The Streets Disciples reach out to Oakland’s sex workers and other women in need
The women sat in a circle, pressing their folding chairs closely together as they laughed, clapped and listened to each other’s stories.
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Oakland residents call for freeze on foreclosures
Oakland residents converged Tuesday on an East Oakland street that has been blighted by foreclosures, calling for a freeze on foreclosures until the Homeowners Bill of Rights comes into effect in January, 2013. California Governor...
In West Oakland, St. Mary’s Center reaches out to seniors hit by foreclosures, financial hardships
St. Mary's Center in West Oakland helps some of the 71,000 seniors in Alameda County who do not have enough money to meet their basic needs; that is half of the people in Alameda County...
