Bio: Azeen is Calendar Editor at the East Bay Express. She has previously written for Mother Jones, Seed magazine, and the Berkeley Science Review. A former fruit fly neurobiology researcher, she’s pretty sure she’s watched more fly sex than you. She likes reading at the laundromat and tends to not follow recipes...Azeen is Calendar Editor at the East Bay Express. She has previously written for Mother Jones, Seed magazine, and the Berkeley Science Review. A former fruit fly neurobiology researcher, she’s pretty sure she’s watched more fly sex than you. She likes reading at the laundromat and tends to not follow recipes.more
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
An arbitrator rules that poor training by the Oakland Police Department — not poor decisions by police commanders — led to the deaths of two officers and a murder suspect.
Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.