Have you checked out The The Oaklandside article by Jose Fermoso titled 'Oakland’s dangerous High Street has been repaved and redesigned. Is it safer?' 📰

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Big ups to all the student journalists across America, from WKCR-FM NY to the The Daily Californian and beyond. Thanks for keeping us informed about the historic protests sweeping across college campuses.

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This stuff is complicated.

Road safety advocates want a speedy way to allow communities to slow traffic and make streets safer.

City staff are worried this might draw resources and lead to inequities, especially due to the city's staffing/budget issues.

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A new analysis by OakDOT shows what it would take to create a tactical urbanism pilot program. Options include not doing it because the city is already working on many projects or doing it at the expense of projects that could lead to inequity. New story

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Paving High Street while adding safe street infrastructure like median islands at intersections is one of Oakland’s most important recent updates. But are the additions enough to actually make the street safer? I talked to residents there to find out. New

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“But what kind of product have Fisher and MLB been asking fans to pay for? In a nutshell: The A’s stink. Last year they turned in the worst record in baseball by losing 112 of their 162 games. They scored 339 fewer runs than they gave up to opponents.” latimes.com/business/story…

I am deeply honored by this recognition. It's fuel to keep going.

Thank you to the countless mentors, colleagues, and mentees who have taught and challenged me to grow as a newsroom leader.

I hope to be lucky enough to keep learning and trying for many years to come.

Young singers are taking center stage in the 2nd annual East Oakland Vocal Festival.

✍️by ashley mcbride 📸by Katie Rodriguez.

Give the audio 🔊 in the story a listen!

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Really enjoyed writing this Home Histories story.

A Lower Bottoms homeowner renovates his new duplex with the help of three generations of his West Oakland family. It's a 150-yr-old building that's witnessed a lot and housed plenty of colorful characters oaklandside.org/2024/04/22/wes…

An absolute bombshell. Alameda County prosecutors allegedly kept Black people and Jews off juries in murder cases, believing they would not convict if the death penalty was in play.

Now dozens of capital cases from prior decades must be reviewed.

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Breaking: UC Berkeley students just mounted a Gaza solidarity encampment at Sproul Plaza. “We will hold the encampment until UC divest from the war” @Berkeleyside

4 years ago, a racial justice movement catalyzed major criminal justice reforms. Now, a counter movement seeks to roll back reform amid a public safety crisis.

Ali Winston, Justin Phillips, and I will discuss the complex politics of this moment.

4/23 6pm at Clio’s Bookstore.

Noo, 5+ months without access to huge dusty hand-drawn tax maps from 1927?! 😱😭 (I’m being completely sincere.) via Azucena Rasilla oaklandside.org/2024/04/18/oak…

“The Ballers have also agreed to create a hiring path for workers fired from the Coliseum, donate tickets to local community groups, and host movie nights on the scoreboard.” 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 oaklandside.org/2024/04/17/the…

Oakland boosted funding for new infrastructure on International Avenue to nearly $2 million this week. The city also recently announced with AC Transit they would add speed cushions to some parts of the dangerous bus-rapid lane to slow cars ↓. New story: oaklandside.org/2024/04/17/can…

Are there any Oakland-based students or former students here who went to this school who'd want to talk?

I’m so unbelievably proud of these women for sharing their stories.

After coming forward about my sexual assault in 2021, I was deeply disturbed to learn that my experience with Jon was the tip of the iceberg.
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Latest by me: Lake Merritt’s historic street lamps are being vandalized
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A decade ago, I featured Megan (Gates) Wong in a front page story about Tesla's efforts to hire veterans. Today, via her post on LinkedIn, I learned she was among the more than 10% laid off. $TSLA

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I-880 in Oakland blocked by pro-Palestinian protesters

The freeway shutdown appears to be part of a global “economic blockade” opposing the war in Gaza.

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