Hayes, who celebrated her birthday this week, shares her advice for living a long, fruitful life.
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Posted inRoad Safety
The 35 people who lost their lives to traffic violence in Oakland last year
We spoke to their loved ones and examined public records to understand what happened to them.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
‘It’s not a pretty process’: The Oaklandside’s Darwin BondGraham on his new book investigating Oakland police
The Riders Come Out at Night, co-authored by Ali Winston, reports untold stories of brutality, corruption, and attempted reform in OPD.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
How can Oakland reduce gun violence? Community advocate John Jones III sees a path forward
The East Oakland native talks about his work interrupting violence before it happens, what a new mayor can and can’t do, and restoring community networks in neighborhoods wounded by gun violence.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland spends $120 million a year on homelessness. Could it do more?
New estimates say it would cost a staggering $4.5 billion to house all homeless residents, but some officials say the city could be more creative.
Posted inEducation Equity
Literacy tutoring programs show promise in Oakland
Most Oakland Unified School District third graders are not reading at grade level. Many schools are turning to “high-dosage” tutoring from community-based organizations to help.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
‘Dear Oakland politicians’: Letters from students at Fremont High
10th-graders share their messages for Oakland’s next mayor, City Council, and school board members.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
After mistakes in 2020, is Alameda County ready for the 2022 election?
A judge rejected a public records lawsuit brought by two voting rights organizations hoping to pressure the county to hand over voting data.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland’s outgoing head of housing talks evictions, buying buildings, and red tape
Shola Olatoye, who’s leaving the city to join an affordable housing developer, reflects on her three years on the job.
Posted inArts & Community
Brookfield Duece maps his journey with audio ‘Coordinates’
The East Oakland rapper and member of Grand Nationxl just dropped a new album.
Posted inArts & Community
The remarkable rise of the Oakland Roots: The Town’s homegrown soccer club
Professional sports teams have used and abandoned Oakland. Could the Oakland Roots be different?
Posted inNosh Features
How a mother and daughter reinvented Oakland’s 65-year-old Fortune Factory
Jiamin and Alicia Wong are changing people’s assumptions of what a fortune cookie looks and tastes like.
Posted inEducation Equity
Oakland high schoolers prepare to ‘boycott’ over COVID safety
With omicron surging, over a thousand students have signed a petition calling on OUSD to do more to make campuses safer.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
After a pandemic pause, Oakland ramped up homeless camp closures again. Why?
The city’s reasons for shutting down encampments aren’t always clear to those who are directly impacted. We reviewed two years of data to identify patterns.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
5 years after Oakland’s deadliest fire: Ghost Ship ‘frozen in time’
Some want a memorial or park on the warehouse ruins. For others, Oakland is a place of pain they’re moving on from.
Posted inHealth & Environment
The problem and potential of Oakland’s parks
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.
Posted inHealth & Environment
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.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Lauded as a national model, some question whether Oakland’s privacy commission is working
Frequent disputes with police over records has begun to wear on the volunteer board leading the commission chair to sue the city.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
10 years ago, OPD forcefully dismantled the Occupy Oakland camp
An Oct. 25 protest led to a grave injury and lasting consequences for the Oakland Police Department.
Posted inHealth & Environment
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.
