Community

Kevin de León and members of Oakland’s Latino Task Force (LTF) held a campaign rally at Peralta Hacienda park in Fruitvale on September 22.

BART officials face pushback by privacy and civil rights group after proposing new security measures in response to crime at stations, including the death of Nia Wilson this past summer.

Residents of Oakland dumped 40 tons of trash for free at the Bulky Block Party on September 15.

Pacific Islanders in Alameda County have the second highest infant death rate, but new initiatives could counteract this.

In his motion, Public Defender Brendon Woods emphasized the seriousness of the crime he alleges the sheriff’s office committed.

Oakland’s Mam community, an indigenous group originally from Guatemala, celebrated their first cultural festival on September 15.

Ten communities from around the state are being selected for the deployment of air monitoring systems and community emissions reduction programs.

Oakland artist Chris Johnson and Oakland Museum of California curator use billboards to engage the community.

Early Saturday morning, almost two thousand volunteers participated in the 23rd Annual Creek to Bay Day in 58 sites around Oakland to collect trash and debris from shorelines, water creeks and parks.