While CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid refocus on online delivery, the store shutdowns and limited hours have directly affected customers in Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville.
Category: Health & Environment
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Judge allows Oakland eviction moratorium to stand, for now
The order is a blow to landlords who sued Oakland and Alameda County this year, but the case is not over.
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Oakland trees are dying faster than they can be planted, despite community efforts
Since 2008, the job of tree planting and maintenance has fallen mostly on residents. But the city’s ‘urban forest master plan’ offers some hope.
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Monkeypox vaccinations in Oakland lag among Black and Latinx gay men
But with these groups at a higher risk of infection, Alameda County officials and LGBTQ community advocates are working to increase awareness.
Posted inHealth & Environment
After fish die-off, life returns to Lake Merritt
Local volunteers are taking a survey of the lake’s wildlife , and you can help.
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Update: Kaiser mental health workers reach a tentative agreement
The nearly 2,000 therapists will participate in a two-day ratification vote starting Tuesday evening.
Posted inEducation Equity
What we know, and don’t know, about the shooting at Rudsdale High School
A month ago, the East Oakland hills campus saw another violent incident.
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Shooting on school campus in East Oakland hills injures 6
Students and staff were injured on Wednesday on the King Estates campus.
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Cause of last night’s Oakland hills fire: a burning truck on I-580
The third fire in three weeks on the busy highway briefly spread toward homes until it was extinguished.
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Students march in Oakland against climate injustice
Opposing environmental racism and all forms of violence, the protest coincided with an international day of action.
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Arson cause of Tuesday’s fire along I-580 in Oakland, officials said
Flames broke out Tuesday afternoon within a few hundred meters of where another suspicious fire damaged several homes last week.
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Umoja Health Fair returns to Oakland
The nonprofit will be providing on-site health screenings, vaccinations, and health care information for underserved communities.
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What you need to know about getting the omicron booster in Alameda County
Experts recommend scheduling an appointment before the fall and winter months.
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Photos: 4-alarm fire on 35th Avenue damages multiple structures, displacing residents
Oakland firefighters responded to multiple vegetation fires that broke out near the I-580 on Friday afternoon.
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3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk
A first-of-its-kind analysis looked at the health of East Bay wildlife, from bats to bobcats and salamanders to steelhead. Two major mapping projects will dive deep into vegetation and wildfire hazard.
Posted inRoad Safety
“A literal gash in the neighborhood.” Pete Buttigieg, officials address Oakland’s streetscape disparities
The U.S. Transportation Secretary and Congresswoman Barbara Lee said aid for infrastructure from Washington can help alleviate inequalities.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Photos: A fountain is flowing at Lake Merritt again
Oakland naturalist Damon Tighe has been pressuring the city to move quickly on fixing both fountains, which help to provide oxygen to creatures in the lake.
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Parks throughout the East Bay hills will close Sunday, Monday due to fire risk
The East Bay Regional Park District is closing 40 parks in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, including in Oakland, with high temperatures forecasted this weekend.
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Toilets? Cannabis grows? Rising temps? We looked into theories and history behind the Bay Area algae bloom
Questions swirl as carcasses rot at Lake Merritt and beyond. We talked to experts and explored 100 years of local fish-kills.
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‘It’s the worst I’ve seen’: Lake Merritt dead fish clean-up continues ahead of heat wave
Crews have removed over 1,200 pounds of dead fish from the lake, which has been hard-hit by a massive algae bloom.