PHOTO: Woman Hit By Police Car As Tension Builds in Oakland

Written by Oakland Voices By Tyrese Johnson OAKLAND, CA – James Harris likes his guns. The 39-year-old West Oakland resident owns a .45 caliber pistol, a .9mm handgun and a 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun. Harris’s father was

Written by Oakland Voices and Ida Hancox My grandson Willie Junior is named after my son, Willie Tatmon, III, who was murdered three years ago in West Oakland. Willie Junior remembers his father well: the way his father

Written by Oakland Voices By Tyrese Johnson OAKLAND, CA – “West Oakland residents need resources that are free,” asserted Liz Derias, formerly of  the youth advocacy group Leadership Excellence. In 2008, the City of Oakland enlisted