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WEBAug 26, 2024 · With support from the San Francisco Foundation, we’re working with paid community advisors to help us track and grow the impact of our journalism. The Oaklandside is a local nonprofit news source dedicated to Oakland. News on arts and community events, OUSD, housing, city council, policing and more.
Homeless? Unhoused? Word choice matters when reporting on …
WEBNov 10, 2020 · “This is just my living situation, not my mental state,” says Tiara D. Swearington, who identifies as an “urban camper.” Credit: Natalie Orenstein There are also times when we prioritize accessibility and clarity.
Oakland has a new roller-skating rink - The Oaklandside
WEBby Charlie Lahud-Zahner Aug. 9, 2021, 4:26 p.m. Skaters work on their moves at the UJOMA skate rink at Liberation Park in Oakland. Credit: Charlie Lahud-Zahner. Sitting on a once-vacant lot near Eastmont Mall, the newly opened UMOJA Outdoor Roller Skating Rink at Liberation Park rings alive with the hum of quad skates and the deep bass of funk ...
How segregated is your Oakland neighborhood? - The Oaklandside
WEBJun 28, 2021 · The East Oakland tract has “high POC segregation,” though the racial demographics have changed tremendously over time: In 1980, the tract was 76% Black, whereas now it’s 65% Latino. North Oakland’s Longfellow neighborhood is also considered to have “high POC segregation,” but it’s become less segregated in recent years, shifting ...
2021 is Oakland’s deadliest year since 2006
WEBDec 23, 2021 · Oakland is among the hardest hit. As of today, police have investigated 133 killings, marking the city’s deadliest year since 2006. Shootings have returned to levels not seen in a decade as the number of guns being recovered by police also hit record highs last year and this year. Shootings had leveled off at about 277 in 2019 but jumped to ...
A quick guide to the Alameda County District Attorney election
WEBApr 5, 2022 · Alameda County voters are being asked to do a rare thing in June: elect a new District Attorney. Nancy O’Malley, the current DA, is retiring and the upcoming election is the first time in decades that an incumbent DA, or a person appointed by a retiring DA, is not running for reelection.
Alameda County agrees to overhaul mental health care in Santa …
WEBAug 30, 2021 · Credit: Pete Rosos. Alameda County has agreed to a massive reform program that will remake how mental health care is provided in Santa Rita Jail in order to settle a class action lawsuit filed three years ago on behalf of jail detainees. The terms of the 110-page proposed settlement were made public in court filings last week.
Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm - The …
WEBThirty years ago, on Oct. 19, 1991, a grass fire ignited near the Oakland-Berkeley border. By the morning of Oct. 20, it had erupted into a firestorm that quickly spread through the East Bay Hills, becoming one of the most destructive fires in U.S. history. It destroyed over 3,500 homes, forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people, and took ...
What we know about the FBI’s search of Oakland ... - The …
WEBJun 20, 2024 · FBI agents carried out four raids today in Oakland. They searched Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home as well as the homes of David and Andy Duong. The Duong family owns California Waste Solutions, which has a multi-million dollar contract with the city for curbside recycling services. FBI agents were also busy searching California Waste ...
How the Oakland Roots built a team for a ‘fiercely proud’ city
WEBJun 28, 2022 · The Oakland Roots soccer club was born, in earnest, in the summer of 2016, when Edreece Arghandiwal, a marketing director and entrepreneurial creative type who’d worked on projects for brands such as Apple and set designer Susan Linss, met Benno Nagel, a veteran soccer player and coach who’d previously worked for clubs in Croatia and the Netherlands.
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