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Howard Dyckoff

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.

Howard's Latest Articles

an upside down vial of the covid vaccine is put into a syringe
COVID Vaccine Myths, Questions, and Facts

We gathered the latest info on vaccines.

a group of people rally outside a building holding colorful signs with baseball puns asking for benefits to the community
Community Groups Rally at A’s HQ

The city is holding a special meeting tomorrow to address the new A's ballpark plans near the waterfront.

A 74 year-old man wearing a baseball cap and baby blue surgical mask stands in front of sign that says Census 2020 and :"six feet apart"
Unmasking
close up image of a shot going into a man's arm.
Coliseum and Fremont HS Will Open As Vaccine Distribution Sites
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New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland

Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond.

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COVID-19 Vaccines roll out to Oakland healthcare workers

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

Oaklanders celebrate the the Biden / Harris win on Saturday, November 7th, 2020.
Oakland Celebrates Biden and Harris Win by the Lake

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.

An illustrated image of a baseball park near the waterfront in Oakland, CA.
Oaklanders Meet Over A’s New Ballpark Community Benefits
East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods Celebrates First Year
Eighth Annual Townies Awards Highlights Oakland’s Progressive Side