Feature
What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy and delight will never be overlooked again”
The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted. […]
Jo Ann Hollis
COVID-19
Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being an Airline Worker
Airport travel is increasing in Oakland. Hear from an airline worker on what it’s been like being an essential worker. […]
News
17 year-old Oakland youth activist calls for allies, unity
“I am driven by the ancestral spirit that guides me. I envision a place that works for everybody. A place that allows everyone to flourish and a place that embraces everyone’s identity.” […]
Feature
Unmasked: Finding kindness in strangers underneath the COVID-19 face masks
With many people wearing masks due to COVID-19, people are smiling with their eyes and some people are being nicer. […]
Past Authors
Newcomers embrace their West Oakland neighborhood and vice versa
Just last year, the word “gentrification” tore through our Adeline neighborhood when news stories reported about conflicts over a church’s choir practice. But it left the residents determined to defend and hold on to our […]
Past Authors
Finding Bridget; Finding Me
Bridget found me in 2011. At the time I didn’t know that her existence would have such an impact on me. I wrote about our encounter that day because I wanted my Facebook friends to […]
Past Authors
An issue of lack of communication more than gentrification
When members of the Oak Center Neighborhood Association (OCNA) met Nov. 2 for the regular monthly meeting, they were more interested in what wasn’t listed as an agenda item – a proposed demonstration on Nov. […]
Past Authors
Community, not gentrification, on Adeline
A warm and secure feeling of community continues to thrive in the neighborhood along Adeline Street. The street that stretches from Berkeley to the Port of Oakland holds memories of the past and looks forward […]