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COVID-19

Increasing percent of hospital patients in Alameda County are COVID-19 patients

July 30, 2020 Momo Chang 1

“9.1% of hospital patients in Alameda County were confirmed COVID-19 positive, higher than 6.3% last week.” […]

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Education

OUSD Board of Education Supports California Draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Including Arab American Studies, But May be Cut from State Curriculum

July 29, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 8

OUSD supports Arab American studies, but CA Dept of Education may cut it out of the Ethnic Studies curriculum. […]

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COVID-19

Welcome to Las Vegas: My family searches for home in the midst of COVID-19

July 29, 2020 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross 2

In the midst of a global pandemic, Aqueila Lewis and her family move to Vegas to seek more affordable housing. […]

COVID-19

COVID-19 cases surge in East Oakland’s flatlands

July 27, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz 1

Latinos continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in Oakalnd. […]

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July 26 Resilience

July 26, 2020 Iris Crawford 0

Story of recovery from fire. […]

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COVID-19

California COVID-19 cases at all time high; Oakland nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder dies of COVID-19

July 23, 2020 Momo Chang 3

“Nurses were sometimes assigned five patients at once, including positive and non-positive patients.” […]

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COVID-19

Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown

July 22, 2020 Kat Ferreira 0

Oakland Voices Alumna Kat Ferreira makes her own artistic mask to match a hand-crafted crown during COVID-19. […]

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COVID-19

Alameda County pauses reopening plan, allows outdoor dining

July 20, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz 1

COVID-19 cases have increased and delayed Alameda County’s reopening plans. […]

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COVID-19

Educators Propose Safety Precautions As OUSD Seeks To Reopen Some Preschools Next Week

July 16, 2020 Tony Daquipa 0

OUSD needs to successfully negotiate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with seven labor unions before school of any type can resume. […]

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COVID-19

COVID-19 in Oakland: OUSD and al fresco dining updates

July 16, 2020 Momo Chang 1

Oakland now has 3,259 positive COVID-19 cases. Alameda County is at 8,478 cases (data as of July 14), nearly doubling the number of cases from just a month ago (there were 4,390 cases on June […]

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