The Bay Area Technology School (BayTech) is a charter school located in Oakland, California, United States. BayTech is a college prep middle and high school which serves 6th through 12th grade students from the East Bay Region. The school was established in 2004 by Willow Education Foundation. In 2018, BayTech was under investigation for fraud by the Oakland Unified School District, when several senior staff, board members, and its principal abruptly resigned from their positions.
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On September 28, 2022, one person was ultimately killed and five people were wounded from gun violence that occurred at King Estates School Complex, an area where three different high schools share a complex campus in Oakland, California. The shooting happened during school hours at 12:45 p.m., when two gunmen, believed by Oakland authorities to not attend the school, entered the campus of Rudsdale High School and opened thirty rounds on people present on campus. While it is reported that the shooting had gang or group overtones, the victims hit were all allegedly innocent bystanders. No suspects have yet been arrested or identified. There is surveillance footage showing two suspected gunmen on campus, and a third person of interest involved.
The sole fatality, a carpenter who worked on the campus, died from his injuries in a hospital on November 17, 2022.
There have been no suspects arrested, or any persons of interest identified, as of 2025.
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Naval Hospital Oakland, also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, was a U.S. naval hospital located in Oakland, California that opened during World War II and closed in 1996 as part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure program. The 167-acre site is bordered on three sides by Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue in the city's Oak Knoll section; its map coordinates are .
Oak Knoll hospital was built during World War II to treat American military personnel wounded in the Pacific theater. In later years, it also treated those wounded in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The site was previously a golf course and country club that had closed during the Great Depression.
Construction on a large main hospital building began in 1965, and it opened in 1968. The base was officially closed in 1996 in a Navy ceremony.
The main hospital building was imploded on April 8, 2011.
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Castlemont High School is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States, originally known as East Oakland High School. It is part of the Oakland Unified School District. The Castlemont name was selected by a vote of the students.
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Bishop O'Dowd High School is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory school in Oakland, California, administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and named after the late auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, James T. O'Dowd. The school requires all students to attend school liturgies, to enroll in religious studies courses each semester, and to complete its 4-year service learning program. O’Dowd is a Catholic high school community of 1,250 students. The school has 129 faculty and staff members and more than 82 part-time coaches, teachers and moderators.
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Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve is a regional park located in Oakland, California that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. It is located off Keller Avenue near Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and it extends to Merritt College.
The school has been linked to the Gulen movement by local press.