News you don’t want to miss for July 29:
1. Oakland officials unanimously supported the creation of a budget task force to study the reduction of the police department’s budget by 50 percent over the next two years, the East Bay Times reports.…
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Kelley Wheeler is a Metro reporter covering political issues and general assignments. A second-generation journalist, worked with all major news outlet, she holds a vast expeirience. Kelley is a graduate of USC with degrees in journalism and English literature. She is a recipient of Yale’s Poynter Fellowship in Journalism.