PHOTOS: Congratulations, graduates!
Congratulations to all of our East Oakland 2012-2013 correspondents. We were thrilled to celebrate your hard work, and your commitment to your city, at our[Read more]
Katrina Davis
Katrina Davis is a photographer who also enjoys reading various gossip blogs and hanging out with good friends. “I’m also a comic genius.”
Stories by Katrina
Winston Callender Might Still be Alive if Things Were Different
By Katrina Davis Posted
By Katrina Davis Judith Jones points to a photo on her wall. It’s one of dozens – part of a collage filled with images of[Read more]
Name it, Oakland!
By Katrina Davis Posted
By Sabirah Mustafa Growing up in Oakland I used to imagine I was the mayor. Playgrounds and basketball courts would stay open 24 hours if[Read more]
PHOTOS: BART Life
By Katrina Davis Posted
Photos & Story By Katrina Davis BART is usually seen as just a way to get around the Bay Area. You get on, put your[Read more]
PHOTOS: Health of the Hood – Maxwell Park
By Katrina Davis Posted
Story & Photos By Katrina Davis The things that make Maxwell Park unhealthy are few and far between, but there nonetheless. Recently a store promoting[Read more]
East Oakland Poet ‘Bossman’ Puts in Work to Heal, Teach
By Katrina Davis Posted
Growing up in East Oakland, Dre Johnson, "the violence and crimes that go on, you don't talk about. You're just not supposed to name names,[Read more]
Single Mothers Build Careers & Family, Defying Stereotypes
By Katrina Davis Posted
“Growing up, there was just a negative connotation with being a single mom," says Candase Chambers, "and now that I am one, I'm not that[Read more]
Photos: Lakeview School’s Last Day
By Katrina Davis Posted
By Katrina Davis Kids hug each other goodbye, clumsily clinging to their belongings. They have giant grins as they run to the sides of their[Read more]
Health of the Hood: Maxwell Park
By Katrina Davis Posted
By Katrina Davis - I've lived in this neighborhood since I was 2 years old. It's pretty quiet and suburban. I know some of my[Read more]
