Jacqueline Thompson, head pastor of Allen Temple Baptist Church, got vaccinated for her congregation and 92-year-old mother.
Author Archives: Ricky Rodas
Ricky Rodas is a member of the 2020 graduating class of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has spent the last two years reporting on immigrant communities in the Bay Area as a reporter for the hyperlocal news sites Oakland North, Mission Local, and Richmond Confidential. Rodas, who is Salvadoran American and bilingual, joins us through a partnership with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Rodas will be reporting on small and immigrant-owned businesses in Oakland.
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Live show venues in Oakland can now apply for emergency funding
A new federal assistance program will provide over $16 billion in grants to entertainment venues that lost revenue during the pandemic.
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Una trabajadora esencial de Fruitvale explica ‘cómo y por qué me vacune’
En esta nueva serie estamos hablando con personas como Itzel Díaz-Romo, quien vio a varios miembros de su familia contraer COVID-19. Nos contó por qué decidió vacunarse y cómo consiguió una cita.
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Oakland has a new worker-owned supermarket
The DEEP Grocery Co-op was started to bring fresh and healthy food to deep East Oakland, a designated “food desert.” But their new online grocery service is open to all.
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Oakland is stepping up enforcement of rules around Lake Merritt. How’d the first weekend go?
Our reporter and photographer visited the lake on Saturday and Sunday to see what impact a new push to enforce rules is having.
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Oakland’s fitness centers can reopen, but is operating indoors worth it?
Resuming in-person business is a must for some gyms, while others have flourished online. We spoke with the owners of a boxing club, yoga studio, and dance center about the loosening COVID restrictions.
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New rules for vending, music, parking, and more at Lake Merritt
The City Council approved regulations to balance neighbors’ concerns with visitors and vendors’ needs. Enforcement starts April 2.
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Oakland closer to adopting regulations for vending and crowds at Lake Merritt
If adopted by the City Council, the new rules will allow vending to continue while addressing resident concerns about traffic and noise.
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Oakland’s KONO businesses banded together to make it through COVID
The loss of First Fridays has been rough on Telegraph Avenue’s bars, restaurants, salons, and markets.
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A Fruitvale essential worker explains “how and why I got vaccinated”
In our new series, we’re talking to people like Itzel Diaz-Romo, who watched several members of her family contract COVID-19, about how they decided to get the shot and how they got an appointment.