An advocate for children teaches kids and parents how to spot abuse
Twenty-five years ago, Norma Rodriguez went to a training session for the Child Assault Prevention Training Center. When she agreed to participate in the session,...
Byrhonda Lyons
Born and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Byrhonda is a first year student at UC Berkley's Graduate School of Journalism. Byrhonda is a 2011 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. (Go Lions!) She has worked as an intern with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the National Center for Appropriate Technology. She was also a news intern for KBZK-CBS in Bozeman, Montana and KATV-ABC in Little Rock, Arkansas. Byrhonda is an education reporter for Oakland North. If you have story ideas, please feel free to contact her.
- Email: blyons0212@gmail.com
- Twitter: @CuriousBee9
Stories by Byrhonda
Tech girls fall in first round of NorCal basketball playoffs
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
The Oakland Tech girls basketball team couldn’t pull through on Wednesday night, losing 52-46 to visiting Heritage High School of Brentwood in the first round...
It’s cookie time, and the Girl Scouts have gone high tech
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
As the Girl Scouts of America kick-off their annual cookie sale, many cookie lovers will be in for a treat. Now, Girl Scouts are accepting...
A church helps members transfer money from big banks to a minority-owned credit union
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
On Tuesday, members of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in North Oakland participated in a bank “transfer day” in conjunction with Occupy the Dream,...
As parking enforcement transfers to OPD oversight, workers will have to pass new background checks
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
City officials are preparing to transfer Oakland’s parking enforcement unit to the Oakland Police Department. The transfer will allow the parking enforcement staff to be...
Arrests, tear gas as Occupy Oakland protesters attempt to seize a building
By Byrhonda Lyons and Megan Molteni, Posted
On Saturday afternoon, Occupy Oakland protesters gathered in Frank Ogawa Plaza with a goal: To occupy a building and convert it into a social center...
Alameda County approves mandatory recycling, plastic bag ban
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
On Wednesday afternoon, members of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority voted for two ordinances that will require mandatory recycling for businesses and multi-family properties...
United States Post Office set to close hundreds of post offices nationwide
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
This year, the United States Post Office announced that they plan to close hundreds of post offices nationwide. While the list is still not final,...
Attendance boundaries will change after OUSD vote for school closures
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
This week, OUSD officials are hosting community input meetings on boundary changes that are scheduled to go on until Wednesday. The boundary changes come after...
Oakland cathedral joins churches worldwide in adopting changes to Catholic mass
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
On Sunday morning at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, the sounds of high-pitched singing, a ringing organ and a mumbling congregation filled...
Attorneys, victims speak out against OPD after Occupy Oakland car accident
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
The attorneys representing the two people who were hit by a car during the Occupy Oakland strike march on November 2 held a press conference...
OPD, ACLU in disagreement over releasing documents from Occupy Oakland raid and protest
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
The OPD has denied 12 requests by the ACLU to release public documents from the October 25 raid of the Occupy Oakland encampment, and the...
Scraper bikes out in East Oakland for Halloween
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
On Monday evening, the Oakland Scraper Bike Team rolled through East Oakland for their 5th Annual Scraper Bike Halloween Ride. A scraper bike is a...
Volunteers transform slab of concrete in East Oakland into playground
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
On Friday, parents, kids, and community leaders came out to Youth Uprising, a youth center in East Oakland, to help build a community playground. In...
The Oakland Museum of California hosts 17th annual Day of the Dead celebrations
By Byrhonda Lyons Posted
The Oakland Museum of California was adorned with vibrant colors, packed with people wearing morbid costumes and smelled like fresh marigolds on Sunday afternoon for...
Despite eviction warnings, Occupy Oakland protesters revel into the night
By Amina Waheed, Byrhonda Lyons, Posted
Occupy Oakland protesters received their second wave of eviction notices from the City Administrator’s Office on Friday night. Despite the threat that police could force...
