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Mar 19, 2024
Betty Reid Soskin, the Musical
Betty Reid Soskin, 102, has never subscribed to the narrative that women have shelf lives. She’s spent her whole life defying that while constantly...
Feb 20, 2024
Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero
Julia Ford was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she moved out of an abandoned school bus in Oakland and into the...
Feb 13, 2024
Ava DuVernay’s New Film Makes the Caste Connection
What does the act of a racist vigilante have to do with the caste system in India that works to the detriment of the...
Jan 30, 2024
Bystander Intervention Engages BART Riders in Safety Protocol
A little over five years ago, 18-year-old Nia Wilson got on BART in Concord with her sisters Latifah and Tashiya for the last time....
Jan 23, 2024
Reimagining Public Safety in Oakland
Oakland is facing record-breaking property and violent crime rates, and advocates are calling for a shift away from policing and prisons to investing in affordable housing, health care and jobs for all to create safer, healthier communities.
Jan 9, 2024
‘Disneyland’ of the Iron Triangle
Pogo Park, a free and accessible park in Richmond's Iron Triangle, has become the heart and pulse of the community, providing a space for magic and enchantment, and promoting public safety and wellbeing.
Dec 26, 2023
Measures of Justice: Remembering Oscar Grant III
Wanda Johnson's family tragically lost her son Oscar Grant III to police violence 15 years ago, but his death has inspired her to fight for justice for other families affected by police violence.
Dec 19, 2023
Who’s Rescuing Whom?
A family from Oakland, California, met a foster dog named Trumpet Vine at a Rocket Dog Rescue event and decided to foster him, and now he is an official member of their family.