Health
The East Bay Municipal Water District provided updates on drought measures, difficult labor negotiations, and watershed restoration after the Butte wildfire.
The mayor covered inequity, policing and housing in the address.
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, advocates and clinicians establish new connections to combat the crime.
Order of Malta Free Clinic, the only religious-based free health clinic in Oakland, CA, hopes to expand hours from two and half days a week to five days a week after raising $175,000 in funds.
The passing of SB 277 is already having effects on the Oakland Unified School District, but not necessarily in the ways one would expect.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and the Classic Yacht Association partner to bring ailing children aboard 10 historic yachts.
Looking to the future of the organization, newly opened East Oakland/Coliseum Planned Parenthood is expanding its services to include surgical abortions and possibly vasectomies.
An unconventional anti-jail protest argued the mentally ill need “Care not Cages,” and provided roadside alternative health services.
Leah Goldstein is bobbing and weaving her way through a dozen girls poised to punch. Their tiny fists are held high, ready to strike. “Show me your fighting stance,” Goldstein says. “See how powerful you are? That’s enough to knock someone out if you hit them in the right spot.” The girls lunge at an invisible opponent. Sharp breaths cut through a chorus of giggles. Goldstein is leading a group of middle school girls in a self-defense course. The class…