Shopkeepers call on city leaders to stop break-ins, burglaries plaguing businesses
Small business owners say Oakland’s city officials are failing to address a serious crime wave. In September, the city did not submit a completed application that would have secured Oakland read more…
October 19, 2023
OUSD District 5 school board candidates meet young voters for Q&A
More than 100 students and adults gathered at Fremont High School in Oakland Thursday to learn about the District 5 school board candidates, Jorge Lerma and Sasha Ritzie Hernandez. Since read more…
October 17, 2023
New law lets churches, colleges get around zoning laws to build housing
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that allows churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious organizations along with nonprofit colleges to build affordable housing on their properties. The bill, SB4, introduced by State Sen. read more…
October 16, 2023
Working to keep newspaper benefitting unhoused people alive: ‘I felt like Street Spirit wasn’t ready to die.’
The editors at Street Spirit, an East Bay newspaper focused on homelessness, are nearly halfway to meeting their fundraising goal to revive the shuttered newspaper. Bradley Penner, the newest editor read more…
October 16, 2023
Oakland adopts environmental plan that misses many resident concerns
Oakland City Council recently approved the city’s first Environment Justice Element to address pollution, health food access and other health risks over the next two decades. But many of the read more…
October 15, 2023
Bay dipping in Alameda: ‘It can feel really good to get into the water, especially cold water.’
Early on a Saturday morning, Polly Conway picks up coffee and drives to Crown Beach in Alameda. She sets up a tent in the sand and waits under gloomy skies read more…
October 14, 2023
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