COVID-19 Archives - Page 9 of 18

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Air Quality Bad – stay indoors if possible; protect your neighbors from smoke inhalation by donating to Mask Oakland

September 10, 2020 Momo Chang

Mask Oakland is donating N95 masks to homeless populations and organizations that work with unhoused populations. Our curbside neighbors are most at risk for smoke inhalation.

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Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being an Airline Worker

September 9, 2020 Jo Ann Hollis

Airport travel is increasing in Oakland. Hear from an airline worker on what it’s been like being an essential worker.

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Free Meals for all Oakland Students; Mayor’s Town Hall on Distance Learning Today

September 3, 2020 Momo Chang

Starting today, the meals will again be open to all Oakland students, including those attending charters and schools outside of Oakland.

Arts & Culture

Local Artists Beautify Community Fridges as COVID-19 Continues

September 2, 2020 Iris Crawford

Since the start of the pandemic, the Bay Area has banded together in a multitude of ways to support the most critical needs of our community. Cheetah, the first restaurant supply app, is launching a

Which businesses can and can’t reopen in Oakland due to COVID-19?

August 31, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Coronavirus is “widespread” in Alameda County, limiting business reopenings.

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Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being A Caregiver

August 28, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

Ed, sole caregiver for his wife, both contract COVID-19 despite precautions.

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Confessions of a Maskhole

August 26, 2020 Bill Joyce

I learned there’s now a term to describe people like me who are undisciplined mask wearers — maskholes. You know the type: we slop them on like an old sock.

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Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa

“We will continue to work to improve crisis distance learning and organize to get the funding and resources for a safe school reopening. We have an opportunity to make schools better than they were pre-COVID.” – OEA President Keith Brown