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Dera R. Williams joins authors at Marcus Books event

June 4, 2026 Oakland Voices

Hear Oakland Voices alumna Dera Williams discuss her memoir at Marcus Books

2026 Oakland Primary Election Guide: How to Vote, What’s on Ballot

May 7, 2026 Oakland Voices

Your guide to voting in Oakland’s June 2 primary election, from deadlines to ballot choices.

What Oakland voters should know about the four ballot measures on the June ballot

May 3, 2026 Oakland Voices

Measures A, C, D, and E appear in the June 2 primary election.

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Opinion: Oakland charter reform must require equity, not just efficiency

April 21, 2026 Desley Brooks

Desley Brooks argues that charter reform won’t fix inequity unless equity is required in every decision made.

2017 Correspondents

October 27, 2017 Brenda Payton

The new group of Oakland Voices Correspondents will begin telling the stories of their neighborhoods in one week. They are a diverse group with varied backgrounds and experiences with one thing in common – a

Use Your Voice: A Community Forum sponsored by Oakland Voices

June 5, 2017 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices is sponsoring a public forum on community news. What are the stories you want to see about your neighborhood? What are you most proud of? What concerns you? Come and share your

Ghost Notes

May 3, 2017 Damu Dailey

Notes on spirituality Thirty six people died in Oakland’s most horrific fire on Friday December 2, 2016. This is a story about photojournalism and two rules of spirituality I observed while reporting on the tragedy

Oakland’s May Day Procession

May 2, 2017 Sandra Tavel

Monday, May 1, 2017. May Day procession through the Fruitvale District on International Blvd at 29th Ave. Words matter and I’d like to see these events publicized as processions, rather than protests.

My Salvation

April 13, 2017 Tony Daquipa

I stared deeply into his brown eyes, not because I was trying to avoid looking at the graphic carnage that had been inflicted upon the rest of his body, but because I was transfixed by

Oakland’s Women’s March: A March and Rally for Equality, Inclusiveness, and Tolerance

January 23, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

The March On the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, about 100,000 people march through Oakland from Chinatown to City Hall and gather in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza for a rally. There