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East Oakland foundry pollution spurs two lawsuits to protect community
The state of California and an Oakland-based environmental group are suing the pipe casting facility AB&I Foundry for reportedly emitting excessive levels of a carcinogenic chemical into East Oakland’s air. Both lawsuits, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, accuse the foundry of violating California’s Proposition 65 — a law requiring businesses to warn people about…
Read MoreEast or West?: How the community is responding to the Oakland A’s plan for a new stadium
The Athletics, the last professional sports team in Oakland, has found itself playing more defense—and little to no offense—in its grand plan to build a new stadium.
Read MoreOakland flu vaccinations get off to a slow start
In Oakland, several healthcare providers are reporting that, at the current pace, they’ll likely vaccinate fewer patients than last year.
Read MoreOakland’s air quality problem: Can first-of-its-kind legislation solve it?
East and West Oakland have an air quality problem. In fact, children living there are diagnosed with asthma at twice the national rate. But a first-of-it’s-kind legislation for environmental justice, AB 617, is trying to fix this.
Read MoreEast Oakland elementary school opens a laundry service for students
Hoping to boost attendance, staff members volunteer weekly to wash their students’ clothes.
Read MoreCancer, not heart disease, is now leading cause of death in Oakland
Despite cancer deaths declining over recent years, cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in Oakland and Alameda County.
Read MoreAs schools struggle with turnover, an East Oakland middle school keeps its teachers
“Teachers keep themselves here,” Principal Betlach says. “Not in the sense that we don’t do anything, but at the end of the day, it’s on them.”
Read MoreWest Oakland slated to benefit from plan to reduce air pollution
Ten communities from around the state are being selected for the deployment of air monitoring systems and community emissions reduction programs.
Read MoreFire destroys part of The Village encampment, as protesters call for safer conditions for the homeless
As the city and local volunteers rush to assist those displaced by an early morning fire at the East Oakland homeless encampment, questions and concerns about safe living spaces still remain.
Read MoreMonthly food giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland
Free food bag giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland.
Read More23rd Avenue art space members rally to buy their own building
On the corner of 23rd Avenue and International Boulevard in East Oakland, there’s a colorful mural painted on the side of a building with the phrase “CULTURE IS A WEAPON” written in bold letters. In the center of the mural is an image of a raised fist in front of flames, surrounded by portraits of…
Read MoreA village for the homeless
The City of Oakland approved a new experimental short-term housing solution, called The Village. After a year of negotiations, they’ve been granted land by the city, and are building houses for the homeless.
Read MoreRestore Oakland combines restorative justice and economics
Several Oakland organizations are uniting to bring economic growth to the city by opening a community advocacy and training center in a renovated building on International Boulevard, in the center of the Fruitvale community. Restore Oakland will provide community members with job preparation programs and offer services like a tenants’ rights clinic and a restaurant that will also be a work training site.
Read MoreCity council approves Oak Knoll development project
Oak Knoll is a housing development project that will bring new commerce and housing to the East Oakland. But even though housing is much needed in Oakland, some Oaklanders stand against the project because it does not set aside any units as affordable housing.
Read MoreHundreds gather for first annual East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods
Residents met to discuss issues facing East Oakland including human trafficking and the sex trade, education, affordable housing, illegal dumping, improving employment opportunities, gun violence, and getting justice for the immigrant and refugee communities.
Read MoreNew early childhood education center to open this fall in East Oakland
A new early childhood education center is set to open this fall in East Oakland’s Seminary neighborhood.
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