Oakland artists gather for seventh annual Jingletown ArtWalk
The galleries of Oakland’s Jingletown, a pocket East Oakland community once dominated by immigrants and working warehouses, opened this weekend to display the work of...
Charles Berkowitz
Charles Berkowitz is a filmmaker/ paramedic based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since his graduation from Bard College, he has produced two feature documentaries focusing on the work of author and former VA psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Shay. His latest film,"Odysseus in America", is currently in post-production. Charles is a founding member of NYC Medics, a volunteer disaster relief team, established in response to the 2005 earthquake in Pakistani Kashmir. He has since participated with NYCM in subsequent deployments to Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Stories by Charles
Oakland officials consider new graffiti ordinance
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Oakland’s Public Works Committee convened Tuesday morning to consider a new graffiti ordinance that would bolster the city’s current vandalism laws.
Oakland’s Depot for Creative Reuse has supplies for school, crafts and much more
By Nausheen Husain, Mark Anderson, Angela Hart and Charles Berkowitz Posted
On an average day, the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, an Oakland thrift store, is chock full of school supplies, furniture and even quirky...
Ceremony honors Alameda County veterans and military families
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Veterans Day ceremony honors Alameda Country military families and veterans.
Proposed graffiti ordinance seeks harsher punishment for vandalism
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
This month, the city council’s Public Works Committee will consider a new graffiti ordinance, which aims to bolster Oakland’s current vandalism laws by inflicting harsher...
New affordable housing development comes to East Oakland
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Jeanice Spence stood in the doorway of her new apartment at Clinton Commons watching her four-month old kitten frolic amongst the guests gathered to celebrate...
District 1 candidate Don Link’s campaign focused on community policing
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
When he was 78 years old, Don Link’s father, Richard, crashed the homebuilt plane he was flying over Hollister, California. The aircraft was demolished in...
Fruitvale celebrates Día de los Muertos
By Steve Fisher, Aaron Mendelson and Charles Berkowitz Posted
The Día de Los Muertos celebration in the Fruitvale Village drew people from across the East Bay on Sunday. Azteca dance, Mariachi and Andean music...
This Weekend in Oakland
By Ashley Griffin and Charles Berkowitz Posted
Community events and activities for the weekend of October 26-28, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
A look back on Occupy Oakland a year after the first raid on the camp
By Charles Berkowitz, Sam Rolens and Angela Hart Posted
A year ago today, in a dawn raid, Oakland police cleared the downtown encampment that was drawing national attention as the center of Occupy Oakland....
Oakland protestors rally against food store’s use of E-Verify program
By Steve Fisher and Charles Berkowitz Posted
Protesters held a community rally in front of the Mi Pueblo Food Center in East Oakland on Saturday to protest the company’s voluntary decision to...
A Lovely Day: A new documentary highlights Hip-Hop therapy in local high schools
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
In 2009, Tomás Alvarez III sat at his desk as a group of nine teenagers filed into his classroom at Oakland High School. This was...
Conservatory collection delights customers at Oakland piano shop
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Fragments of jazz progressions and classical nocturnes filled the air at Oakland's Piedmont Piano Company last weekend as customers gathered to admire, play—and purchase—the store's...
Stepping down as Mayor Quan’s spokesperson, Sue Piper reflects on challenging years
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
For the two years since Jean Quan was elected mayor in Oakland’s first ranked-choice voting election, the voice of her administration—through multiple turbulent situations—has been...
Parents, doctors and kids celebrate the fight against pediatric cancer
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Amidst the clamor of construction and downtown traffic Tuesday, a crowd of patients, nurses and doctors met outside of Kaiser Oakland’s pediatric building to support...
Father, son paint murals to highlight lives of Oakland’s homeless
By Charles Berkowitz Posted
Mike and John Manente stand proudly together as they look up at their recent creation: Sheila, a dignified woman with a gentle face blended from...
