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Plastic bags line a portable table in a parking lot, ready to be picked up via drive through at Arsola Food Pantry.
COVID-19

Tuesday Morning at Arsola’s Food Pantry in Oakland During COVID-19

May 8, 2020 Bill Joyce

Long before hundreds of vehicles roll up on Tuesday morning, a half dozen volunteers are on the job. Along a makeshift assembly line, extended to allow for social distancing, a half dozen volunteers wearing masks

A smiling man carries a cardboard box filled with plastic face shields for Kaiser nurses. The cardboard box says "avocados" on it.
COVID-19

Oakland Teacher Jeadi Vilchis Produces Face Shields for Essential Workers with 3D Printer

May 5, 2020 Debora Gordon

Oakland High School graduate creates laser cut face shields for Kaiser nurses.

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COVID-19

New Bay Area Shelter-in-Place Order

April 30, 2020 Momo Chang

One of the major shelter-in-place changes is expanding essential businesses to include more types of businesses, as well as opening of some outdoor businesses.

Health

10 tips for people with asthma during COVID-19

April 28, 2020 Oakland Voices

With the high prevalance of ashtma in Oakland, here are some tips for residents living with asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19

Alameda County coronavirus cases to top 1,500

April 27, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Oakland COVID-19 Updates: Oakland cases increasing, artists create masks, and Oakland Police arrest two outreach workers serving unhoused residents.

Arts & Culture

Mask Oakland and the 411 on N95 Respirator Masks

April 27, 2020 Kat Ferreira

Oakland grassroots fire response group, Mask Oakland, explains why N95 respirator masks are more difficult to obtain and distribute now due to COVID-19.

Photo: fashionable face mask with Towngirl brand label
Arts & Culture

Need a COVID-19 Mask? Oakland Activists and Artists Can Help

April 27, 2020 Kat Ferreira

Oakland artists and activists are creating masks to keep communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19

Map shows East Oakland hit hardest by COVID-19

April 23, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 appears to be concentrated in some of the Oakland’s lower-income communities of color. Many people lack access to testing.

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COVID-19

OUSD School Board Update, Oakland Councilman Calls for East Oakland COVID-19 Test Site

April 23, 2020 Momo Chang

Oakland school board gives 40-year lease to charter school and extends school police contract.

A dark image of a high school classroom that is empty except the teacher.
COVID-19

Academic and Social Absence

April 13, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

“It’s not just the virus that I’m afraid of. It is this human contact that has made me realize and admit it’s the solitude that I am afraid of. The admission that I depend on touch therapy.”

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