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Everett and Jones Barbeque Celebrates 50 years of Sauce, Stories, and Flavor 

Shirley Everett-Dicko credits community, large family, and an Asian community connection for helping start the barbecue chain

See you in my Dreams: How Spirituality Helps my Grandfather deal with Death

Tyla Brown shares how her grandfather coped with the death of his brother.

How Oakland families are adjusting to the shelter-in-place

Oakland families are adjusting differently to the COVID-19 related shelter-in-place order. Amelah El-Amin profiles different families in East and West Oakland.

BECOME AN EAST OAKLAND STORYTELLER

A Call to Lam’s Mother

Living Victoriously: Community Advocates Help Bay Area Women Transform Their Lives

Winston Callender Might Still be Alive if Things Were Different

Sweet Memories: Sizing Up Obesity & My Love of Sugar

If good food, exercise, and low stress are keys to fitness and beating back obesity, then I know lots of communities that are in big trouble. In order for us to even move the needle on this obesity issue, we have to consider so much more than what people or eating and how physically active they are. Bear in mind why people are eating what they eat, and why they aren't being as physically active as they would like to be.

The world according to Ruth — an Alzheimer’s blog