Oakland gets first rainbow crosswalk: ‘It tells every trans, queer and non-binary person … they are welcome’
Dozens of local queer leaders, community members and allies gathered at the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center on a rainy Thursday afternoon to celebrate the unveiling of the city’s first permanent read more…
“100 Years of Creative Visions”: Mills College Art Museum celebrates a century of diversity and community
Enveloped in vibrant drips of red and green paint sits a child with bound feet feeding her brother rice, the latter’s gaze piercing and vivid. Standing at 80 inches, Hung read more…
Juvenile wounded, two people in custody in Skyline High School shooting
A boy was shot at Skyline High School and two people were detained after gunfire erupted while students were in class Wednesday afternoon, police said. In a Facebook post, police read more…
City Council accused of undermining Police Commission in letter drafted for federal monitor
Two members of the Oakland Police Commission have drafted a scathing letter to the federal court, saying the City Council is threatening the city’s progress toward ending two decades of read more…
The Stakes: Oakland LGBTQ center reduces services after losing federal grants over DEI focus
This story is part of “The Stakes,” a UC Berkeley Journalism project on executive orders and actions affecting Californians and their communities. It was co-published with the East Bay Times. read more…
Urban Promise Academy unveils grant-funded STEM lab for middle schoolers
Polet Espinoza’s favorite memory of her East Oakland school’s new STEM lab was creating her own version of the mobile video game “Flappy Bird.” The 12-year-old placed individual pixels to read more…
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