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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 · Throughout my reporting for The Oaklandside on local housing and homelessness issues, readers and community members have raised an important question.. Why, and when, do we use the word “homeless”? Is there another term that’s more accurate, or thoughtful?
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The problem and potential of Oakland’s parks
WEBNov 26, 2021 · The problem and potential of Oakland’s parks. From the hills to Lake Merritt, the city is home to beautiful parklands. But who gets to enjoy them has been determined by long-standing racial and class divides. by Dan Moore Nov. 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m. The playground and basketball courts at Arroyo Viejo Park in East Oakland.
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 ...
What’s next for the Alameda Health System? - The Oaklandside
WEBDec 23, 2020 · But while the health system enjoyed periods of profitability, it has struggled in some years, and recently it lost about $31 million between October 2019 and October 2020. The financial difficulties AHS is facing were complicated by the recent labor strike, which cost AHS an estimated $10 million. Workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 have ...