Corrections, clarifications and content updates

Corrections, clarifications and content updates.

Key points

• Removing a page from search-engine results is different from deleting it from Oakland Voices' archive, and we may consider those options separately.
• When a material error has been distributed through an Oakland Voices social account, we will correct or replace the post when practical.
• You may additionally email [email protected] with the subject line "Correction request."
• Oakland Voices generally does not remove accurate published journalism solely since it afterwards becomes inconvenient or unfavorable.
• Employ our corrections form to report a feasible factual error, missing context or other concern regarding a published story.

Oakland Voices is committed to accuracy, fairness and transparency. When we create a material error, we correct it and explain the change clearly. Report a feasible error.

We review requests as promptly as our capacity allows. Submitting a request does not guarantee that a story will be changed, but we will consider the information provided and conduct extra reporting when necessary. How we label changes.

We may correct typographical errors, formatting challenges, broken links or other mistakes that do not change a story's meaning without adding a note.

When an error materially affects a reader's understanding of a story, we will correct the information and add a correction note explaining what was wrong and what has been changed.

Material corrections will generally appear prominently near the beginning of the story. The story's update timestamp may additionally change.

We employ a clarification when published information is factually accurate but further wording or context is necessary to prevent misunderstanding.

We may update a developing story when new, newsworthy information becomes available. An update note will describe the material information continued after publication.

In practice, an editor's note may explain an editorial decision, disclose relevant circumstances, or provide information that does not fall into the categories above.

We do not employ "clarification, " "update" or "editor's note" as a substitute for acknowledging a factual error. Responses and requests to add a statement.

Individuals and organizations mentioned in our reporting may request that we review further information or add a response. Oakland Voices will consider whether the information improves the story's accuracy, fairness, or completeness.

We do not guarantee that every submitted statement will be published, and sources do not have the right to approve or edit our coverage. Requests to remove or modify published information.

We will consider requests to remove, anonymize or modify information when continued publication may cause disproportionate harm. Relevant considerations may include.

Decisions are created case by case. Removing a page from search-engine results is different from deleting it from Oakland Voices' archive, and we may consider those options separately.

When a material error has been distributed through an Oakland Voices social account, we will correct or replace the post when practical. We may preserve the original post when doing so is necessary for transparency. Last reviewed: August 21, 2026.

In short, corrections, clarifications and content updates is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.