Oakland at Work: PG&E electrical lineman
Red caution tape cordons off the sidewalk where Eric Wright and his crew are working on electrical wires.
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Planned Parenthood opens on Seventh Street in West Oakland
There are a number of free or discounted health clinics across Oakland -- like La Clinica de la Raza in the Fruitvale, or Asian Health Services in Chinatown. Now, West Oakland has its own reproductive...
Awaiting a charter appeal, AIMS community finishes school year, uncertain of the future
The American Indian Model Schools (AIMS) community is counting down until the last day of school, June 30, which could be the last day of classes for the controversial three-school charter organization.
Cinco De Mayo in Oakland’s Fruitvale
Coatlicue drummers and dancers occupied the island between East and West-bound traffic on International Blvd in Oakland, as they celebrated and prayed. With shells at their ankles and feathers on their crowns, over a dozen...
Oakland at Work: Driving a bus for AC Transit
The sky starts to lighten as Joyce Masih heads out to her bus. It's just after 6 a.m. at the AC Transit bus yard in Hayward, and Masih is all smiles.
After the raid: For patients, worries that medical marijuana dispensaries will shut down
Oakland resident Sableu Cabildo was diagnosed at the end of 2011 with a kind of brain cancer known as an astrocytoma. It originated on the right side of her thalamus, the lobed mass under the...
Unions protest Quan’s proposed budget at City Council meeting
Some 250 workers rallied on City Hall steps ahead of Tuesday's City Council meeting to protest the mayor’s proposed budget, which focuses on investments in public safety, job creation, economic development, and job training. But...
Memorial held for transgender woman killed last year
One year ago, Brandy Martell was fatally shot in downtown Oakland. On Monday, the one-year anniversary of her death, a candlelight vigil was held at Franklin and 13th, the scene of Martell’s murder.
Summer jobs for youth in Oakland will be coming soon
As the days get longer and the temperature begins to rise, school will end in just a few short months. In the Oakland Unified School District, the last day of school is June 13 and...
7000 Coliseum Way: A photo essay
There’s a parking lot in East Oakland. You know the one. It’s nestled between the Amtrak Train tracks to the east and Highway 880 to the west, and bordered by a murky moat-like creek called...
Oakland at work: Wholesale produce at Jack London Square
It’s 4 a.m. and Franklin Street is buzzing with the sound of forklifts, shouting and trucks in reverse.
‘Mega-crematorium’ still sparking controversy
Community activists and environmentalists want the City of Oakland to permanently block a proposed giant crematory proposed near the airport.
Oakland startup helping small businesses ‘pop up’ around town
Old Oakland’s downtown business district is getting a facelift. Brick and mortar stores are making a comeback. New establishments are showing up in neighborhoods where there were once empty storefronts. One company has found a...
After the raid: First Oaksterdam, then legal battles for Harborside Health Center
He might direct the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the country, but Steve DeAngelo isn’t scared of the government’s attempts to shut it down. “The federal government has thrown everything they had at us and...
City Council talks OPD complaint intake, new job center and cutting ties with Goldman Sachs
Several dozen people gathered on the steps of City Hall ahead of Tuesday’s city council meeting to show support for a resolution to fund the West Oakland Job Resource Center.
At AIMS meeting, few answers on the future of the schools’ leadership
It may have been the shortest school board meeting in recent history.
