Sunset on Lake Merritt. Photo by Anne Sunderland, our Community Photo of the Week for September 17, 2014.
By Oakland North Staff | May 11, 2018 10:45 am
Oakland North is a project of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and now that it’s summer, our students are on break to work internships at other publications. We’ll be back to train a new class of student reporters in early September. Please feel free to explore the site and our past coverage. Our student journalists...
By Alicia Medina Posted May 11, 2018 10:42 am
“Choose discomfort over resentment” reads the tattoo on Shenaaz Janmohamed’s right arm. The Oakland-based psychotherapist,...
By Lucas Guilkey Posted May 10, 2018 2:08 pm
As rents and home prices continue to skyrocket across California, a major ballot fight is...
By Alondra De La Cruz and Sarah El Safty Posted May 10, 2018 8:58 am
The lack of modern energy services, also referred to as energy poverty, is an ongoing issue...
By Luis Hernandez Posted May 9, 2018 1:51 pm
Diana Days’ face was swollen. Bruised purplish-blue lines curved along the top of her cheeks...
By Lucas Guilkey Posted May 9, 2018 8:34 am
Californians who are incarcerated in state prison or on state parole are prohibited from voting—which...
By Kaitlin Benz Posted May 9, 2018 8:20 am
In the Bay Area, a huge healthcare disparity exists for people seeking treatment for asthma.
By Alexa Hornbeck and Luis Hernandez Posted May 8, 2018 2:12 pm
The Alameda County Public Health Department is preparing to launch a marketing campaign this summer...
By Alexa Hornbeck Posted May 8, 2018 1:52 pm
Most healthcare bills have a hefty price tag attached, but Senate Bill 562 may have...
By Vianey Alderete Posted May 7, 2018 1:49 pm
The different tours include two which focus on the history and leaders of the Asian...
By Hyowon Lihinag-Tam Posted May 7, 2018 9:00 am
The Oakland Athletic League established men’s volleyball as a California Interscholastic Federation sport three years...
By Caron Creighton Posted May 4, 2018 10:04 am
In late April, in a formerly empty lot at the corner of Northgate Avenue and...
By Muna Danish Posted May 3, 2018 12:21 pm
For the elderly, staying active can be difficult. But that’s not the case at the...
By Salina Nasir Posted May 3, 2018 9:07 am
Last week, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and five East Bay communities were...
By Annabell Brockhues Posted May 2, 2018 3:43 pm
Papery doves of peace hovered above Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, among people carrying colorful...
By Jailyn Anderson Posted May 1, 2018 3:44 pm
On a Thursday, during school hours, students from middle and high schools across the Oakland...
By Saemmool Lee Posted May 1, 2018 10:02 am
On Monday afternoon, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who represents California’s 13thDistrict, which includes Oakland, stood in...
By Annabell Brockhues Posted April 30, 2018 11:47 am
Last year in June, East Bay-resident Dieudonné Brou graduated from UCLA in African American studies....
By Caron Creighton Posted April 27, 2018 11:32 am
A particular stretch of road is causing controversy in North Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood. Five blocks,...
By Vianey Alderete Posted April 26, 2018 9:32 am
Ameer Aziz was playing basketball with his 8-year-old son at an Oakland park near 19th...
By Salina Nasir Posted April 26, 2018 8:35 am
Next time you drive through a massive pothole in Oakland, remember to dial 311. On...
By Alondra De La Cruz and Vianey Alderete Posted April 25, 2018 12:59 pm
Notary fraud is a common set-up in which notaries unlawfully give legal advice to immigrants,...
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Papery doves of peace hovered above Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, among people carrying colorful signs and banners demanding the end of immigration raids and deportations. “No ban, no...
By Annabell Brockhues | May 2, 2018 3:43 pm
As rents and home prices continue to skyrocket across California, a major ballot fight is brewing between tenants and the real estate industry over the state rent control law...
By Lucas Guilkey | May 10, 2018 2:08 pm
Diana Days’ face was swollen. Bruised purplish-blue lines curved along the top of her cheeks beneath her grey eyes and full eyebrows—which she intentionally had not plucked while waiting...
By Luis Hernandez | May 9, 2018 1:51 pm
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