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Gun violence in Oakland has become a “pandemic within the pandemic.” Here’s what’s going on
On Nov. 28, Oakland recorded its 118th homicide this year — a 22% increase over the same period last year, and the second year of a shocking reversal to a near-decade’s worth of declines to the city’s murder rate. With a month still left in the year, Oakland’s death toll from homicide has already eclipsed every year since 2012 (though it’s still well below the highs of the 1990s).
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