The vice president, born in Oakland, gave $20,000 to the childcare organization BANANAS.
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More questions about the vaccine rollout addressed in city’s virtual town hall
Why isn’t Alameda County moving more quickly? Is mass testing on the way? The mayor, city staff, and county health experts provided some more clarity.
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Not getting the best of me: How one Oaklander kept afloat during the pandemic
Tonya Shipp, an alumna of the Oakland Voices community journalism program, shares her personal ups and downs during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Two epidemics: Oakland’s Punks with Lunch tackles drug overdoses and COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept California, fentanyl overdoses increased and access to sterile syringes dwindled. Alejandra del Pinal’s harm-reduction group was one of a few to respond.
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UC Berkeley removes hundreds of trees in the Oakland hills to ensure fire evacuation route
After years of opposition and lawsuits, Cal has succeeded in cutting down eucalyptus trees near campus.
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Why is gun violence spiking? An East Oakland native digs into his past and the city’s history to help explain
John Jones III—father, community advocate, childhood victim and past committer of violence—on why the surge is “not occurring in a vacuum.”
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More Oaklanders left sick and in the dark as COVID surges and county says it can’t keep up
After Maria González got sick, she expected a follow-up call from county health workers. Why didn’t it come?
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FDA warns that Curative’s COVID-19 tests—including many conducted in Oakland and Berkeley—could produce false negatives
The healthcare startup’s mouth swabs may be failing to show COVID infections, potentially leading to the spread of the virus in Oakland and Berkeley.
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To help offset their schools’ paper use, these Oakland students will plant a tree in your yard
The high school seniors calculated how many new trees would help address the carbon impacts of the million sheets of paper their schools use each year.
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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?
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What’s next for the Alameda Health System?
A new Board of Trustees will help decide the future of Alameda County’s public hospital system while COVID-19 surges.
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‘I could no longer avoid the problem’: how one Oaklander organized community cleanups
After seeing myself in the eyes of an unhoused boy, I decided to start cleaning up areas in West Oakland where unhoused people live. The work snowballed from there.
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A step to ‘restore community’: frontline health workers on why they’re saying yes to the COVID vaccine
We asked local health providers and emergency responders how it feels to be first in line, and how Oaklanders can think about the vaccine’s safety.
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As COVID-19 surges, Alameda County’s jail is getting crowded again
After an unprecedented effort to shrink the jail population last spring, the number of people inside Santa Rita Jail is rising back to pre-pandemic levels.
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COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Oakland this week
Here’s who will get the first round of doses. If you’re eligible, The Oaklandside wants to hear from you.
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Is Oakland seeing more unhealthy air days each year?
The Oaklandside analyzed daily and annual pollution in Oakland from wildfires and other sources since 2010.
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‘Social bubbles are now popped’; Bay Area closes outdoor dining, sets strict rules amid COVID-19 surge
The new guidelines prohibit gatherings with people outside of your household through Jan. 4.
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Alameda County could get new COVID-19 stay-at-home orders if regional ICU capacity drops below 15%
Alameda County, which is in the Bay Area region of the new guidelines, currently has about 30% ICU capacity.
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Have you or a loved one in Oakland caught COVID? Share your story.
With coronavirus cases on the rise, The Oaklandside is sharing more stories of how Oaklanders are impacted by the disease.
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What we can learn from a recent house fire in the Oakland hills
Oakland Ballet Company founder Ronn Guidi nearly lost his home after a neighbor’s generator exploded during a PG&E blackout intended to prevent fires.