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Berkeley residents challenge scooter parking
Electric scooters: Once one notices them, they’re hard to miss. In many neighborhoods around Berkeley it’s common to encounter two, and sometimes even three, wheeled scooters directly in the middle of a sidewalk.
A mild hindrance for some...
Richmond faces 60 years of DDT
On Sept. 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its current plan for a major cleanup of Richmond’s highly contaminated United Heckathorn site. But controversy is inevitable, because the plan does not correspond with the cleanup...
Oakland students fight sex trafficking with their voices
Dream Youth Clinic occupies a small, gray building in Oakland right off I-980. Colorful murals and a spattering of posters cover its interior, creating a space that welcomes youth affected by sex trafficking.
“We try to make young...
Neighborhood Sports Club turns empty lot into community hub
Some people walk past an empty Oakland lot and think nothing of it. But best friends Max Ornstil and Dylan Autran saw something special as they surveyed a desolate street corner in Jack London Square. It was...
Oakland budget reduces police overtime after Measure E fails
Oakland’s newly approved midcycle budget reduces police overtime and patrol funding after voters rejected Measure E, a parcel tax city leaders said would have helped close the budget deficit.
The roughly $4 billion budget, approved June 12 in...
East Bay volunteers transform discarded Chromebooks into community resources
In 2023, John Janosko and other members of the Wood Street Commons encampment lost the land they were living on and, with it, the majority of their belongings.
West Oakland’s Wood Street Commons was once the largest homeless...
New citizenship test challenges immigrants preparing for naturalization
On Sept. 17, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing the implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test. The new test, made effective Oct. 10, now contains double the number of...
