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🌱 Patch AM: How Oakland’s camera vote could affect San Leandro drivers and streets

Also check out Winter Makers Market — A Mindful Market Collab on the San Leandro Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Oakland’s camera vote could affect San Leandro drivers and streets
  • Why were murder charges against this San Leandro man thrown out?

Also on today's calendar: Winter Makers Market — A Mindful Market Collab and 2 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A morning shower or two, with a high of 61 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Fog in the morning; some sun, temps: high: 59, low: 49.
  • Friday: Areas of fog in the morning, with a high of 59 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Agenda watch: Flock Safety cameras are back on the Oakland city council agenda (oaklandreport.org) — San Leandro drivers should know that Flock license plate reader cameras already operate in the city as Oakland considers a new $2.25 million contract to keep and expand its regional network. Oakland councilmembers will also debate rules on how the cameras can be used, concerns about surveillance in communities of color, and several other major items including small-business tax incentives and public campaign funding changes.
   

• ‘He was gonna kill us': Oakland murder case dismissed for ‘insufficient evidence' (mercurynews.com) — A San Leandro resident had a 2023 Oakland murder charge dismissed after Alameda County prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward. Conflicting witness accounts and questions about self-defense led a judge to flag credibility issues on both sides before the case was ultimately dropped. The shooting stemmed from a late-night dispute over a blocked roadway.
   

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Oakland

  • This week in Oakland: the Kitka ensemble winter show, and winterfest at Chabot Space and Science Center (oaklandside.org)
  • Project to cut red tape from housing production moves forward with Oakland-based architectural firm (pleasantonweekly.com)
  • Oakland renews $2 million Flock license plate camera deal amid ICE data concerns (sfchronicle.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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