A new report faulted the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council for chaotic meetings and confusing votes. But some stakeholders say the audit is a political broadside.
Tag: Chinatown
Posted inHealth & Environment
A clinic in Oakland’s Chinatown brings mental health care to dental patients
Asian Health Services is pioneering the practice of getting patients to open up—and not just for a fluoride rinse.
Posted inArts & Community
A day in the life of an Oakland Chinatown community ambassador
Sakhone Lasaphangthong spent 20 years in state prison. Now he’s helping to increase public safety in the neighborhood through a nonprofit, Family Bridges.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Election 2022: What Oakland District 2 voters want
Community members in Chinatown, Grand Lake, San Antonio, and Eastlake shared their priorities ahead of the November election.
Posted inArts & Community
Willie Davis of Lincoln Rec Center honored as ‘Black Hero of Chinatown’
The longtime Oakland resident is one of six people in the nation being honored with the award.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Lake Merritt BART project: Senior housing coming to site of past displacement
BART tore down houses to build the Oakland Chinatown station in the 1960s. Some say it has a chance to help heal old wounds.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Chinatown group gives Oakland police 3 drones
A new Chinatown business group, formed in the wake of #StopAAPIHate, donated the unmanned aerial vehicles since OPD can’t buy its own.
Posted inBusiness
In Chinatown and Little Saigon, small businesses get ready for Lunar New Year
From the kumquat trees at Kelly Smoke Shop to the bahn tet at Pho Vy, local businesses have been a big part of many Oaklanders’ celebrations.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
What would make Chinatown’s roads safer for pedestrians?
People in the neighborhood will be asked to weigh in on that question beginning in early 2022, as part of a broader effort to improve traffic safety there.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Rising crime, calls for solidarity: a deeper look at what’s happening in Chinatown
Is crime in Chinatown really increasing? What does community solidarity look like? The second report in our two-part series.
Posted inBusiness
Chinatown vendors hope to get a boost from Lunar New Year shopping event
The Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce will host a “shopping spree” this weekend to support struggling merchants.
Posted inBusiness
Owners of Phnom Penh Restaurant honor their past by serving Cambodian refugees
Political turmoil in Cambodia split the Do family apart. Running a restaurant in Oakland helped bring them together.
