A county worker gets the COVID vaccines ready. Photo by Howard Dyckoff.
Oakland COVID Updates
Everyone 16 and Older Eligible for COVID Vaccine Everyone who is 16 years and older is now eligible to receive a COVID vaccine in Alameda County. Modern and Johnson & Johnson vaccines (which are currently paused) are only approved for those 18 and older, so Pfizer is the option for those 16 and 17 years-old.[Read more]
Oakland organizations working toward solidarity between Black and Asian communities
It’s a difficult time to prioritize emotions. Days after people took to the streets in[Read more]
Alameda County Moves to Orange Tier
Alameda County Moves to Less Restrictive Orange Tier Today
Coliseum vaccination site closing in April
Oakland has 25,870 COVID-19 cases. Alameda County has had 82,243 cases and 1,399 deaths. Vaccine[Read more]
‘From Oakland to Atlanta,’ community members send messages of solidarity,...
Fear in Asian American communities continues to build after a mass shooting in Atlanta and[Read more]
Poetry & Music at “Fluid” Open Mic by AnyXMeans
An online open mic for musicians and poets, paired with a live band, provides a[Read more]
Oakland schools start reopening next week
Schools to reopen with 'equity' in mind.
Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence...
Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student Cadence Patrick shares photo essay on moving[Read more]
Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by...
Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student William Truong shares photo essay on Melrose[Read more]
New Community-Based COVID Vaccine Sites in Oakland Try to Close...
Plus, more news you can use about the COVID vaccine Alameda County opened its first[Read more]
Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Ayodele Nzinga, Howard Dyckoff, Tonya Shipp,...
Find out what some of our Oakland Voices alumni have been up to since last[Read more]
Alameda County Moves into Red Tier: Limited Indoor Dining, Gyms,...
Oakland (and Alameda County) has moved into red tier, effective tomorrow.
Covid Vaccine Websites Violate Disability Laws, Create Inequity for the...
"Blind residents said they were unable to register for the vaccine through their state or[Read more]
Watch “Stories of Solidarity: API and Black Artists in Oakland...
Last week, the Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission, along with City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’[Read more]
Vaccines distributed unequally in Oakland; federal COVID Relief on the...
Who is at risk? Who is being protected?
New West Oakland Mural Celebrates Black Joy and Women of...
"This is something people do not know. The history books do not carry us.” -[Read more]
COVID Vaccine Codes Intended for Low-Income Residents and Community Groups...
One of the ways in which the state has tried to ensure the vaccines are[Read more]
‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries
Libraries are physically closed, but they continue to serve their neighborhoods. One East Oaklander shares[Read more]
Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown?
The assaults have sparked international outrage and been widely called hate crimes. Is there evidence[Read more]
Coliseum and Fremont HS Will Open As Vaccine Distribution Sites
Starting this week, some Oakland seniors 65 and older — alongside food and agriculture essential[Read more]
Filmmaker Alex Bledsoe Seeks Families in Oakland Who Experienced Lead...
Award-winning filmmaker seeking subjects from Oakland to interview about lead poisoning.
What to Expect in Oakland in 2021
Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp offers a take on what to expect in Oakland in[Read more]
Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story
An Oakland man is seeking healing through writing.
COVID Cases Start to Drop but ICU Cases Remain High
What you need to know about COVID in Oakland right now.
What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy...
The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted.
Stay-at-home orders lifted, but COVID-19 still with us
COVID-19 hospitalizations are predicted to decline.
2021’s Wednesdays: Georgia’s win, Black women organizers, and Poetry
"[Organizing] is something people dedicate hours of their lives to training to do, and then[Read more]
COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I...
Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since[Read more]
Vaccine recalled by state not distributed in Alameda County
COVID-19 still widespread in Oakland, Alameda County.
New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland
Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond.
Oakland nears 20,000 COVID cases; Coliseum might be vaccination site
COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand.
Bringing the Political into the Classroom
"For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,”[Read more]
Alameda County faces ‘biggest surge of COVID-19 cases’ since pandemic...
Stay home and wear a mask -- if you can.
What We Learned From Last Year – Oakland Voices Correspondents...
Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to[Read more]
Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A...
Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to[Read more]
Arts & Culture
Oakland organizations working toward solidarity between Black and Asian communities
It’s a difficult time to prioritize emotions. Days after people took to the streets in protest for #StopAsianHate responding to the mass shooting of eight people in Atlanta, six[Read more]
- ‘From Oakland to Atlanta,’ community members send messages of solidarity, resistance, and healing
- Poetry & Music at “Fluid” Open Mic by AnyXMeans
- Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence Patrick
- Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong
- Watch “Stories of Solidarity: API and Black Artists in Oakland Unite”
- New West Oakland Mural Celebrates Black Joy and Women of Black Panther Party
- ‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries
- Filmmaker Alex Bledsoe Seeks Families in Oakland Who Experienced Lead Poisoning
Education
Oakland COVID Updates
Everyone 16 and Older Eligible for COVID Vaccine Everyone who is 16 years and older is now eligible to receive a COVID vaccine in Alameda County. Modern and Johnson[Read more]
- Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence Patrick
- Oakland’s Melrose Branch Library Workers During COVID-19: Photo Essay by William Truong
- Bringing the Political into the Classroom
- Oakland COVID News: Playgrounds Can Be Open, Alameda County Cases Rise
- OUSD has a targeted re-opening date of January 25, 2021, with many caveats
- Parenting During a Pandemic: Candase Chambers Says Lack of Peers and Sports Biggest[Read more]
- Talk of the Town: OUSD Teachers in a Distance Learning World (Part 2)
- Fremont High, a school re-built with love, community, and bond measure money
Masks We Wear
Confessions of a Maskhole
I learned there’s now a term to describe people like me who are undisciplined mask wearers — maskholes. You know the type: we slop them on like an old[Read more]
- Welcome to Las Vegas: My family searches for home in the midst of[Read more]
- Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown
- Masks will be around for a while, sew I’ll keep making them
- COVID-19: Different Masks for Different Situations
- With COVID-19 masks mandatory, smiles more important
- Wearing a COVID-19 mask triggers my trauma
- The bright side of wearing a mask: No one tells me I should[Read more]
- Unmasked: Finding kindness in strangers underneath the COVID-19 face masks
