao\u003c/a> in 2022, called it “unfortunate that Oakland is in the news, the national news, again for political corruption, for things that are negative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have to make sure that our elected officials are focused on the things that matter most to everyday Oaklanders’ lives and not distracted by things like political scandals or doing returning favors for others who have supported them,” Taylor told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses owned by the Duong family and a trip they sponsored for East Bay politicians to Vietnam in 2023 are believed to be connected to the probe, but the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office have so far offered no insight into possible charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report of Thao’s indictment comes a day after the FBI raided the home of Bryan Azevedo, a San Leandro City Council member who traveled to Vietnam with the Duongs and Thao. Three locations associated with David Duong and his son Andy, including Cal Waste’s headquarters, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993390/oaklands-federal-subpoena-deadline-is-here-whats-next-in-the-investigation\">raided by federal agents\u003c/a> in June, along with Thao’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after the June raids, a federal grand jury subpoenaed city records referencing Cal Waste, the 2022 mayoral election that Thao won, her long-term partner Andre Jones, and a few other people and businesses. In July, it issued a second subpoena asking for much of the same information, as well as some Oakland police records, including reports made against the Duongs since April 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the federal investigation, the Duong family and Cal Waste have been the subject of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992073/oakland-fbi-raids-and-straw-donor-probe-spur-allegations-of-corruption\">straw donation probe\u003c/a> by the Oakland Public Ethics Commission and the California Fair Political Practices Commission since at least 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state political watchdog agency has said there is probable cause to believe Andy Duong and Cal Waste used other peoples’ names to illegally donate to local campaigns between 2016 and 2018. A probable cause report from the FPPC and Oakland PEC filed in 2021 cites at least 93 donations, totaling over $76,000, to Thao, Oakland City Council members and other local politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. postal inspectors check documents at a home tied to David Duong, one of the multiple properties searched by law enforcement that included residences to members of a politically connected family who run the city-contracted recycling company, California Waste Solutions, in Oakland on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Andy Duong made at least one donation to Azevedo’s political campaign in his 2022 bid for San Leandro mayor, which he said in a letter to the \u003cem>San Leandro Times\u003c/em> in June was properly reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after the June raids, Azevedo distanced himself from the Oakland figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been a lot of rumors recently tying me to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s alleged corruption scandal and I want to set the record straight,” he wrote in the weekly paper’s June 27 edition. “I don’t know anything about this alleged corruption nor do I believe that we should assume that corruption has happened until the facts come out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Leandro spokesperson Paul Saftner told KQED that the city was not involved in Azevedo’s attendance on the Vietnam trip, which was co-sponsored by the Vietnamese American Business Association, led by David Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the city’s understanding that it did not pay for Councilmember Bryan Azevedo’s travel expenses to attend the 2023 Vietnam trip,” Saftner said in an email. “The only expense incurred by the City was for City-branded giveaway merchandise, which cost approximately $350, which Council Member Azevedo could gift to whoever he wished during the trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Leandro Mayor Juan Gonzalez told KQED on Thursday that he did not know whether the FBI was investigating Azevedo specifically and did not believe it had requested any documents from the city at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will be obviously interested in information that they reveal so that, based on what we hear, if there’s a need for us to take action, certainly we will take action,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this time, there’s just a fair amount of uncertainty … we’re not prepared to speculate,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Azevedo did not respond to KQED’s request for comment on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">\u003cem>Alex Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As he drives the streets that wind through the Claremont Hills, David Kessler points out sites that burned nearly 35 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house that one family and their baby narrowly evacuated after a neighbor rattled them awake; the reservoir on Drury Road that failed as pumps burned up, drying out the garden hose his wife, Nancy, was using to ward off flames; the now-overgrown hillsides and new builds that David walked straight through in the days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">the Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David and Nancy’s was one of nearly 3,500 homes lost in that deadly blaze in October 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watching wind-whipped wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022057/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake\">devastate Los Angeles\u003c/a>, they’re among the residents of the hills who worry about when another could strike here and how prepared the city will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the wind roars, “it wakes up,” Nancy said. “It’s loud, and it certainly triggers [thoughts of] ‘Uh-oh, this is bad.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12022193 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate, as seen from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. This area was spared from severe damage during the Oakland Hills fire in 1991, possibly due to its unique terrain and moist wind coming east from the Golden Gate. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Northern California has mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">steered clear of fire risk\u003c/a> this month thanks to a rainy November and December. But a second round of dry winds, known as the Santa Anas in Southern California and Diablos here, are drying out the brush and vegetation in the East Bay Hills, and as fire officials have warned repeatedly in recent weeks, there is no longer an off-season when it comes to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternating periods of abundant rain and drought, homes nestled in hilly terrain, dry winds that howl through the canyons — many of the factors driving the disaster in Los Angeles are all too familiar to residents of the Oakland Hills. They have given rise to heightened concern, but also a concerted effort to better prepare the community for fire in the decades since 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can feel the wind right now,” Elizabeth Stage said from her deck overlooking Oakland’s Claremont Canyon on Monday. The ’91 firestorm, formally known as the Tunnel Fire, narrowly missed her home on Alvarado Drive, stopping just two houses up the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t have to be a Diablo wind, it just has to be a steady wind like this that’s drying out the vegetation. And in the high winds, embers can go a couple of miles,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Stage, president of the Oakland Fire Safe Council, talks about the 1991 Oakland Firestorm/Tunnel Fire, in her home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the wind picks up or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022118/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-warning-and-other-wildfire-terms-explained\">a red flag warning\u003c/a> is issued, she tests the batteries on the flashlights in her bedroom and car, pulls out her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">go-bag\u003c/a> to add clothes and refill out-of-date medications, and reminds herself how to open her garage door without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who is the president of the grassroots Oakland Firesafe Council, has also invested in hardening her home, adding a fireproof deck, double-pane sliding glass doors and cement siding near her gutters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kesslers now keep their passports and birth certificates in a carry case by the front door, ready to grab at a moment’s notice year-round. In ’91, they lost Nancy’s family Bible, which had been passed down for 200 years, and portraits David’s mother painted of him throughout his childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few weeks, they’ve also been trimming trees and taking out plants on their property that have grown too close to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kessler searches for a postcard of a painting by his mother in a filing cabinet in his home on Vicente Drive on Jan. 13, 2025. He and his wife lost almost all of their belongings, including a number of original paintings by his mother. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We took out this rose that Nancy went to Santa Rosa to get 20 years ago,” David said. “We’ll probably have to trim that oleander some, it’s probably too close to the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work, never-ending labor for many here, is a reminder that the hills remain vulnerable decades after the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The topography hasn’t changed,” said Dan Robertson, a retired firefighter who lives above Montclair Park. “Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 has burned similarly about once every 20 to 30 years. It’ll take a combination of factors and some things are definitely better, but I think really people don’t understand how fast these things can happen and move in the right conditions and right situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A more fire-resilient community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fire danger looms in the minds of people in the East Bay Hills because it can and likely will happen again, Robertson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he pointed out, circumstances have changed since ’91, and the city has worked to better prepare the area for disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1920x1263.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot from a helicopter, photographer Robert Eplett captured this image of dozens of burned-down homes and scorched trees after the 1991 fire in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Robert Eplett)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way the East Bay differs from L.A. is the network of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11786138/fire-safe-councils-help-vulnerable-communities-prepare-for-wildfires\">community advocacy groups\u003c/a> residents have built since the Tunnel Fire, Stage said. The Oakland Firesafe Council, which she leads, promotes public safety improvements, along with the North Hills Community Association, which David chairs, and Claremont Canyon Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look up your address and see how many fire-safe councils are within 10 miles of you, and then look at my sister’s address down in L.A. and see how many are within 10 miles of her,” Stage said. “She’s on the boundary of L.A., right by Culver City. There’s one in Newport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve taught homeowners ways to harden their homes and \u003ca href=\"http://v\">clear out risky vegetation\u003c/a>. All of the Kesslers’ neighbors have upgraded to grade-A fire-safe roofs, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s fire departments have also improved mutual aid since the ’90s. Before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> broke out close to Interstate 580 in October, California’s Office of Emergency Services had pre-positioned a strike team in strategic locations in the hills, and the Oakland Fire Department had sent crews on roving patrols, according to spokesperson Michael Hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews respond to the Keller Fire in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Oakland has grappled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">cuts to public safety services\u003c/a> in the face of a massive city deficit, Hunt said the Fire Department’s roaming patrols will continue on all red flag days “no matter the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OFD also opened Station 7 in the northern Oakland Hills in 1999 and — until the latest round of budget cuts — had reopened Station 28 near Joaquin Miller Park, which Robertson recalls was closed during the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Oakland also passed Measure MM, which will fund a vegetation management plan designed to reduce wildfire risk across 1,900 acres of city property and 300 miles of roadside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who spearheaded the effort, said the annual $99 parcel tax will remove brush and flammable, dead and dying trees within 100 feet of roadsides and increase the presence of grazing goats, which munch on vegetation in the steep hills, among other prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunt said that money would likely become available in July and would fund efforts starting next winter and spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More complicated evacuation efforts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As residents and officials take steps to prevent another disaster in the Oakland Hills, they face some challenges that didn’t exist in 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, more people are living in the hillside neighborhoods than there were three decades ago. Stage told KQED that while door-knocking for MM, she learned that many households had also become multigenerational, and even some groups of UC Berkeley students were renting in the Claremont Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents also generally have more, bigger cars, which can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021444/many-communities-arent-ready-for-wildfire-evacuations-heres-what-they-can-do\">slow evacuations\u003c/a>. Stage said if every household took just one car, it would go fairly smoothly, but people seldom want to risk leaving their vehicles to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was supposed to be one of our neighbor’s son’s college education,” David Kessler said, pointing to a photograph of his neighbor waving from a red sedan in an album he keeps from the years just before and after the Tunnel Fire. “He was supposed to pay for it with that little sports car, but it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_00686_duo-scaled-e1736903093685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal photographs of David and Nancy Kessler’s residence seen after they lost their home in the Oakland Hills in the blaze of 1991 on Vicente Driv, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Firesafe Council is hoping to get an evacuation message out this month, urging people to learn a few routes they can take out of the hills, depending on where a blaze starts, and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">take just one vehicle in an emergency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best thing you can do is when you hear that National Weather Service or whomsoever is forecasting the likelihood of high fire conditions, if you are mobility impaired in any way, if you have three children and a dog and grandma to get down the hill, etc., — just go visit a relative, just get out of dodge,” Stage told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council is also helping parking enforcement crackdown on visitors who park along the streets’ sides — many of which are designated no-parking zones and fire lanes — but even without vehicles lining them, many of the roadways are extremely narrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People underestimate how big a fire truck is driving around these streets,” Robertson said. “Parking rules and enforcing parking laws is one thing, but the streets were designed when cars were much smaller and people didn’t have as many.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Budget cuts hamper plans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">budget crisis at City Hall\u003c/a> has forced some cost-saving measures at the Fire Department, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">dire warnings from firefighters\u003c/a> about their ability to respond to an emergency in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three stations in Oakland are currently closed, and four more could shutter next month as the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">slashes spending across departments\u003c/a> to cure a nearly $130 million budget deficit. Residents are pressuring officials to restore the fire services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022194\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1920x1536.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dry rain gauge sits on the front deck of Elizabeth Stage’s home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who led the city firefighters union before retiring to take his City Council seat this month. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding from the sale of the Oakland Coliseum is earmarked to reopen the fire stations when it becomes available, but the deal has been stalled as the developers seeking to buy the stadium work with Alameda County on their plan to buy the other 50% stake from the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vote on Tuesday committed\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> \u003c/span>the body to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022106/alameda-county-moves-closer-to-oakland-coliseum-sale-final-vote-expected-in-30-days\">reaching a deal within a month\u003c/a>, but if that goes through, Oakland’s funds will still be tied up in escrow until closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, David Kessler sticks to the belief that his house won’t burn down twice. But he also knows well that it isn’t invincible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like no one person can start a nuclear war,” he said. “One person can start a huge fire, one arsonist or one careless person can just destroy a whole neighborhood and kill people. Because when it’s dry and the wind is blowing, the fire starts, it’s almost impossible to put it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As he drives the streets that wind through the Claremont Hills, David Kessler points out sites that burned nearly 35 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house that one family and their baby narrowly evacuated after a neighbor rattled them awake; the reservoir on Drury Road that failed as pumps burned up, drying out the garden hose his wife, Nancy, was using to ward off flames; the now-overgrown hillsides and new builds that David walked straight through in the days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">the Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David and Nancy’s was one of nearly 3,500 homes lost in that deadly blaze in October 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, watching wind-whipped wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022057/the-california-wildfires-could-be-leaving-deeper-inequality-in-their-wake\">devastate Los Angeles\u003c/a>, they’re among the residents of the hills who worry about when another could strike here and how prepared the city will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the wind roars, “it wakes up,” Nancy said. “It’s loud, and it certainly triggers [thoughts of] ‘Uh-oh, this is bad.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12022193 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_02798-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Golden Gate, as seen from Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. This area was spared from severe damage during the Oakland Hills fire in 1991, possibly due to its unique terrain and moist wind coming east from the Golden Gate. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Northern California has mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020521/winds-raise-extreme-fire-risk-in-southern-california-but-bay-area-is-spared-by-rain\">steered clear of fire risk\u003c/a> this month thanks to a rainy November and December. But a second round of dry winds, known as the Santa Anas in Southern California and Diablos here, are drying out the brush and vegetation in the East Bay Hills, and as fire officials have warned repeatedly in recent weeks, there is no longer an off-season when it comes to wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alternating periods of abundant rain and drought, homes nestled in hilly terrain, dry winds that howl through the canyons — many of the factors driving the disaster in Los Angeles are all too familiar to residents of the Oakland Hills. They have given rise to heightened concern, but also a concerted effort to better prepare the community for fire in the decades since 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can feel the wind right now,” Elizabeth Stage said from her deck overlooking Oakland’s Claremont Canyon on Monday. The ’91 firestorm, formally known as the Tunnel Fire, narrowly missed her home on Alvarado Drive, stopping just two houses up the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t have to be a Diablo wind, it just has to be a steady wind like this that’s drying out the vegetation. And in the high winds, embers can go a couple of miles,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03372-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Stage, president of the Oakland Fire Safe Council, talks about the 1991 Oakland Firestorm/Tunnel Fire, in her home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When the wind picks up or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022118/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-warning-and-other-wildfire-terms-explained\">a red flag warning\u003c/a> is issued, she tests the batteries on the flashlights in her bedroom and car, pulls out her \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">go-bag\u003c/a> to add clothes and refill out-of-date medications, and reminds herself how to open her garage door without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who is the president of the grassroots Oakland Firesafe Council, has also invested in hardening her home, adding a fireproof deck, double-pane sliding glass doors and cement siding near her gutters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kesslers now keep their passports and birth certificates in a carry case by the front door, ready to grab at a moment’s notice year-round. In ’91, they lost Nancy’s family Bible, which had been passed down for 200 years, and portraits David’s mother painted of him throughout his childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past few weeks, they’ve also been trimming trees and taking out plants on their property that have grown too close to their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_01127-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Kessler searches for a postcard of a painting by his mother in a filing cabinet in his home on Vicente Drive on Jan. 13, 2025. He and his wife lost almost all of their belongings, including a number of original paintings by his mother. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We took out this rose that Nancy went to Santa Rosa to get 20 years ago,” David said. “We’ll probably have to trim that oleander some, it’s probably too close to the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work, never-ending labor for many here, is a reminder that the hills remain vulnerable decades after the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The topography hasn’t changed,” said Dan Robertson, a retired firefighter who lives above Montclair Park. “Historically, the portion of the Oakland Hills that burned during the firestorm in ‘91 has burned similarly about once every 20 to 30 years. It’ll take a combination of factors and some things are definitely better, but I think really people don’t understand how fast these things can happen and move in the right conditions and right situations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A more fire-resilient community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fire danger looms in the minds of people in the East Bay Hills because it can and likely will happen again, Robertson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he pointed out, circumstances have changed since ’91, and the city has worked to better prepare the area for disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/6218125110_eccb0db938_o_qed-1920x1263.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot from a helicopter, photographer Robert Eplett captured this image of dozens of burned-down homes and scorched trees after the 1991 fire in the Oakland Hills. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Robert Eplett)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One way the East Bay differs from L.A. is the network of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11786138/fire-safe-councils-help-vulnerable-communities-prepare-for-wildfires\">community advocacy groups\u003c/a> residents have built since the Tunnel Fire, Stage said. The Oakland Firesafe Council, which she leads, promotes public safety improvements, along with the North Hills Community Association, which David chairs, and Claremont Canyon Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look up your address and see how many fire-safe councils are within 10 miles of you, and then look at my sister’s address down in L.A. and see how many are within 10 miles of her,” Stage said. “She’s on the boundary of L.A., right by Culver City. There’s one in Newport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve taught homeowners ways to harden their homes and \u003ca href=\"http://v\">clear out risky vegetation\u003c/a>. All of the Kesslers’ neighbors have upgraded to grade-A fire-safe roofs, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s fire departments have also improved mutual aid since the ’90s. Before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> broke out close to Interstate 580 in October, California’s Office of Emergency Services had pre-positioned a strike team in strategic locations in the hills, and the Oakland Fire Department had sent crews on roving patrols, according to spokesperson Michael Hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241018-KELLER-FIRE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire crews respond to the Keller Fire in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Oakland has grappled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">cuts to public safety services\u003c/a> in the face of a massive city deficit, Hunt said the Fire Department’s roaming patrols will continue on all red flag days “no matter the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OFD also opened Station 7 in the northern Oakland Hills in 1999 and — until the latest round of budget cuts — had reopened Station 28 near Joaquin Miller Park, which Robertson recalls was closed during the Tunnel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Oakland also passed Measure MM, which will fund a vegetation management plan designed to reduce wildfire risk across 1,900 acres of city property and 300 miles of roadside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stage, who spearheaded the effort, said the annual $99 parcel tax will remove brush and flammable, dead and dying trees within 100 feet of roadsides and increase the presence of grazing goats, which munch on vegetation in the steep hills, among other prevention efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunt said that money would likely become available in July and would fund efforts starting next winter and spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More complicated evacuation efforts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As residents and officials take steps to prevent another disaster in the Oakland Hills, they face some challenges that didn’t exist in 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, more people are living in the hillside neighborhoods than there were three decades ago. Stage told KQED that while door-knocking for MM, she learned that many households had also become multigenerational, and even some groups of UC Berkeley students were renting in the Claremont Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents also generally have more, bigger cars, which can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021444/many-communities-arent-ready-for-wildfire-evacuations-heres-what-they-can-do\">slow evacuations\u003c/a>. Stage said if every household took just one car, it would go fairly smoothly, but people seldom want to risk leaving their vehicles to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was supposed to be one of our neighbor’s son’s college education,” David Kessler said, pointing to a photograph of his neighbor waving from a red sedan in an album he keeps from the years just before and after the Tunnel Fire. “He was supposed to pay for it with that little sports car, but it didn’t happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_00686_duo-scaled-e1736903093685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal photographs of David and Nancy Kessler’s residence seen after they lost their home in the Oakland Hills in the blaze of 1991 on Vicente Driv, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Firesafe Council is hoping to get an evacuation message out this month, urging people to learn a few routes they can take out of the hills, depending on where a blaze starts, and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">take just one vehicle in an emergency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best thing you can do is when you hear that National Weather Service or whomsoever is forecasting the likelihood of high fire conditions, if you are mobility impaired in any way, if you have three children and a dog and grandma to get down the hill, etc., — just go visit a relative, just get out of dodge,” Stage told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council is also helping parking enforcement crackdown on visitors who park along the streets’ sides — many of which are designated no-parking zones and fire lanes — but even without vehicles lining them, many of the roadways are extremely narrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People underestimate how big a fire truck is driving around these streets,” Robertson said. “Parking rules and enforcing parking laws is one thing, but the streets were designed when cars were much smaller and people didn’t have as many.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Budget cuts hamper plans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">budget crisis at City Hall\u003c/a> has forced some cost-saving measures at the Fire Department, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021147/la-fire-chief-warned-budget-cuts-would-hurt-in-a-disaster-oakland-has-heard-similar\">dire warnings from firefighters\u003c/a> about their ability to respond to an emergency in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three stations in Oakland are currently closed, and four more could shutter next month as the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">slashes spending across departments\u003c/a> to cure a nearly $130 million budget deficit. Residents are pressuring officials to restore the fire services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022194\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250113_Oakland-Fires_DMB_03162-1920x1536.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dry rain gauge sits on the front deck of Elizabeth Stage’s home on Alvarado Road, above Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve, on Jan. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who led the city firefighters union before retiring to take his City Council seat this month. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding from the sale of the Oakland Coliseum is earmarked to reopen the fire stations when it becomes available, but the deal has been stalled as the developers seeking to buy the stadium work with Alameda County on their plan to buy the other 50% stake from the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vote on Tuesday committed\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> \u003c/span>the body to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022106/alameda-county-moves-closer-to-oakland-coliseum-sale-final-vote-expected-in-30-days\">reaching a deal within a month\u003c/a>, but if that goes through, Oakland’s funds will still be tied up in escrow until closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, David Kessler sticks to the belief that his house won’t burn down twice. But he also knows well that it isn’t invincible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like no one person can start a nuclear war,” he said. “One person can start a huge fire, one arsonist or one careless person can just destroy a whole neighborhood and kill people. Because when it’s dry and the wind is blowing, the fire starts, it’s almost impossible to put it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The premise may sound familiar: A revered progressive Congressmember puts their legacy on the line by staging a final act as mayor of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After winning Oakland’s top job in 2006, Ron Dellums \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11683649/ron-dellums-longtime-lawmaker-and-progressive-icon-dies-at\">entered City Hall as a liberal icon\u003c/a>, known for his strong opposition to the Vietnam War and leadership in the divestment movement against apartheid-era South Africa. He left office after one term, embattled by tax scandals, police layoffs and criticism over his lack of public engagement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, there’s a potential sequel: Barbara Lee, who spent years working for Dellums on Capitol Hill before her trailblazing tenure in the House, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020556/barbara-lee-launches-campaign-for-oakland-mayor-after-contentious-recall\">announced last week that she will run for mayor\u003c/a> in the April special election that was called after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">the recall of former mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dellums’ shadow looms large over Lee’s entrance into the race. Like her former boss, she returns to local politics with impeccable progressive credentials. Lee was mentored by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. She \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11679219/rep-barbara-lee-on-activism-with-pom-poms-fundraising-for-the-panthers-her-toughest-votes-and-first-pitch-jitters\">organized for Black Panthers founder Bobby Seale during his run for mayor,\u003c/a> and she pushed former President George W. Bush to fund global AIDS relief. Most notably, she\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973684/heres-what-you-should-know-about-barbara\"> cast the lone vote against military force\u003c/a> in Afghanistan in 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, governing Oakland will require Lee to oversee a city administrator and police chief, negotiate development deals and craft a budget that will necessitate hard cuts affecting traditional allies in labor — all at the age of 78.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1935px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11683654\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1935\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187.jpg 1935w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-800x595.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1020x759.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1200x893.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1920x1429.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1180x878.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-960x714.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-375x279.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-520x387.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1935px) 100vw, 1935px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Dellums, pictured during his tenure as mayor of Oakland, on March 21, 2009. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a totally different ballgame when you’re one of 400-plus people in Congress,” said Ignacio De La Fuente, a former Oakland City Council president. “When you’re in Oakland, especially Oakland, where the unions are so powerful, you have to be able to manage the realities, especially your financial realities. She is going to have to be very, very willing to piss people off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to rising homelessness and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/08/crime-has-surged-in-oakland-since-pandemic-leveled-off-in-san-jose-san-francisco/\">highest rates of crime in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, Lee would face an \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/12/06/oakland-budget-cuts-police-overtime-firehouses-and-potentially-dozens-of-city-jobs/#:~:text=These%20budget%20reductions%20only%20get,budget%20shortfall%20over%20that%20period.\">estimated structural shortfall of $280 million\u003c/a> in the upcoming budget cycle, a deficit so severe that Dan Lindheim, Dellums’ former city administrator, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907824/oakland-recalled-its-mayor-now-what\">left to offer this diagnosis on KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: “The next mayor has to be certifiable to really want to be mayor because balancing the budget [in 2025] is going to be virtually impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s supporters said she is more than up to the task, arguing that she understands the mechanics of city government and is well-positioned to unite a city facing a leadership vacuum in the wake of the recall. Lee also appears to relish the challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Believe you me, if I make a decision to run, it’s going to be because I want to do it, and I think I can help make life better for everyone,” Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020609/exit-interview-barbara-lees-political-accomplishments-and-possible-future\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> last week\u003c/a> before announcing her campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Barbara Lee speaks with politics reporters Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos for Political Breakdown at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Jan. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Compare that to Dellums, coaxed into the campaign by adoring supporters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-08-me-dellums8-story.html\">chanted “Run, Ron, run!” at a rally at Laney College\u003c/a> in late 2005. By the end of his term, Dellums seemed to regret having taken the crowd up on their offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not something that I wanted to do,” Dellums told \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-02-la-me-dellums-20110102-story.html\">the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 2011\u003c/a>. “It has been painful. It has been perhaps the most difficult thing that I’ve ever done in my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dellums’ 2006 mayoral campaign was heavy on nostalgia, reminding voters of his family’s history in West Oakland, his uncle C.L. Dellums’ leadership in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019051/all-aboard-how-railroad-cars-and-workers-shaped-race-relations-and-agriculture-in-california\">Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters\u003c/a> and his own legacy in Congress, said Greg Hodge, a former Oakland school board member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The quintessential moment where I knew he didn’t quite get it was when people in the candidate forums asked him about potholes,” Hodge recalled. “And he would pooh-pooh it like, ‘Well, why are you asking me about potholes? I’ve dealt with the multibillion-dollar foreign relations budget in Congress.’ And then, people go like, ‘Yeah, but what about the potholes?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022049\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guinea President Alpha Conde (center) mingles with Rev. 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Karen Bass (D-CA) and Ron Dellums (right), former Mayor of Oakland and former Member of Congress, on Capitol Hill on April 15, 2015, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Pete Marovich/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sandré Swanson, a former state Assemblymember who worked for both Dellums and Lee, said Lee has plenty of Oakland-based accomplishments to highlight, such as the federal funding she secured to extend BART to Oakland International Airport and deepen the harbor at the Port of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think during the course of the campaign, many of these things are going to come out,” Swanson said. “People [will] say, ‘Well, I didn’t know that she actually helped the expansion of the airport or that she helped the port success or that she dealt with environmental grants that helped with the quality of air in the neighborhood.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any mayor, Lee’s campaign and potential tenure will be shaped by events out of her control. Dellums faced the fallout from the Great Recession, as well as protests following the killing of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021147 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00056_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aimee Allison, founder of She the People, a group dedicated to building political power for women of color, said those events overshadowed Dellums’ accomplishments, such as attracting investment from foundations and nonprofits, steering the development of the Oakland Army Base and overseeing a decline in violent crimes and homicides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison said a better parallel for Lee is Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, another former Congressmember who, before getting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/us/karen-bass-ghana-wildfire-travel-los-angeles.html\">criticized for being out of the country\u003c/a> when the ongoing wildfires erupted, received praise for leading a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-06-28/editorial-homeless-count-for-2024-shows-programs-to-house-people-work\">reduction in homelessness\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/11/measure-a-los-angeles-homelessness/\">winning support from voters on a sales tax\u003c/a> to fund shelters and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In my conversations with [Lee] it was pretty clear that … she understands the difference between her years of legislation and leadership at the federal level to being an executive here in Oakland,” Allison said. “I think she is well-positioned to leverage her long relationships and her experience to bring in the A-Team and to understand, have clear eyes about what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hodge agreed that it would be crucial for Lee to hire experienced staff with a deep understanding of Oakland to avoid a repeat of Dellums, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Chief-of-staff-out-only-Dellums-loyalists-left-3287068.php\">whose rotating door of chiefs of staff\u003c/a> included advisers from Berkeley, San Francisco and even his own executive assistant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allison said the lesson from the Dellums era is that Lee’s political ideology will not be the dividing line between her success and failure as mayor, if she is elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lines are, are we going to have a functioning city, and do we have a mayor that’s willing to make the hard decisions?” Allison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dellums’ shadow looms large over Lee’s entrance into the race. Like her former boss, she returns to local politics with impeccable progressive credentials. Lee was mentored by Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. She \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11679219/rep-barbara-lee-on-activism-with-pom-poms-fundraising-for-the-panthers-her-toughest-votes-and-first-pitch-jitters\">organized for Black Panthers founder Bobby Seale during his run for mayor,\u003c/a> and she pushed former President George W. Bush to fund global AIDS relief. Most notably, she\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973684/heres-what-you-should-know-about-barbara\"> cast the lone vote against military force\u003c/a> in Afghanistan in 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, governing Oakland will require Lee to oversee a city administrator and police chief, negotiate development deals and craft a budget that will necessitate hard cuts affecting traditional allies in labor — all at the age of 78.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1935px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11683654\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1935\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187.jpg 1935w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-800x595.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1020x759.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1200x893.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1920x1429.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-1180x878.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-960x714.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-375x279.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/GettyImages-85549543-e1532964292187-520x387.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1935px) 100vw, 1935px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ron Dellums, pictured during his tenure as mayor of Oakland, on March 21, 2009. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a totally different ballgame when you’re one of 400-plus people in Congress,” said Ignacio De La Fuente, a former Oakland City Council president. “When you’re in Oakland, especially Oakland, where the unions are so powerful, you have to be able to manage the realities, especially your financial realities. She is going to have to be very, very willing to piss people off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to rising homelessness and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/08/crime-has-surged-in-oakland-since-pandemic-leveled-off-in-san-jose-san-francisco/\">highest rates of crime in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, Lee would face an \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/12/06/oakland-budget-cuts-police-overtime-firehouses-and-potentially-dozens-of-city-jobs/#:~:text=These%20budget%20reductions%20only%20get,budget%20shortfall%20over%20that%20period.\">estimated structural shortfall of $280 million\u003c/a> in the upcoming budget cycle, a deficit so severe that Dan Lindheim, Dellums’ former city administrator, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907824/oakland-recalled-its-mayor-now-what\">left to offer this diagnosis on KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: “The next mayor has to be certifiable to really want to be mayor because balancing the budget [in 2025] is going to be virtually impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s supporters said she is more than up to the task, arguing that she understands the mechanics of city government and is well-positioned to unite a city facing a leadership vacuum in the wake of the recall. Lee also appears to relish the challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Believe you me, if I make a decision to run, it’s going to be because I want to do it, and I think I can help make life better for everyone,” Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020609/exit-interview-barbara-lees-political-accomplishments-and-possible-future\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> last week\u003c/a> before announcing her campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020544\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Barbara Lee speaks with politics reporters Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos for Political Breakdown at the KQED offices in San Francisco on Jan. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Compare that to Dellums, coaxed into the campaign by adoring supporters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-08-me-dellums8-story.html\">chanted “Run, Ron, run!” at a rally at Laney College\u003c/a> in late 2005. By the end of his term, Dellums seemed to regret having taken the crowd up on their offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not something that I wanted to do,” Dellums told \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-02-la-me-dellums-20110102-story.html\">the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> in 2011\u003c/a>. “It has been painful. It has been perhaps the most difficult thing that I’ve ever done in my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dellums’ 2006 mayoral campaign was heavy on nostalgia, reminding voters of his family’s history in West Oakland, his uncle C.L. Dellums’ leadership in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019051/all-aboard-how-railroad-cars-and-workers-shaped-race-relations-and-agriculture-in-california\">Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters\u003c/a> and his own legacy in Congress, said Greg Hodge, a former Oakland school board member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The quintessential moment where I knew he didn’t quite get it was when people in the candidate forums asked him about potholes,” Hodge recalled. “And he would pooh-pooh it like, ‘Well, why are you asking me about potholes? I’ve dealt with the multibillion-dollar foreign relations budget in Congress.’ And then, people go like, ‘Yeah, but what about the potholes?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022049\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/RonDellumsGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guinea President Alpha Conde (center) mingles with Rev. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-awaited deal to sell the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-coliseum\">Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a> could be finalized as soon as next month, after a vote by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county, which jointly owned the property with the city of Oakland until it sold its stake to the A’s in 2019, voted unanimously to formally cut ties with the site after reaching an agreement with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007771/new-oakland-coliseum-sale-deal-raises-questions-about-delayed-payment-and-citys-budget\">African American Sports and Entertainment Group\u003c/a>, local developers aiming to redevelop the site. The lengthy negotiations have garnered attention partly because they’ve delayed AASEG’s purchase of Oakland’s 50% share, which would bring badly needed revenue to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">restore fire services\u003c/a> and soften the city’s nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">$130 million budget deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AASEG founder and managing member Ray Bobbitt said before the vote that the resolution and term sheet will finally put a deadline on the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives us a timeline to complete it, which is 30 days,” he told KQED. “We’ve reached outline terms, and so this would be a great opportunity for us to just sort of come out of today with some certainty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution directs the county’s counsel to approve the assignment of the A’s still-pending purchase of the land to AASEG. The Board of Supervisors also instructed the county counsel and negotiators to finalize deal terms within 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President David Haubert wrote in the resolution that he expects the supervisors to be ready to vote publicly on the deal in an upcoming meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I firmly believe that OAC’s acquisition of the County’s property interest will achieve two long-standing goals of the County … the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum complex will finally be under the control of a sole owner with capacity to make unilateral decisions regarding the property; and (2) the County will be out of the sports and entertainment business,” it reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobbitt said the deal has taken a long time to finalize because AASEG had to negotiate with four different entities. First, they made an acquisition agreement with the A’s, and then, had to settle pending litigation that the nonprofit Communities for a Better Environment had against the county \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/State-investigates-Alameda-County-s-partial-16409648.php\">over an alleged violation of the Surplus Land Act\u003c/a> when it sold to the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AASEG also worked with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to guarantee that the stadium and arena’s outstanding lease revenue bond debt is defeased before reaching the current negotiating phase with the county.[aside postID=news_11997946 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought this was going to be more of just an administrative process, but it turns out that there were all these elements that had to be addressed,” Bobbitt told KQED. “It was a really complex process, so that’s what took so long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delays finalizing the county agreement have stalled AASEG’s scheduled payments to Oakland for the city’s 50% stake in the site since November. That \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992883/oakland-city-council-passes-budget-amid-concerns-over-pending-coliseum-sale\">controversial deal\u003c/a> was already \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007771/new-oakland-coliseum-sale-deal-raises-questions-about-delayed-payment-and-citys-budget\">amended\u003c/a> in the weeks after it was finalized, changing the payment schedule to complete the purchase sooner but halt the immediate transfer of revenue that former Mayor Sheng Thao had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997946/oakland-reaches-deal-on-105-million-coliseum-sale-to-stave-off-budget-cuts\">slotted into this year’s budget to save public safety funding\u003c/a> and ward off layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The schedule change forced the city to implement a contingency plan that initiated drastic budget cuts across departments, including more than 90 layoffs and rotating closures of up to six fire stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Oakland officials have been watching the Alameda County deal closely, it won’t immediately get the city out of hot water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Bobbitt, AASEG will resume payments to Oakland when a deal with the county is final, but the funds won’t be available until the deal closes. He believes the deal is still on track to close by the end of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once we get the vote and then the deal papered and executed, I think at that time, we can certainly, we’ll be in alignment with the city,” Bobbitt told KQED. “We will be trying to work together with the city to make sure everything aligns correctly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wildfires in Los Angeles have brought fire department budgets under scrutiny. In Oakland, the recent closures of two fire stations in the city’s hills have left firefighters warning of a tragedy waiting to happen. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4974629294&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 Oakland Fire Stations Close Amid Budget Crisis, and More Could Soon Follow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021150/where-to-donate-help-los-angeles-wildfire-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena\">How to Help People Affected by the L.A. Fires\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020872/la-fires-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena-wildfire-resources-air-quality\">Got Loved Ones Affected by LA Fires? These Wildfire Resources May Help\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] So Katie, Oakland has had to make some tough budget decisions, including to the fire department. Explain to me what was cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:07] Yeah, so the cuts are pretty broad. 92 layoffs across city departments. They’ve been shifting money for affordable housing, but most notably is the fire and police department cuts. Two fire stations were shut down last week and a third that has been closed for repairs will stay closed for the time being. As soon as next month, four more stations could shutter as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:01:40] Okay. So the two stations that are temporarily closed at the moment. Tell us about the neighborhood or area where they’re located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:48] Yeah. Both are kind of up towards the Oakland Hills station. 25 is near Joaquin Miller Park, and Station 28 is by the Lake Chabot Golf Course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:02:01] And this is an area that has this history of devastating wildfires. Is that right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:07] Yeah. So in 1991, the Oakland Hills firestorm really devastated about two and a half miles of residential land just north of Station 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:29] And then this October, the Keller fire, which wasn’t super destructive, but fire officials have kind of warned, could have been if they weren’t there so quickly, started in the hills, pretty much right between stations 25 and 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:02:44] So with that history in mind, why would Oakland decide to close those particular stations?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:02:51] Station 21, where we are today is going to handle the bulk of the responsibility of those two districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:57] Fire chief Damon Covington said that the stations were chosen in part because another of the city’s stations is pretty squarely in between the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:03:05] While it will definitely alter our delivery model. We still show up when you call 911.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:03:13] Because it’s been a pretty wet winter so far and fire risk is somewhat low, they haven’t been super concerned about wildfires starting in the hills right now. They also looked at the number of calls stations get when deciding to close these spots. And he said that if it was the height of summer, they probably would have looked at different stations because of fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:03:39] There are no firehouses that we can afford to close. We need every firehouse we have and then some. But we feel like we can adequately cover these two firehouses and make sure that our community still receives the high level of service that they’re that they’ve become accustomed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:03:58] So, Katie, we know that the city of Oakland is facing this really massive budget deficit. Break it down for me. Why are these particular public safety cuts happening?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:04:10] So these cuts are partly the result of a preexisting budget deficit. Oakland has been overspending for years and dug itself into a really significant long term shortfall. But it was exacerbated this year by a deal that former Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget included in the budget that was passed in July. It used one time funds from selling Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum, where the A’s used to play to fill in about $60 million of a budget gap. Payments from the developers who were buying the Coliseum didn’t come in on time. And in September, payments stalled. The city’s budget administrator has the power to initiate spending cuts from a big menu of options, including fire services. And because fire and police departments spend a lot of the city’s budget, they kind of got pulled in pretty quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:05:10] And then what were the reactions to this? Once the city decided that these two stations would temporarily close. What did the community say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:05:18] The firefighter union has been really vocal that closing these stations is going to hurt their ability to respond to calls quickly. A lot of people living in the Oakland Hills also have been there for decades. And remember the terror that they felt during the 1991 fire. Some people don’t have fire insurance. There’s been a lot of fear and a lot of anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:05:41] There are no parts of the city of Oakland that can afford to be without fire protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:05:45] Zac Unger is a new city council member. And until he was sworn in, he was actually a firefighter in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] So I know firsthand the incredible dangers that our firefighters face here in Oakland and the incredible work that they do. So I think that protecting our ability to fight fire in Oakland is really paramount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:05] He is really worried about the domino effect that closing fire stations could have and has said that without the current stations, fire protection will be very different in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:06:19] And it means that not just the firehouses that are closed, but every neighborhood in Oakland is affected by all of the fire houses scrambling to cover greater territories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:28] Councilmember Zac Unger says that the fire department is often the first on the scene. And in some of those more remote areas of the city, when someone falls or has a heart attack or another medical emergency and those can be really time sensitive. And when your first responders are coming from further away, that could be the difference between like life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:06:51] Now, you mentioned that fire risk is likely low right now for the Oakland Hills. But why are firefighters still worried?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:06:59] I don’t feel relaxed any time of the year when it comes to wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:04] Seth Olyer, who’s the president of the Oakland Firefighters Union, has said that there is no fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:07:12] Year round, ee’ve had red flag warnings in January. We’ve had, you know, large fires up in the hills on years where we didn’t have the same levels of rainfall that we have now. But then most importantly, we frequently have house fires, especially up in the hill areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:27] You know, the city has had rain and the risk is low right now. But you can never be sure that a fire won’t break out. And the cuts are expected to continue through the start of the summer when fire risk ramps back up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:07:41] So it’s not just the wildfire threat. It’s all of these houses packed in the wildfire threat zone with poor access for water supply. Houses are on top of one another, literally. And, you know, one of the main concerns is just response times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:07:59] And, Katie, this conversation is so timely as we’re talking about what’s happening in Oakland with budget and resources to fire departments, because so many of us are just watching these fires down in Los Angeles with so much concern. And I think everyone is wondering, how did it get so bad? And I’ve been seeing and many people have been seeing this chatter on social media with people pointing to budget cuts to the fire department down there. What’s being said?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:08:32] There’s been scrutiny from pretty much across the board in the days after the Eaton and Palisades fires broke out that the L.A. Fire Department’s budget had been cut about $17 million this year. There’s been some back and forth over how much of that money was for vacant positions or administrative costs versus, you know, money to pay for fire services. But at least some of it was used to pay for overtime training and 60 civilian positions. There’s been a lot of groups saying that these cuts really have hurt the department’s ability to prepare for disasters and and that the fire department needs more funding. The police department in L.A. got a big budget raise this year. And so I think a lot of people have been pointing to that and kind of saying that, you know, these first responders that we really need are losing services while the police department, which, you know, has come under scrutiny before, is is gaining money. Mayor Karen Bass said she doesn’t think that the funding cut impacted the fire department’s ability to fight these current fires. But in December, the fire chief there sent a memo to the board of commissioners warning that the loss of funds would hurt the department’s ability to train for and respond to wildfires and other disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:09:54] Can any parallels be drawn between what’s happening in L.A. and what could happen in Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:10:02] The 1991 fire destroyed a lot of residential area, which isn’t super common. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wildfires in Los Angeles have brought fire department budgets under scrutiny. In Oakland, the recent closures of two fire stations in the city’s hills have left firefighters warning of a tragedy waiting to happen. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4974629294&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 Oakland Fire Stations Close Amid Budget Crisis, and More Could Soon Follow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021150/where-to-donate-help-los-angeles-wildfire-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena\">How to Help People Affected by the L.A. Fires\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020872/la-fires-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena-wildfire-resources-air-quality\">Got Loved Ones Affected by LA Fires? These Wildfire Resources May Help\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] So Katie, Oakland has had to make some tough budget decisions, including to the fire department. Explain to me what was cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:07] Yeah, so the cuts are pretty broad. 92 layoffs across city departments. They’ve been shifting money for affordable housing, but most notably is the fire and police department cuts. Two fire stations were shut down last week and a third that has been closed for repairs will stay closed for the time being. As soon as next month, four more stations could shutter as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:01:40] Okay. So the two stations that are temporarily closed at the moment. Tell us about the neighborhood or area where they’re located.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:48] Yeah. Both are kind of up towards the Oakland Hills station. 25 is near Joaquin Miller Park, and Station 28 is by the Lake Chabot Golf Course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:02:01] And this is an area that has this history of devastating wildfires. Is that right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:07] Yeah. So in 1991, the Oakland Hills firestorm really devastated about two and a half miles of residential land just north of Station 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:29] And then this October, the Keller fire, which wasn’t super destructive, but fire officials have kind of warned, could have been if they weren’t there so quickly, started in the hills, pretty much right between stations 25 and 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:02:44] So with that history in mind, why would Oakland decide to close those particular stations?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:02:51] Station 21, where we are today is going to handle the bulk of the responsibility of those two districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:57] Fire chief Damon Covington said that the stations were chosen in part because another of the city’s stations is pretty squarely in between the two.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:03:05] While it will definitely alter our delivery model. We still show up when you call 911.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:03:13] Because it’s been a pretty wet winter so far and fire risk is somewhat low, they haven’t been super concerned about wildfires starting in the hills right now. They also looked at the number of calls stations get when deciding to close these spots. And he said that if it was the height of summer, they probably would have looked at different stations because of fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Damon Covington \u003c/strong>[00:03:39] There are no firehouses that we can afford to close. We need every firehouse we have and then some. But we feel like we can adequately cover these two firehouses and make sure that our community still receives the high level of service that they’re that they’ve become accustomed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:03:58] So, Katie, we know that the city of Oakland is facing this really massive budget deficit. Break it down for me. Why are these particular public safety cuts happening?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:04:10] So these cuts are partly the result of a preexisting budget deficit. Oakland has been overspending for years and dug itself into a really significant long term shortfall. But it was exacerbated this year by a deal that former Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget included in the budget that was passed in July. It used one time funds from selling Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum, where the A’s used to play to fill in about $60 million of a budget gap. Payments from the developers who were buying the Coliseum didn’t come in on time. And in September, payments stalled. The city’s budget administrator has the power to initiate spending cuts from a big menu of options, including fire services. And because fire and police departments spend a lot of the city’s budget, they kind of got pulled in pretty quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:05:10] And then what were the reactions to this? Once the city decided that these two stations would temporarily close. What did the community say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:05:18] The firefighter union has been really vocal that closing these stations is going to hurt their ability to respond to calls quickly. A lot of people living in the Oakland Hills also have been there for decades. And remember the terror that they felt during the 1991 fire. Some people don’t have fire insurance. There’s been a lot of fear and a lot of anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:05:41] There are no parts of the city of Oakland that can afford to be without fire protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:05:45] Zac Unger is a new city council member. And until he was sworn in, he was actually a firefighter in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] So I know firsthand the incredible dangers that our firefighters face here in Oakland and the incredible work that they do. So I think that protecting our ability to fight fire in Oakland is really paramount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:05] He is really worried about the domino effect that closing fire stations could have and has said that without the current stations, fire protection will be very different in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Zac Unger \u003c/strong>[00:06:19] And it means that not just the firehouses that are closed, but every neighborhood in Oakland is affected by all of the fire houses scrambling to cover greater territories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:28] Councilmember Zac Unger says that the fire department is often the first on the scene. And in some of those more remote areas of the city, when someone falls or has a heart attack or another medical emergency and those can be really time sensitive. And when your first responders are coming from further away, that could be the difference between like life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:06:51] Now, you mentioned that fire risk is likely low right now for the Oakland Hills. But why are firefighters still worried?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:06:59] I don’t feel relaxed any time of the year when it comes to wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:04] Seth Olyer, who’s the president of the Oakland Firefighters Union, has said that there is no fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:07:12] Year round, ee’ve had red flag warnings in January. We’ve had, you know, large fires up in the hills on years where we didn’t have the same levels of rainfall that we have now. But then most importantly, we frequently have house fires, especially up in the hill areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:27] You know, the city has had rain and the risk is low right now. But you can never be sure that a fire won’t break out. And the cuts are expected to continue through the start of the summer when fire risk ramps back up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seth Olyer \u003c/strong>[00:07:41] So it’s not just the wildfire threat. It’s all of these houses packed in the wildfire threat zone with poor access for water supply. Houses are on top of one another, literally. And, you know, one of the main concerns is just response times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:07:59] And, Katie, this conversation is so timely as we’re talking about what’s happening in Oakland with budget and resources to fire departments, because so many of us are just watching these fires down in Los Angeles with so much concern. And I think everyone is wondering, how did it get so bad? And I’ve been seeing and many people have been seeing this chatter on social media with people pointing to budget cuts to the fire department down there. What’s being said?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:08:32] There’s been scrutiny from pretty much across the board in the days after the Eaton and Palisades fires broke out that the L.A. Fire Department’s budget had been cut about $17 million this year. There’s been some back and forth over how much of that money was for vacant positions or administrative costs versus, you know, money to pay for fire services. But at least some of it was used to pay for overtime training and 60 civilian positions. There’s been a lot of groups saying that these cuts really have hurt the department’s ability to prepare for disasters and and that the fire department needs more funding. The police department in L.A. got a big budget raise this year. And so I think a lot of people have been pointing to that and kind of saying that, you know, these first responders that we really need are losing services while the police department, which, you know, has come under scrutiny before, is is gaining money. Mayor Karen Bass said she doesn’t think that the funding cut impacted the fire department’s ability to fight these current fires. But in December, the fire chief there sent a memo to the board of commissioners warning that the loss of funds would hurt the department’s ability to train for and respond to wildfires and other disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:09:54] Can any parallels be drawn between what’s happening in L.A. and what could happen in Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:10:02] The 1991 fire destroyed a lot of residential area, which isn’t super common. 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"content": "\u003cp>Weeks before the devastating fires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">ravaging Los Angeles\u003c/a>, the city’s fire chief warned that funding cuts would hurt the department’s wildfire response. It’s a message that echoes in Oakland, where the Fire Department is facing massive budget reductions — and some city leaders are hoping the disaster in L.A. will be a wake-up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted Tuesday, overwhelming firefighters and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">burning thousands of homes\u003c/a>, reports of fire budget cuts flooded online discourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Los Angeles cut $17.6 million from the Fire Department, according to records from the city controller’s office. Mayor Karen Bass referred to the elimination of some vacant positions as a “reset” and said she didn’t believe it affected the Fire Department’s response this week, and L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s office noted that a union contract passed in November belatedly boosted the budget, going to wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as recently as December, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned in a memo to the board of fire commissioners that the cuts would “limit the Department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” The reductions included $7 million for overtime training hours, she said, and funding for 61 civilian positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, where many are familiar with the devastation that fire can wreak in densely populated hills, severe budget cuts forced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">the closure of two fire stations\u003c/a> this week, in addition to one already closed for repairs. Four more could shutter next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, is one of two stations scheduled to close until June. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials in the city say the cuts would decimate Oakland’s ability to protect itself from future blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who worked as a city firefighter until retiring from the role 10 days ago to take his council seat. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unger, along with Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, said the City Council was working to restore fire services. Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, whose district includes one of the shuttered fire stations, said officials hoped to keep the closures “as brief as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021125 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/IMG_7960-1020x764.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. In 2023, Fire Station 28 responded to 405 calls. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Engines 25 and 28 were amongst the first engines on scene on the Keller Fire,” he told KQED. “The boots on the ground right away made the difference between houses on Campus Drive becoming foundations only, kind of like all this stuff happening down in L.A. The sooner you get resources there, the better the outcome is across the board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the calls that engines from Station 28 answer are almost to the end of the county. If farther stations have to respond to emergencies in its zone, response times could climb, Olyer said — from the usual four minutes up to 15 in some cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews also have expertise in the topography in their districts, an important factor when navigating the windy, narrow roads of the Oakland Hills. Some of the stations closest to the Oakland Hills also have slightly shorter fire trucks to move through the neighborhood more easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now you have an engine that’s made for driving around on International Boulevard or Telegraph or something trying to wind its way up these hill areas,” Olyer said. “It’s very difficult to maneuver just on a good day, even the smaller engines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:26 a.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, whose term in the U.S. House ended this month, announced Wednesday morning that she is running for Oakland mayor in this year’s special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her announcement comes after a turbulent year for Oakland, during which the city contended with recall campaigns, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a massive budget deficit\u003c/a> and criticisms over public safety. Former Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">a significant margin\u003c/a> in November, less than two years into her term as Oakland’s 51st mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, a 13-term member of Congress and a leading progressive voice, is likely to have broad support in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oaklanders have always overcome challenges by coming together,” she said in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/barbaralee_ca/status/1877023784382734772?s=46\">a social media post\u003c/a> announcing her candidacy. “At this critical moment, we must not be a city divided, but a community united.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Thao’s recall, Oakland’s mayoral picture was muddy. City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas only served as interim mayor for a few weeks before stepping down to take her seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, which she won in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Councilmember Treva Reed (left), Congressional candidate Lateefah Simon and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (center) at a campaign event on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Mills College in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas has since been replaced by Councilmember Kevin Jenkins, who was sworn in Monday morning as interim mayor and will serve until a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">special election\u003c/a> is held in April to fill out the rest of Thao’s term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates for the special election must declare by Jan. 17. So far, 15 others in addition to Lee have \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Apr-2025-Election-Candidate-List_2025-01-08-011658_dmom.pdf\">filed paperwork\u003c/a> at some point in the process. They include former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor, who ran against Thao two years ago and said shortly after the recall that he would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">enter the race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor told KQED on Wednesday that he will continue his campaign and that Lee’s announcement does not change his strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland needs new, fresh perspectives when it comes to leadership and governance,” he said. “That’s what I intend to bring on the campaign trail in terms of how to address our tough challenges in ways that are diverging from the past administration and leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor also noted that while Lee’s progressive values may work in guiding policymaking in Washington, they may not be practical in Oakland when it comes to issues like minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020609 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-07.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renia Webb, another candidate and a former staffer in Thao’s District 4 City Council office, said she has respect for Lee and “was inspired by her courage to stand up against the Iraq war,” but said it was time for her to step aside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland cannot afford to put Barbara Lee in place,” Webb said. “It will only further bankrupt our city and continue with the lawlessness that has plagued Oakland for far too long. She is the continuation of the progressive agenda that has ruined Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who served in Congress for more than two decades before choosing not to run for reelection last year to mount an unsuccessful bid for the Senate, has had her name floated by many Oakland leaders as a potential mayoral candidate since Thao’s recall was confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t think of a person better suited who truly loves this city and has the expertise and understanding of the legislative process to hold that position than Congresswoman Lee,” said Councilmember Carroll Fife. “She has the acumen, the temperament, the relationships and the experience to unite the city in a way I don’t see any candidates on the horizon being able to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@oaklandneedsbarbaralee/oakland-needs-barbara-lee-1ee21c4e3ae6\">letter\u003c/a> issued by a coalition of Oakland’s “business, labor, community, government and faith leaders” in December urged Lee to run for office due to her robust legislative experience and her previous involvement in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that to solve Oakland’s problems and unlock its powerful potential, it is going to take a unique combination of courage and proven experience. Barbara Lee embodies that,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signatories of the letter include former City Council President Bas and Councilmember Dan Kalb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Lee’s announcement on Wednesday morning, she said she had the support of Oakland firefighters and business and labor leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters have “been an early supporter of Barbara Lee both at the state and the federal level and we are 100% behind her campaign as Oakland’s mayor,” said Seth Olyer, president of the firefighters union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a very difficult place to work, and so, we all believe in the mission of Oakland. We all believe in Oakland. We are Oaklanders,” Olyer continued. “We give our bodies and everything else to Oakland, and so, we’re all in this fight together. I know she has our back and we have hers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee took her first steps toward running for Oakland mayor on Monday, opening a \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1477668\">campaign account\u003c/a> titled “Barbara Lee for Oakland Mayor 2025.” She also filed paperwork with the Secretary of State and with the city’s Public Ethics Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oaklanders have always overcome challenges by coming together,” she said in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/barbaralee_ca/status/1877023784382734772?s=46\">a social media post\u003c/a> announcing her candidacy. “At this critical moment, we must not be a city divided, but a community united.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Thao’s recall, Oakland’s mayoral picture was muddy. City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas only served as interim mayor for a few weeks before stepping down to take her seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, which she won in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Councilmember Treva Reed (left), Congressional candidate Lateefah Simon and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (center) at a campaign event on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Mills College in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas has since been replaced by Councilmember Kevin Jenkins, who was sworn in Monday morning as interim mayor and will serve until a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">special election\u003c/a> is held in April to fill out the rest of Thao’s term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates for the special election must declare by Jan. 17. So far, 15 others in addition to Lee have \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/Apr-2025-Election-Candidate-List_2025-01-08-011658_dmom.pdf\">filed paperwork\u003c/a> at some point in the process. They include former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor, who ran against Thao two years ago and said shortly after the recall that he would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">enter the race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor told KQED on Wednesday that he will continue his campaign and that Lee’s announcement does not change his strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland needs new, fresh perspectives when it comes to leadership and governance,” he said. “That’s what I intend to bring on the campaign trail in terms of how to address our tough challenges in ways that are diverging from the past administration and leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor also noted that while Lee’s progressive values may work in guiding policymaking in Washington, they may not be practical in Oakland when it comes to issues like minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> fire stations shutter temporarily Monday, with potentially more to follow next month, firefighters are calling on the city to roll back the cost-saving closures, saying they could put Oaklanders’ lives at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stations in Grass Valley and Woodminster will close for more than six months beginning this week as the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">slashes spending across departments\u003c/a> to cure a nearly $130 million budget deficit. The fire station closures are the first of two phases that would shut down almost 30% of the Fire Department’s services, firefighter Chris Robinson said at a Monday press conference before the City Council’s first meeting of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The closure of three fire stations is problematic, but the city administrator’s proposal to close four more stations next month would be catastrophic,” he said, surrounded by dozens of current and former first responders. “These cuts are a tragedy waiting to happen. The city administrator needs to reopen the closed stations and not move forward with additional closures. The amount of money it will save is not worth the potential cost in lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public safety cuts began to take effect in December, as Oakland faced a massive deficit created by years of overspending and the indefinite delay of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010521/oaklands-fiscal-crisis-budget-cuts-coming-even-with-coliseum-sale\">sale of its 50% stake in the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial cuts got the go-ahead when the City Council approved a contingency plan in then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s July budget proposal, which relied on one-time funds from the sale of the Coliseum to prevent overspending. The contingency was triggered in September after the Coliseum’s buyers, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, missed payments \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015103/oakland-is-at-risk-of-financial-insolvency-is-bankruptcy-on-the-table\">originally scheduled\u003c/a> for September and November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. In 2023, fire station 28 responded to 405 calls. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More recently, the deal has been in limbo as AASEG awaits the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ approval on its purchase of the other 50% of the site from the A’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, the president of the firefighters union, said he believes the Board of Supervisors will sign that deal by the end of the month, but until the fire stations are restored, he said Oaklanders will be put at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A fire on top of your stove [can] become your entire kitchen on fire, which then becomes the entire half of the house on fire,” he said. Fires double every 30 to 60 seconds, he said, and with the shuttered stations, Olyer expects response times to increase from four minutes, to closer to eight or 10 in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018120 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now the entire house is on fire. Now, your neighbor’s house is on fire. That’s, unfortunately, how things work when we’re not there quickly to make a difference,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the closures of fire stations 25 and 28 and the continued closure of Station 10, which was already undergoing repairs, the city is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017244/oaklands-budget-crisis-forcing-police-fire-cuts-more-will-be-needed\">limiting police overtime and spending\u003c/a>. Four more fire stations could close as soon as early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the public safety cuts are not subject to council approval, it’s possible that the new council will look to work with the budget office to prevent further cuts and restore services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three new council members were sworn into office Monday, including Zac Unger, who had served as the leader of the fire union until he was inaugurated. Unger said public safety would be his top priority in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no safe way to close seven firehouses as has been proposed … for our firefighters or for the citizens of Oakland,” he said outside City Hall ahead of his swearing-in. “I will be looking under every couch cushion and figuring out ways that we can keep firehouses open because there is nothing more important than making sure our citizens and our firefighters are safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Kaplan, who served as the council’s at-large member until this year, was also selected Monday to fill the District 2 seat vacated by Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, who was elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. Voters in the district, which includes Chinatown and the neighborhoods around Lake Merritt, will select a council member in April when they also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">vote for a new mayor\u003c/a> after Thao’s recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until then, Kevin Jenkins, who was chosen by the council as the new president, will assume the role of interim mayor, and Noel Gallo, who was reelected as the council president pro tempore, will act as council president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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