Crime
Oakland’s black youth are arrested in school at a rate that is more than double their proportion of the school population, a community nonprofit said.
The Alameda County Juvenile Hall is in the planning stages of creating a girl’s camp to provide stability to victims of sexual exploitation and other at-risk youth.
Defense Attorney William DuBois calls the District Attorney’s decision to try Richard Thomas as an adult “unconstitutional.”
Servers at Century Buffet on International Boulevard were working twelve-hour days, six days a week, and being paid far below minimum wage, according to the Alameda County District Attorney.
Dozens of residents packed the Oakland City Council meeting to protest the planned Domain Awareness Center (DAC).
Thursday’s march down MacArthur was the latest chapter in an extraordinary outpouring of support.
Oakland California Youth Outreach interrupt the cycle of retributive violence that many youth in Oakland get caught in.
After Amanda VanWagenen finished her shift as a server in a Rockridge restaurant last week, she walked outside to her car to drive home, only to discover that it wasn’t there.
Oakland City Councilmember’s Noel Gallo’s appeal that “Every city in the U.S. has a curfew” drew boos and yelling from the packed council chambers as his controversial anti-crime strategy was roundly condemned by citizens and officials alike.
At issue: Gallo’s proposed citywide curfew from 10 pm to 6 am seven days a week and from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm on school days. It would make it illegal for youth to be in public or in businesses during those hours. Although the proposed ordinance was aimed at curbing offenses like prostitution and human trafficking, many speakers Tuesday night passionately argued against it for criminalizing all youth.