April 27, 2020 Housing justice advocates, homeless people protest at Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home More than 20 housing justice activists, including six homeless Oakland residents, protested outside of Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home last Monday to demand shelter and…
April 7, 2020 Air pollution could make Oaklanders more vulnerable to COVID-19 As the spread of the novel coronavirus escalates across the nation, California is bracing for its peak, where a history of air pollution in…
March 27, 2020 What Oakland’s new eviction moratorium does (and doesn’t) do for renters Oakland City Council unanimously passed an emergency eviction moratorium with other protections for renters in a special meeting Friday held online because of the…
March 25, 2020 Resources for the Bay Area’s undocumented community during the coronavirus pandemic On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented a statewide “Shelter at Home” order which asks state residents to remain inside their homes and…
March 24, 2020 Oakland grocery store workers brave coronavirus exposure during shelter in place As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads and the state of California has instructed residents to “shelter in place,” Oakland’s grocery store workers say their jobs…
October 24, 2019 After years of pressure, controversial Berkeley campus cop retires Many of Berkeley’s homeless residents and civil rights advocates still question why the university appeared to stand by Officer Sean Aranas for so long despite years of complaints against him.
October 2, 2019 Alameda County Sheriff releases body camera video of death by restraints last year After more than a year of delays, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released body camera videos of the in-custody death of Dujuan…
September 25, 2019 Presidential candidate Julián Castro visits Oakland homeless camp Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, a Democratic candidate for president, visited a sprawling homeless encampment in Oakland on Wednesday…
September 24, 2019 Can Berkeley fix its police oversight? When Berkeley formed its Police Review Commission in 1973, it was a leader in citizen oversight of the police. A ballot measure supported by…
September 12, 2019 Kamala Harris, for which people? The junior senator from California has cemented herself as a presidential contender, but her history of changing her positions to secure new offices has created distrust.
