Highland Journal, a Miniseries: Part I
By Howard Dyckoff This is a tale of pain and fear, abated by the service, smiles and laughter of the Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) staff. This is a story about my worst November ever: […]
By Howard Dyckoff This is a tale of pain and fear, abated by the service, smiles and laughter of the Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) staff. This is a story about my worst November ever: […]
By Howard Dyckoff After a year with 131 murders in Oakland – not the city’s highest ever, but the most since 2005 – and after the massacre in Sandy Hook took 26 lives, mostly children, […]
By Howard Dyckoff Food surrounds us in our daily lives. We share food at family and community events. But where do we get our food and how fresh is that food? Deep East Oakland is […]
By Howard Dyckoff More than 50 rallied last week in East Oakland to oppose any cuts in Medicare and Social Security. Protesters joined Congressional Rep. Barbara Lee, Assembly Member Nancy Skinner, and Oakland Mayor Jean […]
By Howard Dyckoff “Indeed, good fences make good neighbors, but we also want good neighbors to build good (and sometimes shorter) fences,” Berkeley City Council member Laurie Capitelli, from a 2008 web posting. Since the […]
By Howard Dyckoff Oaklanders are marching to demand an end to gun violence. There have been youth rallies, peace marches and on-going night walks in the most violence-plagued areas of East Oakland. Many of these […]
Three East Oakland Night Walks have been organized so far by City Team and Lifelines, in support of the Oakland’s Cease Fire program. I was on the second walk, which began several weeks ago at the Israelite Missionary Baptist Church at 21st Ave and 21st Street in the San Antonio area. People began arriving at 6:30 in the evening – all committed to making a difference on the violent streets of Oakland. […]
Two Peace Marches against gun violence snaked through through East and West Oakland last Saturday and culminated with a City Hall rally with hundreds of people asking City officials and candidates for City office to both help reduce violence in the streets and improve relations between the OPD and communities of color. […]
By Howard Dyckoff A mixed crowd of about 100 attended the District 7 Candidate Forum on August 22nd. In a friendly exchange of views, the 2 challengers, Beverly Williams and Sheryl Walton, discussed the […]
By Howard Dyckoff East Oakland residents – if you’re looking for a City Council member who will best represent your interests, then don’t miss the District 7 Candidate’s Forum tonight at 6pm at the […]
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