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.
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.
Posted inArts & Community
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.
Posted inArts & Community
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.
Posted inArts & Community
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.
Posted inHealth & Environment
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.
Posted inBusiness
Small business owners now have extra time to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program loan
The Biden administration extended the deadline to March 9, and opened the program to people who didn’t qualify before.
Posted inBusiness
Lost work during the pandemic? Oakland is offering free job-training courses online
Over 180 professional certifications can be obtained through the online learning platform.
Posted inBusiness
‘We’re like a little family here’: Dimond District small biz owners lean on community to persevere
We spoke to several shop owners in the neighborhood to see how they’re faring nearly one year into the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness
Oakland fortune tellers predict the future in an uncertain time
Local psychics are struggling due to COVID-19, but we spoke with two who’ve found success.
Posted inOaklandside
Los propietarios de peluquerías de Oakland están agradecidos de volver a trabajar
Las peluquerías y los salones de belleza han pasado por un sube y baja emocional desde el comienzo de la pandemia. Platicamos con dos estilistas del este de Oakland para ver cómo les está yendo.