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As reported shootings rise, analyzing gun violence, and its effect on young people, in Oakland

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Scid Howard III grew up on the streets of East Oakland, so he knows what it’s like to be a teenager in a city where some young people are lost forever to gun violence and...
A memorial for Gabriel Martinez on International Boulevard has dozens of stuffed animals, candles, signs and messages, and photos of the 5-year-old who was shot and killed on December 30.

A rise in homicides, including the deaths of three children, concerns anti-violence proponents

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Carlos Nava, a 3-year-old, was killed by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting in East Oakland on August 9. Less than three months later, 23-month-old Hiram Lawrence was shot in the head by a...