Like a rising underdog, East Oakland Boxing Association forges ahead after scandal
A poster of Muhammad Ali watches over the East Oakland Boxing Association’s gym, a visual reminder of the discipline and resilience it takes to be great. The only other posters read more…
After week of violence, Oakland event forges guns into garden tools
Last week, a 15-year-old boy was shot at Skyline High School. The next day, Laney College athletic director and longtime Oakland football coach John Beam was killed in a targeted read more…
Under pressure from residents, Oakland council committee backs off plate-reader contract
A deadlocked vote at an Oakland City Council subcommittee late Tuesday night narrowly prevented the expansion of the city’s contract with a quickly growing but increasingly controversial surveillance camera company. read more…
ICE activity prompts Oakland school lockdowns, turning student fears into reality
As a child of immigrants, 14-year-old Quetzali Preciado-Cruz has always known what ICE was, but her anxiety surrounding immigration enforcement grew last summer when she read about the agency tripling read more…
In Oakland, sneakers aren’t just shoes but ‘beautiful pieces of wearable art.’
Misty Rose sat in concentration, threading, measuring, and cutting as she re-soled an old pair of Chuck Taylor Converse by hand. She was transforming the worn-out sneakers, which her niece read more…
Oakland police make arrest in ‘targeted’ killing of Laney Coach John Beam
Oakland police arrested a suspect Friday morning in the “targeted” killing of Laney College athletic director and longtime Oakland football coach John Beam, who was shot on campus Thursday and read more…
Oakland North
Oakland North is an online news service produced by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and covering Oakland, California. Our goals are to improve local coverage, innovate with digital media, and listen to you–about the issues that concern you and the reporting you’d like to see in your community. Please send news tips to: oaklandnorthstaff@gmail.com.