Carroll Fife Archives - Oakland Voices

Oakland to restore Cultural Affairs Manager position

July 30, 2025 Ayah Ali-Ahmad

Artists and advocates said Cultural Affairs Manager brought much needed resources to Oakland arts community.

Oakland election results: Mayor, District attorney recalled

November 7, 2024 Oakland Voices

Voters appear to favor recalls of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price.
Other results pending as ballots being counted, rank-choice voting calculations pending.

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Councilwoman Carroll Fife Engages with Constituents, A’s team, around Howard Terminal Ballpark

May 12, 2022 Howard Dyckoff

Oakland City Councilwoman Carroll Fife called on residents from West Oakland and Chinatown, neighborhoods she represents as part of District 3, to discuss plans for the new waterfront ballpark and high-end housing development at Howard

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Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown?

February 12, 2021 Momo Chang

The assaults have sparked international outrage and been widely called hate crimes. Is there evidence that they were racially motivated? What do Chinatown stakeholders say Chinatown needs? This article was produced in partnership with The

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2021’s Wednesdays: Georgia’s win, Black women organizers, and Poetry

January 21, 2021 Iris Crawford

“[Organizing] is something people dedicate hours of their lives to training to do, and then more importantly, leaders sacrifice their lives to doing it right.” – Cat Brooks

My Election Night

November 28, 2016 Tony Daquipa

I was really looking forward to my assignment to cover District 7 City Council candidate Nehanda Imara’s election night watch- party. Imara and two other candidates -District 3 City Council candidate Noni Session and District