By Oakland Local Editorial Team

What were the biggest stories at Oakland Local in 2012?

We published more than 1,600 stories read by more than 429,000 people during 2012. Our stories ran on KQED, New America Media, Yahoo! News and we had tremendous traffic from Facebook and Twitter.

So, what were you reading this past year? See the list of the most read, based on our Google Analytics stats:

Saturday May 19th Join Comcast Grand Opening in Fruitvale by Oakland Local editorial team

'Stand for Oakland' community event called for downtown - Monday, Feb. 6 by Susan Mernit

7 AM: Fire is "under control" in Richmond at Chevron Refinery (PHOTOS) by Susan Mernit

Saving Oakland's 'favorite' Buddha (Community Voices) by Dan Stevenson

The irony of Occupy Oakland’s un-diverse anti-gentrification march (Opinion)  by Eric Arnold

Fire breaks out on Mandela & 7th in West Oakland: BART closed this am by Susan Mernit

Realtors renaming of Golden Gate neighborhood raises gentrification concerns with locals by Lauren Soldano

The New Parkway Theatre set to open in November by Lauren Soldano

Dear San Francisco: I’m Over You (Community Voices) by Justin Gilmore

Gourmet doughnuts come to Oakland by Jen Ward

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