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COVID-19

New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland

January 15, 2021 Howard Dyckoff 2

Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond. […]

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COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccines roll out to Oakland healthcare workers

December 25, 2020 Howard Dyckoff 1

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare and frontline workers in Oakland have begun receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. […]

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2020 elections

Oakland Celebrates Biden and Harris Win by the Lake

November 8, 2020 Howard Dyckoff 0

Amid whoops and cheers and a cacophony of car horns, Oaklanders came out to celebrate the election victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the Grand Ave and Lakeshore Ave area and around Lake Merritt. […]

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Neighborhoods

Oaklanders Meet Over A’s New Ballpark Community Benefits

February 10, 2020 Howard Dyckoff 1

With a waterfront ballpark moving closer to an Oakland reality, City government has launched an effort to bring community and business stakeholders together and also to inject consciousness about equity into the process. The Howard […]

Life in East Oakland

EO Congress of Neighborhoods Celebrates First Year on 9/29

September 26, 2018 Howard Dyckoff 0

Residents of East Oakland are being invited to a birthday party for an infant community organization. Its been a year since the call went out and the new East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods formed.  Now […]

Past Authors

Eighth Annual Townies Awards Highlights Oakland’s Progressive Side

July 16, 2018 Howard Dyckoff 0

  Social Justice activists partied down on June 28 at the Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards  at the Oakland Museum. The combined party, fundraiser, and awards ceremony, occurred in the museum’s sculpture garden. It was also […]

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Past Authors

CityCamp this Saturday – Help Oakland build a better Future

April 19, 2018 Howard Dyckoff 0

Oakland’s annual CityCamp this Saturday brings together residents and technologists to plan and inspire Oakland’s future. The event is free and sponsored by the City of Oakland, the Kapor Center and OpenOakland – the city’s […]

Feature

Super Blue Blood Moon Over East Oakland

January 31, 2018 Howard Dyckoff 0

        The Super Blue Blood Moon as it appeared over East Oakland  

2016 Project Blogs

Oakland Voices graduates its fifth class

July 5, 2017 Howard Dyckoff 0

Oakland Voices graduates its first class. […]

Past Authors

San Leandro Creek Project Aims for Park and Bikeway in Deep East Oakland

April 20, 2017 Howard Dyckoff 1

Kayaking near Oakland’s airport? That could become reality if a series of projects led by Merritt College’s Environmental Management professors and students get traction with City and County agencies and grant requests get funded. The […]

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Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Debora Gordon

Oakland Voices has trained dozens of community journalists over the years. We caught up with one of our alumna, Debora Gordon. In our last update about Gordon, we mentioned that she published a children’s book. As [...]
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Education

Bishop O’Dowd To Unveil New Facility With High School Hoops Showcase

November 23, 2022 1

The sounds of sneakers squeaking, basketballs bouncing, and coaches yelling echoed throughout Bishop O’Dowd’s brand new, state-of-the-art, 1,300 plus capacity gymnasium. This gym is the crown jewel of the private Catholic school’s new $40 million […]

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History and Mission

Howard Dyckoff has lived in Oakland for over 40 years and has been involved with many community groups, including Oakland Digital and Oakland Local, Block by Block, the East Oakland Boxing Association (EOBA), and CBE. A Brooklyn, New York, transplant, and an Aerospace Engineering graduate of NY Polytechnic, Howard also attended Laney College, where he wrote for the Laney Tower newspaper and was elected editor. Howard also attended the Starr King School at the Theological Union in Berkeley. He has served as the Berkeley Free Clinic’s Outreach Coordinator, and also worked as an information technology professional at Chevron, Sybase, and Wells Fargo. He worked in both the 2010 and 2020 Census. Howard has been a regular contributor to Oakland Local and online publications such as TechTarget and Linux Gazette and currently writes for Oakland Voices. He currently does event photography and portraiture around the Bay Area.
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