Rasheed Shabazz

In a two-part cover series in 2018, the East Bay Express reported on Private Property Impound’s predatory towing for dollars in the East Bay cities of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda. The reporting on “PPI,” and complaints by at least 13 victims, led to an investigation by the Consumer and Environmental Protection Division of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

Amid global demands to defund police and address racial inequality, Alameda Parks and Recreation Commission voted last Thursday to rename Jackson Park. The vote...

School board member Gray Harris maintained that Mia Bonta, who was the top vote-getter in the Nov. 6 election and is the spouse of...

Nearly half of all cars towed in Alameda since 2013 occurred at Summer House. Credits: Photo by Paul Haggard ...

Earlier this year, UC Berkeley workers rallied to protest the university's treatment of employees. The Feb. 1 demonstration commemorated the 50-year anniversary...

The sheriff sought to identify Black, Muslim inmates at Glenn Dyer jail in downtown Oakland. Credits: Photo by Rasheed Shabazz Alameda...

The field of those seeking to influence Alameda's city council elections this November is expanding. In June, a group of residents called...

The Summer House property was originally built to house workers during WWII. Credits: Photo by Rasheed Shabazz When Dorothy and her husband moved to...