Neighbors in Dimond, Skyline hills, and deep East Oakland are among the most affected.
Category: Health & Environment
Can Lake Merritt be saved from another fish kill?
Stewards of Oakland’s wildlife refuge are fundraising to create oxygenated refuges where fish can escape harmful algae blooms.
The entire Oakland City Council is making road safety a budget priority this year
In their budget memos, each councilmember prioritized infrastructure investments that could save lives by preventing “traffic violence.”
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.
Oakland transportation department takes over abandoned auto removals
Long the responsibility of the police, OakDOT will now be in charge of towing broken cars from the roads.
Strong winds, heavy rain expected in East Bay Monday night
A flood watch and high wind warning are in effect through Wednesday morning, with 1.3 inches of rain forecast.
Yet another big storm hitting Oakland this week
Here’s how to prepare for the up to two inches of rain expected Thursday through Sunday, and an additional downpour the following week.
EBMUD ends drought surcharge as storms refill reservoirs
Conservation by East Bay residents played a role in alleviating the water shortage, according to EBMUD.
As Oakland braces for winter storms, ransomware attack has partially downed 311 system
The city’s call center for non-emergency services, OAK311, is experiencing an outage.
Snow in the East Bay hills?
Elevations above 1,500 feet could get up to a few inches of snow — or maybe just a dusting.
‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and gun violence in East Oakland
Francisca Sánchez never imagined she’d hear gunshots after leaving Mexico, but that changed during the pandemic.
‘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.
Pharmaca closing all its stores after Walgreens buys pharmacy chain
Closures include the pharmacy in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, as well as the Solano Avenue branch in Berkeley.
Bay Area residents can get money to pay for recent storm damage. Here’s how
FEMA will open disaster recovery centers in Oakland and Dublin on Feb. 10 for Alameda County residents to apply for storm funds in person.
After ‘heartbreaking’ vandalism, Sausal Creek plant nursery volunteers pick up the pieces
The group lost 600 native seedlings when vandals caused $8,000 in damages. But volunteers say they will replant and rebuild.
Oakland programs are supporting Black postpartum women
Local women-led efforts are filling a void in care, as new data reveals most maternal deaths are preventable.
StopWaste is giving more grant money than ever for projects to prevent waste
Businesses, nonprofits and school districts can apply for funding by March 3.
Alvarado Road neighbors have long lived with threat of mudslides ‘hanging over our heads’
A mudslide last week in the Claremont Hills on the Berkeley-Oakland border is the second collapse in the area since 2006. Who’s responsible for shoring up the hill?
14 residents evacuated from mudslides in Berkeley-Oakland Hills
Seven homes in the area of The Spiral at Middlefield Road have been evacuated, and one home has been red-tagged. Other mudslides closed roads on the Clark Kerr campus and in the Claremont Hills.
Creating a world without sexual exploitation: Leila Mottley in conversation
Mottley, author of the critically acclaimed Nightcrawling, will join Chinaka Hodge and MISSSEY in a discussion about exploitation and survival in Oakland.