Health experts say new therapy programs mark a step in the right direction after years of insufficient resources.
Author Archives: Robin Buller
Robin Buller is a freelance writer, researcher, and editor. She holds a doctorate in history from UNC Chapel Hill and has written a book about immigrants in 1920s Paris. Originally from Canada, she has lived in the East Bay since 2018.
Posted inHealth & Environment
On the frontlines of Oakland’s methamphetamine crisis
Health care and harm reduction workers say people of color and unhoused residents are disproportionately impacted by the drug’s rise in recent years.
Posted inHealth & Environment
‘It just looks like people dying’: Oakland’s meth crisis is growing at an alarming rate
Health experts and social workers say meth use, and harms associated with it, are rising fast and treatment options are limited.
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‘This is going to keep us busy’: Downed trees mean a surge of work for East Bay arborists
Deferred maintenance and trees weakened by drought fell across Oakland in the storm.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Refugees feel the pull and push of Oakland
Newcomers find community in Oakland but are often pushed out due to the high cost of living
