During a June 28 meeting, Oakland’s Public Works Committee unanimously voted to postpone considering an ordinance that, if passed, would ban RVs and trailers from parking on the vast majority of public streets in the city. “All we’re looking for here is to respect residents, their children and families, to…

Veterans living at Embark, a newly opened VA funded apartment complex in Downtown Oakland, are organizing against what they see as neglect and mistreatment from the private owners and managers John Stewart Company and Resources for Community Development. Since March of last year, tenants at Embark, an affordable apartment complex…

Protestors objected to Mayor Arreguín and other politicians going on a trip they saw as friendly towards what speakers called an “apartheid” and “colonial” state. About three dozen Bay Area residents rallied outside Berkeley City Council’s May 24 meeting to protest Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s recent trip to Israel to attend…

Starting at noon on May 14, over five hundred people rallied and marched for about three hours in San Francisco’s Mission District to protest the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and 74 years of Israeli occupation of Palestine. “If you were a Palestinian anywhere around the world…

Tenants living in City Towers Apartments, a 231 unit Section 8 funded affordable housing project located in three high-rises in West Oakland, are organizing for healthier and more secure living conditions with the help of local supporters. They claim that neglect from VPM Management Inc, the Irvine based company in…

A recent closure of a homeless encampment near the intersection of MacArthur blvd. and 106th ave. has prompted Homies Empowerment, an East Oakland based grassroots organization, to call attention to and organize for improving the living conditions of two displaced pregnant women. “We’re looking for a house to rent for…

During a Public Works Committee meeting yesterday, Council Member Noel Gallo introduced an ordinance to amend the city of Oakland’s municipal code to place limitations on large non-commercial vehicles parking on certain streets. The proposal would make it illegal to park a vehicle that is longer than 22 feet, wider…

Despite massive public pushback, Oakland’s only expulsion school is set for closure. Staff there are worried the site could be developed into housing. Their worries could be justified, as OUSD spokesperson said Board of Education President Gary Yee is looking into such a project. Staff who work at Community Day…

Takaichi spent over five years photographing tech conferences to make a strange, sad, and funny book called ‘Developers’. In an interview from 2014, East Bay artist Matt Takaichi shied away from claiming he had a special eye for taking photos and instead said his ability to capture compelling images stems…