Tales of Two Cities Podcast: Spectrums
Hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics.
Volunteers gather residents’ concerns about racial disparity one neighborhood at...
Volunteers are collecting 500 stories from Oakland residents hoping to address issues of racial disparity...
Fat activist Caleb Luna uses performance art to question health...
"The problem is not fatness, health, or fat phobia," says Luna. "The problem is we...
With thousands of Oakland ballots uncounted, some candidates are not...
An estimated 40,000 more Oakland ballots need to be counted.
High schoolers take class to learn about the law and...
Fresh Lifelines for Youth's Law Program offers Oakland high school students a unique opportunity to...
Oakland activists celebrate tepidly, as midterm results yield positive, mixed...
After this midterm election, California remains a Democratic stronghold, but some are upset that the...
Libby Schaaf wins re-election; challengers sweep council incumbents
Unofficial results show Schaaf wins re-election, and newcomers to join city council.
As Election Night 2018 ends, most Oakland races still uncalled
By late Tuesday night, many of Oakland’s biggest ticket races remained uncalled, with the Alameda...
As early returns trickle in, Oakland voters and candidates wait
In a packed home in the Grand Lake neighborhood, supporters of Mayor Libby Schaaf and...
Galvanized by national politics, Oakland gets out the vote
At 6 a.m. on Election Day, volunteers at the East Bay for Everyone headquarters on...
Oakland Latinx voters speak about why they voted this midterm...
According to the Pew Research Center, there are over 29.1 million Latinx voters registered to...
Oakland heads to the polls on Election Day 2018
Today, Oakland is voting in a crucial midterm election. Check here for the latest!
Ahead of Election Day, volunteer groups register homeless people to...
"Voting is important because our voices are so seldom heard," said Mavin Griffin, founder and...
New Fruitvale art exhibit features works of undocumented day laborers
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park unveiled a new art exhibit in early October called "Undocumented Heart:...
Tales of Two Cities Podcast: Remembering and Forgetting
In this episode of “Tale of Two Cities,” we explore forgotten areas of the Easy...
Volunteers gather for San Francisco Bay clean up
The cleanup was hosted by nonprofit environmental group Save the Bay as part of a...
Fire sweeps The Village homeless camp for the second time...
A fire tore through The Village on Friday, destroying tents belonging to 15 people and...
Women candidates in District 4 city council race team up
In a race that has no clear frontrunner, three female candidates are teaming up to...
Measure W proposes a tax on vacant properties in Oakland
Funds raised by the tax would go toward solutions for Oakland’s increasing homelessness epidemic, and...
Oakland Zoo’s Spookfari sleepover delights children
For the second Halloween season in a row, the Oakland Zoo hosted a “Sundown Spookfari.”...
East Oakland Catholic organization celebrates the canonization of Saint Óscar...
Members of the Oakland Catholic Worker gather for a backyard Sunday mass to commemorate the...
Animal rights activists clash with Whole Foods Market over free...
Animal rights activists from Direct Action Everywhere protested in Oakland after Whole Foods Market, owned...
Immigration
Tales of Two Cities Podcast: Spectrums
Hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics.
- New Fruitvale art exhibit features works of undocumented day laborers
- East Oakland Catholic organization celebrates the canonization of Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero
- 120 years after founding, Alameda church still helping immigrant families
- Meet Somos Familia, the nonprofit supporting Latinx parents with queer and trans children
- Oakland’s Mam community celebrates their first cultural festival
- Fruitvale undocumented workers share their stories at community forum
- May Day march through downtown Oakland calls attention to labor, immigration and police...
- For East Bay immigrants, notary fraud is a common legal threat
Housing
Fire sweeps The Village homeless camp for the second time this fall
A fire tore through The Village on Friday, destroying tents belonging to 15 people and causing further concerns about the safety of homeless encampments.
- Measure W proposes a tax on vacant properties in Oakland
- Abandoned or lost? Oaklanders living in cars have homes towed away
- Homeless encampment eviction at Lake Merritt thwarted by protesters
- Oakland youth organizers discuss healing from trauma during Impact Celebration
- Oakland has taken a lead role in local climate initiatives
- Oakland homeless camp residents face frequent thefts
- City eyes use of Caltrans properties to expand Tuff Shed program
- City officials gather community input on issues facing seniors in Oakland
Health
Tales of Two Cities Podcast: Spectrums
Hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics.
- Community invests in proposed West Oakland grocery store
- The Oakland Coliseum serves up locally raised crickets as new stadium snack
- Tens of millions of dollars pour into Prop 8 which seeks to limit...
- Fire departments educate youth during high risk month for California wildfires
- Fresh and free produce, no strings attached
- Free mobile clinic serves uninsured and homeless people
- Cancer, not heart disease, is now leading cause of death in Oakland
- City officials gather community input on issues facing seniors in Oakland
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