Posts Tagged ‘Oakland’
Follow the money: Updated website makes Oakland election data accessible
OpenOakland’s latest version of OpenDisclosure.io, a website that provides data visualizations for campaign finance information related to this year’s elections in Oakland.
Read MoreThe Oakland Museum of California offers a day of neighborhood stories
The Oakland Museum’s event tells the personal stories of city residents through art.
Read MoreMutual Air brings new understanding of air pollution to Oakland
Artist Rosten Woo’s new public sculptures in Oakland are bringing new understanding of air pollution to the city.
Read MorePeralta Colleges’ reliance on temporary part-time workers under scrutiny
The Peralta College District misclassifies long-term employees as “temporary,” denying them higher pay and benefits, union officials say.
Read MoreCity officials gather community input on issues facing seniors in Oakland
As Oakland takes steps toward becoming an “age-friendly city,” District 3 residents shared how issues like high housing costs and access to transportation affect local seniors.
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 MoreAlameda County to use horizontal levees to counteract flooding
Constructed wetlands, also known as horizontal levees, are key to addressing sea level rise in Oakland.
Read MoreRoughly 20,000 pounds of trash cleaned from Oakland on Creek to Bay Day
Early Saturday morning, almost two thousand volunteers participated in the 23rd Annual Creek to Bay Day in 58 sites around Oakland to collect trash and debris from shorelines, water creeks and parks.
Read MoreHealthy Living Festival for seniors held at Oakland Zoo
A resource fair helped bring senior citizens throughout Alameda County together for a day of excitement and enrichment.
Read MoreProject Search helps adults with developmental disabilities find work
Sam Yuen secured his job with help from Bay Area community organizations that connect adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to employers.
Read MoreProtestors rally to stop Oakland coal shipment project
Developers may have won in court, but opponents of a project that would ship coal through Oakland say that they’re not done fighting.
Read MoreRadically Fit gym offers inclusive workouts
Lindsey Page wanted to start a gym that met the needs of queer and trans POC. Today, she’s running Fruitvale’s Radically Fit gym.
Read MoreFinal summer dance class brings ‘Black Panther’ to Jack London Square
Dance instructor Carla Service led her final Dancing Under the Stars class at Jack London Square on August 31.
Read MoreThe Golden State Warriors and Habitat for Humanity team up for affordable housing
The Golden State Warriors recently sponsored a playhouse build with Habitat for Humanity groups that will helps raise money for Bay Area housing programs.
Read MoreOakland’s Operation Ceasefire is working, according to study
A new study released this month suggests that Ceasefire, Oakland’s primary violent crime reduction strategy, is working.
Read MoreRemembering the social justice advocate, Dr. Prince White
Dr. Prince White, a deputy director for the Oakland social justice organization Urban Peace Movement, died on August 24 from a rare autoimmune disease he had been battling since May.
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