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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Need to get rid of your Christmas tree or other large items? Oakland will take it all away for free
Residents can schedule an appointment once a year for the city’s junk pick-up service.
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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.