The owners of the pop-up, Samar Nassar and Raul Jacobo, cook healthy meals for residents at Operation HomeBase, a trailer park community.
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Why did the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse lay off its entire staff?
Ex-workers allege that the Depot’s management used the pandemic as an excuse to purge them. Management says they had no choice.
Posted inArts & Community
Legendary R&B singer Sugar Pie DeSanto to be honored next week
DeSanto performed frequently in West Oakland during the neighborhood’s heyday as a nightclub and music hotspot in the 1950s and 60s. Now she is being given the prestigious Arhoolie Award.
Posted inEducation Equity
Oakland school board votes against delaying school closures again
The OUSD board also granted Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell a three-month sabbatical and interviewed candidates for the District 6 seat this week.
Posted inHow We Work
Covering arts and community in my hometown
I’m here to report on the “shakers and makers” that make the Town thrive.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
East Oakland family facing eviction says they’ll occupy their home like Moms 4 Housing
The case could be the first foreclosure eviction in Alameda County during the pandemic.
Posted inNosh
Camchilao brings larb tacos to Fruitvale
Operating as a food truck with an outdoor seating area, Camchilao offers an exciting menu of Cambodian, Chinese and Lao cuisine.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Kamala Harris surprised an Oakland childcare nonprofit with a major grant
The vice president, born in Oakland, gave $20,000 to the childcare organization BANANAS.
Posted inEducation Equity
Oakland schools are observing Black History Month virtually this year
February is full of online programming for OUSD students, staff, and parents to celebrate African American history and culture.
Posted inArts & Community
A ‘freedom house’ for formerly incarcerated people opens in the East Bay
A computer programmer who served 21 years in San Quentin and a prisoner support collective are creating a re-entry home to empower formerly incarcerated people.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
A colorful ‘tiny house village’ for youth is opening in Oakland
It’s been a long road for the Youth Spirit Artworks project, which could house 22 homeless youth starting in the fall.
Posted inEducation Equity
Summer school looms, but OUSD still struggles with its digital divide
Two weeks before the end of the school year, nearly 1,400 OUSD students still need a device at home, and about 3,400 still don’t have internet access.
Posted inEducation Equity
Oakland made gains in closing the digital divide during COVID. The classroom tech could be here to stay
Before the pandemic, just 12% of low-income students in Oakland had a computer or reliable internet at home. Going into the fall, 98% now have them, according to Oakland Undivided.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland ‘respite centers’ provided clean air, but only after weeks of smoky skies
Hardly anyone came to Oakland’s emergency centers over the past weekend. Did the city act fast enough to set them up and spread the word?
Posted inEducation Equity
Fraudulent students and their bots plague Peralta College District
Laney and Merritt in Oakland are among the California colleges being hit hard by financial-aid scammers. Such cases have increased during the pandemic.
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Oakland attorney is winning in the courtroom, and leading in her industry
Along with her firm, Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer, Jayme Walker is championing justice and advocating for greater compassion in the legal sector.
Posted inArts & Community
Oakland’s Indigenous Red Market returns to celebrate Native culture and connection
The popular outdoor gathering in Fruitvale is happening again in-person, on the first Sunday of every month.
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Things I wish I knew before my grandmother died
Tips and local resources for those who experience a death in the family from Oaklandside reporter Azucena Rasilla who lost her grandmother last month.
Posted inBusiness
UPS deliveries in Oakland are collapsing under the pandemic
Customers and local employees are begging for help. The Oaklandside investigated.
Posted inHealth & Environment
East Oakland students challenge the city to clean up trucking pollution
Metal factories and big rigs on I-880 are local issues young environmentalists are learning about—and campaigning against.
