Darwin BondGraham
@darwinbondgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, historian; peripatetic, skeptic; fisherman, amateur pomologist, admirer of wildflowers, mushrooms; worshiper of forests, swamps, deserts, and mountains.
According to OPD, ICE doesn't currently use CrimeTracer. But many other federal law enforcement agencies do use it.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
According to OPD, ICE doesn't currently use CrimeTracer. But many other federal law enforcement agencies do use it.
OPD Sgt. Yun Zhou is explaining how the CrimeTracer app works. The app allows OPD officers to search through thousands and thousands of crime reports and other documents, like a Google search through police records.
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
OPD Sgt. Yun Zhou is explaining how the CrimeTracer app works. The app allows OPD officers to search through thousands and thousands of crime reports and other documents, like a Google search through police records.
Waiting for tonight's Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission meeting to start. The board is supposed to hear reports about OPD's CrimeTracer Forensic Logic software and illegal dumping surveillance cameras.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Waiting for tonight's Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission meeting to start. The board is supposed to hear reports about OPD's CrimeTracer Forensic Logic software and illegal dumping surveillance cameras.
Anyone know the exact manufacturer and model of this less-lethal projectile launcher?
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Anyone know the exact manufacturer and model of this less-lethal projectile launcher?
Another video by Alex Gecan, protesters denouncing Coast Guard security and CBP.
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another video by Alex Gecan, protesters denouncing Coast Guard security and CBP.
By 7:30AM a big crowd had gathered, nearly blocking off access to the Coast Guard base. (Video by Alex Gecan)
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
By 7:30AM a big crowd had gathered, nearly blocking off access to the Coast Guard base. (Video by Alex Gecan)
Traffic eventually began to back up as more protesters started crossing the street back and forth. Coast Guard security then tried to usher traffic through.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Traffic eventually began to back up as more protesters started crossing the street back and forth. Coast Guard security then tried to usher traffic through.
This was 5:30AM, just one protester in the road, a few more arriving, lots of media.
By 7AM dozens and dozens more protesters gathered at the intersection...
By 7AM dozens and dozens more protesters gathered at the intersection...
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This was 5:30AM, just one protester in the road, a few more arriving, lots of media.
By 7AM dozens and dozens more protesters gathered at the intersection...
By 7AM dozens and dozens more protesters gathered at the intersection...
This morning, protesters gathered at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Oakland/Alameda, to rally against Customs & Border Protection agents who are part of a reported immigration operation targeting the SF Bay Area, ordered by the Trump admin. Here's what happened....
October 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This morning, protesters gathered at the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Oakland/Alameda, to rally against Customs & Border Protection agents who are part of a reported immigration operation targeting the SF Bay Area, ordered by the Trump admin. Here's what happened....
Yeah, Oakland's No Kings march was big. Here's more video of thousands of protesters along 13th Street.
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yeah, Oakland's No Kings march was big. Here's more video of thousands of protesters along 13th Street.
Protest signs from today's No Kings march in Oakland.
"Nuremberg 2.0 is gonna be lit"
"Drag King ✅ Drag Queen ✅ Fascist 🚫"
"Veto the Cheeto"
"Nuremberg 2.0 is gonna be lit"
"Drag King ✅ Drag Queen ✅ Fascist 🚫"
"Veto the Cheeto"
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Protest signs from today's No Kings march in Oakland.
"Nuremberg 2.0 is gonna be lit"
"Drag King ✅ Drag Queen ✅ Fascist 🚫"
"Veto the Cheeto"
"Nuremberg 2.0 is gonna be lit"
"Drag King ✅ Drag Queen ✅ Fascist 🚫"
"Veto the Cheeto"
Oakland's No Kings march was pretty massive. What do people estimate the crowd size was?
Here's a time-lapse of the front of the march. I cut this off way before the middle of the march reached me....
Here's a time-lapse of the front of the march. I cut this off way before the middle of the march reached me....
October 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Oakland's No Kings march was pretty massive. What do people estimate the crowd size was?
Here's a time-lapse of the front of the march. I cut this off way before the middle of the march reached me....
Here's a time-lapse of the front of the march. I cut this off way before the middle of the march reached me....
Notable study was published today regarding political violence. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/fea...
September 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Notable study was published today regarding political violence. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/fea...
Well, the Oakland Police Department did it.
They've encrypted their patrol channels. The public can no longer monitor this important communications feed of 911 calls, dispatches, and officer reports from the streets.
This will negatively impact journalists ability to report on Oakland.
They've encrypted their patrol channels. The public can no longer monitor this important communications feed of 911 calls, dispatches, and officer reports from the streets.
This will negatively impact journalists ability to report on Oakland.
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Well, the Oakland Police Department did it.
They've encrypted their patrol channels. The public can no longer monitor this important communications feed of 911 calls, dispatches, and officer reports from the streets.
This will negatively impact journalists ability to report on Oakland.
They've encrypted their patrol channels. The public can no longer monitor this important communications feed of 911 calls, dispatches, and officer reports from the streets.
This will negatively impact journalists ability to report on Oakland.
First figs of the season.
August 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
First figs of the season.
100 years ago: East Bay teachers say evolution should be taught, but only in colleges.
Local teachers reacted to the verdict in the Scopes "monkey trial."
Local teachers reacted to the verdict in the Scopes "monkey trial."
July 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
100 years ago: East Bay teachers say evolution should be taught, but only in colleges.
Local teachers reacted to the verdict in the Scopes "monkey trial."
Local teachers reacted to the verdict in the Scopes "monkey trial."
Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Bas calls the massive tax cut bill that slashes medical care spending and other safety nets a "fiscal and moral failure." Here's more of her statement just now:
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Alameda County Supervisor Nikki Bas calls the massive tax cut bill that slashes medical care spending and other safety nets a "fiscal and moral failure." Here's more of her statement just now:
Oakland police routinely blow past their budget when it comes to overtime.
Officers log so many extra hours that overspending is often bigger than the department's original OT budget.
Officers log so many extra hours that overspending is often bigger than the department's original OT budget.
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Oakland police routinely blow past their budget when it comes to overtime.
Officers log so many extra hours that overspending is often bigger than the department's original OT budget.
Officers log so many extra hours that overspending is often bigger than the department's original OT budget.
How bad was the systematic sexual abuse of female inmates at FCI Dublin? This helpful table from the US DOJ shows convictions, guilty pleas, and charges to date.
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How bad was the systematic sexual abuse of female inmates at FCI Dublin? This helpful table from the US DOJ shows convictions, guilty pleas, and charges to date.
California's powerful statewide law enforcement union, PORAC, comes out swinging against a bill that would make it illegal for police to wear masks.
Authored by Sens. Wiener and Arreguin, the "No Secret Police Act" would make it a misdemeanor for police to hide their identities.
Authored by Sens. Wiener and Arreguin, the "No Secret Police Act" would make it a misdemeanor for police to hide their identities.
June 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
California's powerful statewide law enforcement union, PORAC, comes out swinging against a bill that would make it illegal for police to wear masks.
Authored by Sens. Wiener and Arreguin, the "No Secret Police Act" would make it a misdemeanor for police to hide their identities.
Authored by Sens. Wiener and Arreguin, the "No Secret Police Act" would make it a misdemeanor for police to hide their identities.
Tens of thousands marching in Oakland today for the #NoKings protest against the Trump's administration's authoritarianism abuses.
Video by @oaklandside.org
More here - oaklandside.org/2025/06/14/n...
Video by @oaklandside.org
More here - oaklandside.org/2025/06/14/n...
June 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tens of thousands marching in Oakland today for the #NoKings protest against the Trump's administration's authoritarianism abuses.
Video by @oaklandside.org
More here - oaklandside.org/2025/06/14/n...
Video by @oaklandside.org
More here - oaklandside.org/2025/06/14/n...
If you have to go to Highland Hospital in Oakland today, be aware that there is a group — "Accuracy in Media" — outside attempting to put people on camera with gotcha-style questions about a physician who has protested the war in Gaza.
June 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If you have to go to Highland Hospital in Oakland today, be aware that there is a group — "Accuracy in Media" — outside attempting to put people on camera with gotcha-style questions about a physician who has protested the war in Gaza.
It's great to see wolf packs growing in California. Hopefully, one day, there will be healthy, large populations in many of the state's remote forests.
May 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It's great to see wolf packs growing in California. Hopefully, one day, there will be healthy, large populations in many of the state's remote forests.
Worst case scenario, you spend all day hiking around the forest and don't find any morels. That's still a great day!
May 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Worst case scenario, you spend all day hiking around the forest and don't find any morels. That's still a great day!