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Feb 25, 2025
Valen-train makes new connections
The German novelist Thomas Mann once defined love as essentially “our sympathy with organic life.” In that sense public transit needs love as much...
Oct 7, 2020
Risky Proposition
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have spent close to $200 million dollars in their campaign to support Proposition 22, which would exempt app-based companies from...
Apr 22, 2020
Sick, But Not Diagnosed
Joshua Davis woke up feverish and coughing on the night of March 11. The next morning, the 29-year-old Oakland resident called his healthcare provider...
Sep 4, 2019
The Wired World of Dingbat Superminx
Oakland’s indie-pop sensation Dingbat Superminx is many things — part traveling circus act, part rock band, part improv theater and confessional love songs. Most...
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Jul 24, 2019
Can Oakland’s Soda Tax Fund a Healthier Town?
Town Camp has provided camp access to kids from all across Oakland.
Credits: Photo by Diego Aguilar-Canabal
A pool noodle javelin sailed through the bright blue...
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Jul 17, 2019
Mobility and Equity
It didn’t take long after the introduction of scooters to downtown Oakland for the complexion of transportation to begin changing.
Credits: Photo by Paul Haggard
Remi...
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Jul 3, 2019
Despite Reprieve From Supreme Court, Census Watchers Worry About 2020
County officials and nonprofit service providers are still worried that the Trump Administration will scare immigrants into not participating.
Credits: Map courtesy of Alameda County
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Jun 19, 2019
The Musical Reinvention of Dax Pierson
Dax Pierson had to put together a new workflow for recording music after his accident. His label founder says there’s nothing else like it.
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