Sam Lefebvre, Author at The Oaklandside

What Lake Merritt’s celebrity duck duo tell us about caring for birds at the lake

Lake Merritt famously houses North America’s first official wildlife refuge. Why couldn’t “Ebony and Ivory” stay there?

‘Ice City’ rapper discusses the coronavirus outbreak, releasing new music, and gentrification.

The Wolfemme+Them collective is fundraising to reopen the downtown Oakland storefront as a shop and events space.

How a plan to lure the black-crowned night heron away from downtown developments unraveled, and why there’s hope yet for Oakland’s “scrappy” bird.