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East Bay's Top 10 Stories of 2024: Everything seems to be falling apart

2024 Rewind, Part IV: Price, Thao recalled; election surprises; censures aplenty; Oakland's budget woes deepen

Rewind 2024, Part III: Great resignation continues; Oakland's budget relies on questionable Coliseum deal; facts of FBI investigation still fuzzy

Merry Christmas from the East Bay Insiders

2024 Rewind, Part II: FBI raids shock the East Bay political world; subject of investigation remains unknown

2024 Rewind, Part I: Recall campaigns-one ongoing, one nascent-show staying power

Waiting on Barbara

Fremont bans homeless encampments

Can. Meet road. Alameda County supervisors deliver another setback to renters protections

Season finales

Ep. 101: The Aftermath

Alameda County approves long-overdue housing element

Moving goalposts

On his own, Alameda County treasurer divested from Caterpillar, a symbol of trauma for Palestinians

Pomp and circumstance

Appointed DA could be named by the end of January

Trust the process

Time is running out on Alameda County's already year-late housing element

Emeryville censures councilmember for publicly disclosing closed session info, failure to report campaign contributions

A month later, the ballots are almost counted

Preparing for Trump

November General Election Winners and Losers

Ishii, Bas deliver stunning victories; Three East Bay races still remain too close to call

San Leandro's MeToo movement has arrived

San Leandro City Council censures two of its own

East Bay Insiders Centenary Episode with Loren Taylor and Supervisor Nate Miley

Oakland is on the verge of financial disaster

100 reasons to enjoy Alameda County politics

Pamela Price moved to adjourn the Democratic Central Committee meeting in her own memory

For now, county supes avoid thorny investment policy discussion

Poorly designed touchscreen may have altered Oakland's at-large election results, candidate says

'I share your dismay'

Episode 99: How 'bout them recalls?!!

Investigation finds two San Leandro councilmembers improperly interfered in former city manager's duties

With election in the rearview, censure is in the air

With crime on their minds, Oakland, Alameda County voters recall Thao and Price

Election Day in the East Bay LIVE coverage on X

Election Day in the East Bay Preview

One day to go

Court filing: 'Pamela Price would not be happy' about dismissing case against Juarez

Thao's texts

Police body-cam video shows Alameda councilmember drunk and disoriented

Running neck and neck

The East Bay's doomsday scenario

Episode 98: Election 2024 Preview Show

Pre-election campaign finance reports #2

The wheels are coming off

Bauters outraised, outspent Bas during the supervisorial race's final stretch

Poll indicates Thao, Price are likely to be recalled

Nancy O'Malley to endorse recall of her successor, DA Pamela Price

Long road to tenant protections in the unincorporateds ends with a whimper

Return of the ranked choice voting

Trend watch

Casting doubts

'Thank you, Oakland. I love you.'

The reckoning

Puncher's chance

Bombshell: DA Price accused of asking for $25,000 bribe to fund campaign against her recall

IE believes Fremont mayoral candidate will pay a price for his support of DA

It's gettin' hot in here

Episode 97: Scam alert

Alameda County supervisors direct reluctant registrar to release cast vote records

Shell game

Once a risky move, police unions line up against Price

Numbers game, Part I

Jump in, the water's fine

‘The cops catch and Price releases’: Swalwell deals a blow to DA Price, endorses her recall from office

Is Oakland's Coliseum land deal about to crumble?

Bas attacked

Alameda County, despite registrar's resistance, may require early release of cast vote records

The do-over election

Former San Leandro official urges city to release video of confrontation involving councilmember

Alameda County readies safe gun storage ordinance

Questions surface about St. Rose Hospital's sustainability following governor's veto

Newsom vetoes St. Rose Hospital loan forgiveness bill

Episode 96: Welcome to the Shawn Wilson podcast

Oakland may change its campaign finance rules as election heads to stretch run

Fremont councilmember avoids censure, but not before council's dirty laundry is aired

With AASEG's urging, county supes seek stay in Coliseum Surplus Land Act lawsuit

Censure talk in Fremont

The gloves are off

A Boldt of leadership for renters in San Leandro

San Leandro councilmember caught on video removing opponent's yard sign

The coarsening of our local discourse

The John Bauters issue

Episode 95 - Call me incompetent all day long

Throw down in the 'Dro town

San Leandro Councilmember Bryan Azevedo nearly came to blows with a former elected official

The next big thing

Alameda County Dems suspend vote, approve opposition to Price recall by acclamation

Judge orders Wong, Reynoso back on the ballot in Hayward

Party plans

Episode 94: Carson asks Bauters to the couch

August recess

Fremont councilmember calls it quits

Carson makes his pick

Berkeley ❤️ tax measures

Labor's day

First signs of fall

The sprint to November begins

Episode 93 - Pamela Price's worst nightmare

Some Hayward leaders are still resisting districting

Bond fail

Regional board may pull the plug on $20 billion Bay Area housing bond

Fremont fisticuffs

Ellen Corbett, devoted East Bay public servant who served San Leandro and the Legislature, dies

Filing deadline surprises

Alameda County Dems postpone vote on Price recall question

Election mode

DA Price and the MAGA Republican recallers

Precedent?

Episode 92: Breaking bad polling

Open mayoral races by the numbers

Numbers game

Sheng Thao and Oakland's poll numbers are underwater

'When we have an earthquake there is going to be major issues'

Pamela Price reposted video depicting targets on the heads of recall supporters

100 days to November

Youth voting is unlikely to be ready in time for November

Alameda County needs 93,000 new housing units. How much will that cost? Only $27 billion

Ghosting sheriff's oversight and tenant protections

Sheng's sinking ship

Former Alameda County prosecutor is running for president

Summer observations

Episode 91 - High-stakes hot takes

Brenda Harbin-Forte, leader of Thao recall, is running for Oakland city attorney

For a few minutes, Fremont wasn't the happiest city in America

See what sticks

East Bay officials condemn attempt on Trump's life, but many stay silent

Thao is toast, but here's why she can't resign yet

After Supreme Court decision, Berkeley leaders vow to treat unhoused with compassion

Proposed public bank awaits county's big deposit

Good times, bad times

Plot thickens

Episode 90 - Life of Thao

Don't say the b-word in Oakland

Return to sender

Oakland blows past budget deadline

Councilmember inserts himself into FBI raid discussion

Frayed nerves

Seneca Scott Derangement Syndrome

Defiant and conspiracy minded

Bigger than Thao

The day after

Special East Bay Insiders broadcast on the FBI raid on Sheng Thao

Here's what we know about the FBI raid on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao

The wait for sheriff's oversight in Alameda County will be even longer

Thao recall qualifies

Price's point

Budgets and ballot measures

Price vs. Recall

Alameda Hospital's future is uncertain

How to painlessly balance a $68 million budget shortfall

Janani has been exiled

Episode 89 - Handicapping the recalls

Would you like fries with that zoning change?

It's official: San Leandro has the worst city council in Alameda County

Thao recall takes next step

Dublin has a new mayor

Alameda's war on science

Instead of coffee, let’s have lunch?

Every new beginning comes from other beginning's end

The March Primary isn't over yet

Poetry slam

Igor Tregub takes early lead in Berkeley's District 4 special election

Election Day in Berkeley

Everybody's working for the weekend

Fremont's significant drop in homelessness is overshadowed by RV problem

A recall doubleheader in November?

A legislative lifeline for St. Rose Hospital

District-based elections threaten Hayward's status quo

Homelessness increased in Oakland, Hayward, Alameda; decreased in Berkeley, Fremont, San Leandro

Alameda County's historic recall election is set for Nov. 5

DA Pamela Price: Rep. Eric Swalwell is critical of me because I'm a Black woman

The sudden influx of up to $500 million for child care in Alameda County

Next-gen councilmember's blunt debut

Slow-motion train wreck

Rooted in budget shortfalls

Second shot for state senate hopefuls

Hayward councilmember who led Israel divestment, worries about Biden not changing course on Gaza

Specter of another tenant protections stalemate

City auditor: Poor leadership, chaos doomed Oakland's ill-fated retail theft grant

Recall election date is TBD

Price is down with FPPC

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 87 - Our comms expert Justin Berton is back!

County emergency services are severely understaffed. Is the loss of Urban Shield funding the reason?

Delaine Eastin, influential East Bay and statewide official, passes at 76

San Leandro mayor's state of the city was so cringe

Consolidating support for SB 1031 has so far been elusive

Hayward's resistance to district-based elections bucks countywide trend of appeasement

Alameda County safety net provider is facing $100 million budget shortfall

Will Alameda County, Oakland ever seal a sports deal?

When Newark tried to give a fair housing proclamation to landlords

DA Pamela Price recall is on

Alameda may ban animal testing

Is Lee HUD bound?

San Leandro mayor blames residents for failing streets

Port posturing

Aisha Knowles and The Apology

East Bay Races to Watch: Battle for Oakland

November to remember: East Bay races to watch

People's Tribunal finds Swalwell guilty

Kicking the can

Measured

Watching the sheriff

Hayward receives Russell City reparative recommendations

Call in the punt team

Another bid for just cause renters protections

Pork barrel spending, Alameda County-style

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 85 - Back to basics

'Oakland, the big monster'

Fremont approves anodyne statement on Gaza conflict

Should Alameda County's registrar also serve as head of IT?

Price bashes Bonta

Reversal of fortune

Price recall opponents receive a dose of hopium

Recall opponents are using the same playbook

March Primary Winners and Losers

SD7: Beckles overtakes Kalb for second place, leads by 210 votes

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 84 - Primary Answers

Still counting votes

Price draws line in the sand

Alameda County Dem Central Committee races are trending toward establishment candidates

Election night surprises

Primary Night Guide

Price recall campaign to submit 123,000 signatures

Oakland Police Commission makes its picks

Group opposing Price recall claims 'widespread voter fraud'

East Bay Insiders LIVE Podcast: Ep. 83 - Loren Taylor: Live in front of a studio audience

Former San Leandro police chief one of four in line for Oakland job

Primary's central question

County supervisors to offer Gaza proclamation

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 82 - He's just Ken

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 82 - He's just Ken

Primary trendlines

Price name-drop

Breaking news: San Leandro police chief shown the door, interim chief named

Announcement: Join us for a live recording of the East Bay Insiders Podcast with guest Loren Taylor!

Hayward City Council meeting overrun by Zoom bombers

It's still rock and pol to me

Reading the tea leaves

Price's campaign posted false endorsement

Board of Supervisors District 5 Preview: A 'holistic,' 'robust' approach to governance

San Leandro's council appointment debate is terribly deadlocked

Board of Supervisors District 4 Preview: The potentially paradigm shifting supervisors race

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 81 - Newsom's coup

7th State Senate Preview: Lots of ideas. Lots of money

State senate race sees arrival of big-time IE spending

Alameda County Dems to allow non-citizens, youths to serve on central committee

Super Dan wakes up a sleepy state senate race

Five months and still no conclusion to San Leandro police chief investigation

Primary stakes for tenants and landlords

'I'm not a defunder.' I wan't 2,000 police officers, Sheng Thao says

Past two Alameda County DAs donated to Price recall

Second Berkeley councilmember abruptly resigns

Arreguin leads state senate money race

East Bay Insiders Podcast : Ep. 80 - Has the entire county gone nuts?

An alternate reality

Don't expect sheriff's oversight to begin anytime soon

Hayward approves $1.6 million divestment from four companies that support Israel

Labor union joins DA Pamela Price recall effort

Alameda County Republicans gone wild

The District Four Experience

Stifling the Election Commission's work

County mobile home ordinance to receive tweaks, but no rent moratorium expected

New district. Who dis?

Intimidation factor

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Ep. 79 - What's up with that, Dems?

Cracks in the establishment

Game planning the Price recall

On the campaign trail

State Senate primary is being waged on Arreguín's turf

Wahab aims to create merge lane for Bay Area's 27 transit agencies

Total Recall. Thao got next

Dems gone wild

Alameda City Council rejects mayor's Gaza letter

Party favors

Insidey Awards

Back to work

Year of the Recall