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Read Mission Local's 2025 impact report — growth, growth, growth!

We did a lot in 2025 — walk down memory lane with us and take a look-back at our staff growth, readership, donations, and more. Read Mission Local's 2025 impact report — growth, growth, growth!

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Mission Local

Read Mission Local's 2025 impact report — growth, growth, growth!

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City of Oakland Planning Big Celebrations for Gold Medal Figure Skating Champion Alysa Liu

The breakout star of the 2026 Winter Olympics Alysa Liu is from the East Bay and trained at the Oakland Ice Center, so Oakland is planning a “community-wide celebration” that will act as Alysa Liu’s gold medal victory parade.

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City of Oakland Planning Big Celebrations for Gold Medal Figure Skating Champion Alysa Liu

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Oakland Man Paroled Following Plea Deal In 2024 Juneteenth Shootout That Injured 14 People

A 25-year-old Oakland man is getting out of jail this week after serving almost 18 months behind bars in connection with a 2024 Juneteenth shootout by Lake Merritt that left more than a dozen people injured.

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Oakland Man Paroled Following Plea Deal In 2024 Juneteenth Shootout That Injured 14 People

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Oakland Zoo Welcomes New Baby Red-Tailed Monkey

In a first for the zoo, a guenon species monkey has been born in captivity at the Oakland Zoo, and it's a baby red-tailed monkey who has not yet been given a name.

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Oakland Zoo Welcomes New Baby Red-Tailed Monkey

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Oakland’s Own Ryan Coogler Tapped to Write and Direct the Upcoming ‘X-Files’ Reboot

While it's just a small-screen reboot of the ‘X-Files’ that will be on Hulu, ‘Sinners’ and ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler will be the writer and director of the upcoming streaming ‘X-Files’ reboot (or the pilot, at least).

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Oakland’s Own Ryan Coogler Tapped to Write and Direct the Upcoming ‘X-Files’ Reboot

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Day Around the Bay: Alysa Liu Returns to SFO, Cheering Fans Await

Someone fell off Devil’s Slide and died Tuesday morning; Michael Tilson Thomas’s partner also died unexpectedly; and Oakland’s gold medal-winning figure skater Alysa Liu returned to SFO to a hero's welcome.

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Day Around the Bay: Alysa Liu Returns to SFO, Cheering Fans Await

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Pentagon Trying to Force SF-Based Anthropic to Weaken AI Security for Killing Purposes, Anthropic Not Backing Down

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth complains that it’s “woke AI” that SF’s own Anthropic won’t give him AI-controlled weapons and massive domestic surveillance, and is now threatening to blacklist the company.

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Pentagon Trying to Force SF-Based Anthropic to Weaken AI Security for Killing Purposes, Anthropic Not Backing Down

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Day Around the Bay: SF's First Lady to Lead Day of Service This Summer

SF First Lady Becca Prowda, who has kept a low public profile, will be leading a citywide day of service; Steph Curry stopped at a food truck in Mission Bay; and Trump's nominee for surgeon general is, of course, vague about her vaccine views.

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Day Around the Bay: SF's First Lady to Lead Day of Service This Summer