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 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…
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…
August 20, 2019 Former Tribune Tower owner charged with fraud Thomas Henderson, the former owner of the Tribune Tower who was sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in a sprawling fraud case,…
July 3, 2019 Ersie Joyner fights for Rome Oakland’s most decorated police officer is retiring this August, leaving a legacy of substantially reduced gun violence.
May 28, 2019 Dead battery blamed for lack of clear view of OPD shooting of unconscious man Nearly four years since Oakland police shot and killed a man found unconscious in his car near Lake Merritt, the department released video from…
May 15, 2019 Since Oscar Grant, 242 people shot and killed by police in Bay Area While only about 30% of Bay Area residents are Hispanic or Black, more than 60% of people shot and killed by police officers over the last decade are Hispanic or Black.
May 2, 2019 Rocky Kahn’s lonely quest for justice The Oakland founder of the startup Edyt has extensively documented alleged thefts by his former CEO, but the FBI declined to take his case and Alameda County prosecutors remain ambivalent. The entrepreneur’s pursuit of justice has been frustrating.
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