Oaklandside 510

An Oakland news podcast from the journalists at Oaklandside, Oakland’s independent nonprofit newsroom. Each week we’ll catch you up on the biggest news in Oakland, go behind the scenes with Oaklandside reporters for context and analysis you won’t find anywhere else, and tell you about cool events around the Town.

Oaklandside 510 is a news podcast hosted by The Oaklandside, with 54 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Oaklandside hosts Oaklandside 510, a news show with 54 episodes published.

Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.

• 

  Oaklandside 510

  The battle over Oakland’s billboards

  Aug 14, 202620 min

  If you've driven on I-880 near downtown Oakland recently, you may have noticed a new billboard. It’s a black and white photo of a guy in a tank top, flexing, with a dramatic skyline behind him. The text says, "Son of Oakland: For the People, with the People." On today’s episode, we talk with our City Hall reporter Eli Wolfe about who is behind this mysterious billboard and its links to the three-year saga of how one billboard company pushed itself into Oakland's city budget. Stories we cover in this episode: Billboards ‘Son of Oakland’ billboard over I-880 in Oakland turns heads Oakland billboard deal could help close the city’s budget gap How a billboard company melded its interests with Oakland’s in the new city budget Fierce competition among billboard firms boils over at Oakland council meeting Oakland billboard fight: Nonprofits will get millions and free advertising, but Clear Channel is pushing back City Hall Who qualified for Oakland’s November election? Who was the city of Oakland’s highest paid employee in 2025? Public Safety Gun violence crackdown led to 51 arrests, 76 firearms seized across East Bay Arts and Community ‘The park cared for me’: Lincoln Rec Center rebuild breaks ground — will include a resilience hub Ready to ditch your phone for a film camera? Underdog Film Lab can help At 60, Too $hort has no plans to stop NOSH Matt Horn closes last Horn Barbecue location amid wage theft accusations Pinkies up! Afternoon tea’s having a moment in the East Bay Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org . Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org .

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Oaklandside 510

  New BART station in East Oakland?

  Aug 7, 202619 min

  We talk with our road safety reporter Jose Fermoso about a gap in Oakland's BART map — a stretch of East Oakland that the trains fly right over, with no station in sight. For years, a group in the San Antonio neighborhood, a couple miles southeast of the lake, have been pushing to change that. The group calls themselves the San Antonio Station Alliance — SASA. And recently, that dream got a lot more vivid, thanks to a group of design students from California College of the Arts who drew up what a station there could actually look like — creek and all. Stories we cover in this episode: San Antonio BART Proposal San Antonio BART station is still a fantasy, but here’s what design students think is possible BART skips over this Oakland neighborhood. Residents are campaigning for a station Youth Programs A new youth writing lab lands in Uptown Oakland Crosswalks Oakland’s most dangerous crosswalks: 112 injured, 9 killed over 10 years Elections June election went ‘smoothly’ for Alameda County says new registrar ICE and Immigration ICE used Eastmont Mall parking lot to transfer a detainee, say advocates Judge orders bond release for Oakland woman detained at Denver airport Oakland artist detained by ICE for 8 months faces daunting legal challenge Oakland Firefighters Acknowledged Viral pigeon rescue earns Oakland firefighters PETA award Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org . Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org .

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Oaklandside 510

  Breathing new life into some of Oakland’s oldest spaces

  Jul 31, 202646 min

  Today, we're talking about places that make Oakland Oakland . From historic homes and neighborhoods to landmarks and parks to cultural spaces, these places hold the stories of our city. As Oakland grapples with tight budgets and deferred maintenance, we're exploring what it actually takes to preserve these spaces — and who's stepping up to do it. We did this recently at a conversation at the New Parkway Theater, part of our popular Culture Makers series. For today's episode, we're bringing you that conversation. Featuring East Bay Yesterday host Liam O'Donoghue, Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation's Mandolin Kadera-Redmond, and Peralta Hacienda's Miguel Lopez, and moderated by our arts and community reporter Azucena Rasilla. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. More on this conversation: Culture Makers: Breathing new life into Oakland’s oldest spaces Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org . Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Oaklandside 510

  We hired 12 Oakland high schoolers to investigate their own schools

  Jul 24, 202627 min

  For the first four months of this year, twelve Oakland public high schoolers were embedded in our newsroom. Today, we sit down with one of them to talk about two stories they reported on: one on Oakland's glitchy free student bus pass program, and one on how school fights are spreading on social media. Then, our education reporter Ashley McBride talks with Castlemont High School's principal about why his school has skipped AP classes altogether in favor of something else. Student fellowship reporting discussed in this episode A free student bus pass is great — if you can get it As school fights spread on social media, OUSD struggles to keep up Skyline High School has 17 AP classes. 9 high schools have 0. OUSD has a serious college prep gap All of our stories these student reporters published Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org . Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org.

  ListenShow Notes
• 

  Oaklandside 510

  Oakland's new police chief: a Purple Heart, three decades at OPD, and he'll actually talk to reporters

  Jul 17, 202619 min

  Mayor Barbara Lee has named James Beere, a nearly 30-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department, as the city's permanent police chief. Public safety reporter Roselyn Romero joins host Tasneem Raja for a deep dive into who Beere is, how he got the job, why so few OPD chiefs have lasted long in the role, and one big way he's already different from his predecessor — he'll actually talk to the press. We talk about what Beere is facing at the start of his new job: the department's 23-year federal oversight seemingly at the finish line, a staffing shortage and an overtime crisis Beere is trying to rein in, contract talks with the police union, and a recent officer-involved shooting near Fruitvale. Stories we cover in this episode: Oakland's new chief Barbara Lee names James Beere as Oakland's permanent police chief Oakland's interim police chief has long-term plans Oakland has had a shockingly high number of police chiefs Hiring a police chief in Oakland has always been messy OPD's federal watchdog Oakland police on track to exit federal oversight by September Staffing and overtime Overtime at OPD is now much harder to greenlight, following investigation by Oaklandside Residents hope OPD's rampant use of overtime will be addressed in new police union contract Accountability and access Former OPD Chief Floyd Mitchell refused to sit down with the press. Will the next chief be more accessible? Recent fatal shooting by Oakland police Oakland police fatally shoot person near Fruitvale they say was armed Find all these stories and more at oaklandside.org. Have feedback or story ideas? Email us at editors@oaklandside.org .

  ListenShow Notes

Based on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:

Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.