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Though the Bay Area experienced a few showers this week, far more rain is needed to make a dent in the state’s water shortage.
Oakland, once a hub for Double-Dutch jump rope competitions, is now staging a revival of the sport as its mission is to help inner city children fight obesity. “We used to have competitions back in 1998, 1999,” said Andriana Mitchell, a girls’ Double-Dutch coach who has been teaching the sport since 2000. “We had a lot of support from parents and the community.” “I love working with kids. It’s my passion,” Mitchell added. “I’m trying to bring Double-Dutch back to…
Oakland District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced Thursday morning the launch of a billboard campaign aimed at combating human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors in the Bay Area.
A care facility has backed out of a deal to receive brain dead teen as Attorney Chris Dolan accuses Children’s Hospital of getting in the way.
The family of Jahi McMath says they have found a Bay Area facility to accept the 13-year-old, but Children’s Hospital says transferring her would violate a recent court order.
Born completely deaf in his left ear and “hard of hearing” in his right, Antoine Hunter is the founder and director of Urban Jazz Dance Company and the President of the Bay Area Deaf Advocates.
With call centers inundated with questions and lengthy wait times, volunteer groups are bridges between East Bay residents and Covered California.
More than 100 people attended a Wednesday night vigil for Jahi McMath, a 13-year-old girl who has been declared brain dead at Children’s Hospital after underground a routine tonsil surgery.
In a boon for West Oakland residents, cancer-causing diesel pollution from the Port of Oakland’s maritime operations has plunged 70 percent.