Oakland Local is an independent, nonprofit community news and information hub, connecting community and news.  Our site combines original investigative and feature reporting with community news and information Oakland non-profit organizations,  community groups and engaged citizen. We are a voice of independent journalism and community service for a city where too many people go unheard, too many issues uncovered.

The concept of Oakland Local is that amazing work is being done in our city on critical issues that is currently not seen by a wide enough range of people. One goal of Oakland Local is to surface the work being done so that organizations and individuals can connect to share information and work together for the common good.

Centered on topics including environmental justice, food distribution, transportation, development & housing, and gender & identity, Oakland Local aggregates information and news from local non-profits and community organizations working on these topics within a range of Oakland neighborhoods. We present that information in combination with daily quality reporting, blogging and analysis from a diverse range of community members and organizations.

We seek to create a unique local forum for sharing information, building community, speaking truth to power and working together for positive social change. We are committed to diverse voices, reader engagement, deep issue coverage and local commentary.

So, now we're live, updating daily, and the baby is born. Read more about OL in the attached PDF--and come visit!