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Six virtual places for Oakland residents to spiritually connect amid coronavirus lockdown

March 25, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

Six places of worship in Oakland providing virtual spiritual services during COVID-19 pandemic and Bay Area shelter-in-place.

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Oakland COVID-19 Update: First Alameda County death, AC Transit fare-free, Oakland schools

March 23, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 in Oakland: First coronavirus-related death in Alameda County, AC Transit fare-free, Oakland schools closed, Kaiser treats cruise ship passengers or crew.

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How are small businesses and workers in Oakland being protected?

March 23, 2020 Iris Crawford

As we continue to grapple with COVID-19, many are faced with compromising situations such as how to deal with the sudden loss of employment and how to properly prepare and stay healthy. As some folks

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How Oakland Teachers are Adapting to Distance Learning after School Closures

March 20, 2020 Tony Daquipa

Last Friday, in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, the Oakland Unified School District announced that all schools and child development centers would be closing for three weeks at the end of the day. On

Oakland Coronavirus Update

March 20, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Bay Area lockdown expands to entire state of California; Oakland City Council hopes to halt evictions; BART to cut service; and Grand Princess leaves Port of Oakland.

Oakland residents must stay home, Bay Area health officials order

March 17, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Bay Area health officials order residents to stay home.

Oakland school, college closures due to Coronavirus

March 16, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Schools and colleges and Oakland closed due to Coronavirus-related concerns.

Grand Princess Cruise Ship to dock in Oakland today

March 9, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

A cruise ship with passengers infected with the coronavirus will dock in Oakland today.

The Black Organizing Project is calling for the elimination of the Oakland Unified School Police force.

Oakland Unified Seeks to Cut Over $20 Million for Second Year in a Row

March 3, 2020 Tony Daquipa

At last week’s Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board meeting on February 26, several big topics were on the agenda: over $20 million in proposed budget cuts and an update on the indefinite closure

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New East Oakland Grocery Co-op Looking for Founding Members

March 3, 2020 Patricia Contreras-Flores

A new grocery cooperative in East Oakland is recruiting up to eight founding cohort members by May, who will then go through a 12-week training over the summer to become the first group of worker-owners in