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.
Tag: Editors’ picks
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.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland Home Histories: Wartime housing, mink scarves, and making room for change
An Adams Point triplex owner asks: Which parts of the past are worth preserving?
Posted inHealth & Environment
‘Invisible’ overdoses are hiding the true scale of Alameda County’s opioid crisis
Far from being passive victims, opioid users on Oakland streets use Narcan to save each other’s lives by the hundreds each year. But those rescues go uncounted by the government.
Posted inNosh
Wahpepah’s Kitchen brings a new wave of Indigenous food to Oakland
Crystal Wahpepah says her restaurant is a place to eat, learn and heal.