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In 1966, WMSG-FM signed on the air. The station was primarily a simulcast outlet of WMSG, to provide Oakland with local radio service after WMSG was mandated to shut down after sunset. In 1985, WMSG was granted a construction permit to double its power to 1,000 watts, but still daytime only. The upgrades were completed the following year.
In 1923, EBMUD was founded due to the rapid population growth and severe drought in the area. The district constructed Pardee Dam (finished in 1929) on the Mokelumne River in the Sierra Nevada, and a large steel pipe Mokelumne Aqueduct to transport the water from Pardee Reservoir across the Central Valley to the San Pablo Reservoir located in the hills of the East Bay region.
The Oakland Fire Department was initially started in the 1860s as a volunteer fire department and was officially formed on March 13, 1869, when its first fire station was built. [5] In 1908 the department bought their first motorized fire engine and in the 1920s, the department became one of the first in the nation to hire African American ...
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Oakland City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Oakland, California. The current building was completed in 1914, and replaced a prior building that stood on what is now Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Standing at the height of 320 feet (98 m), it was the first high-rise government building in the United States. [5]
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Construction Monitor is a business that makes building permit information available to suppliers, subcontractors, and building industry professionals in the construction industry. [1] [2] Construction Monitor provide records of residential, commercial, swimming pool and solar building permits in a searchable database. [3]