From the hills to Lake Merritt, the city is home to beautiful parklands. But who gets to enjoy them is determined by long-standing racial and class divides.
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Cameras, cops, and red light-running: Can Oakland solve its collision problem?
We decided to take a look at the history of camera enforcement and other possible solutions.
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How my 91-year-old grandma and I got COVID-19 boosters
Where you can get a booster vaccine dose in Oakland, and what the experience was like.
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1 in 5 young children have received first vaccine dose in Alameda County
Heading into the holidays with rising COVID-19 case numbers, here’s how children can get vaccinated.
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A drunk driver crashed into a popular Oakland market. Now, it’s struggling to survive
Every year, cars destroy a handful of small businesses, upending shop owner’s lives and revealing street safety issues.
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FDA decision means 140,000 Alameda County kids now eligible for COVID vaccine
Children ages 5 to 11 are now approved to get Pfizer’s vaccine.
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No, wildfire season in Oakland isn’t necessarily over yet
This month’s rains helped tamper down fire danger, but experts say the East Bay is not out of the woods yet.
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Oakland could soon reduce speed limits on dangerous streets. Will that make them safer?
A new state bill makes it easier for cities to lower speed limits. Some Oakland officials are optimistic it can reduce collisions, but others are skeptical.
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Listen: Remembering the 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm
To mark the fire’s 30th anniversary, we produced a 30-minute podcast looking back at the historic blaze that forever changed how the East Bay looks at wildfires.
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‘Invisible’ overdoses are hiding the true scale of Alameda County’s opioid crisis
Far from being passive victims, opioid users on Oakland streets use Narcan to save each other’s lives by the hundreds each year. But those rescues go uncounted by the government.