Darwin Bondgraham
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Oakland, CA, United States
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Black women will run for Alameda County district attorney and sheriff in 2022
Civil rights attorney Pamela Price and SFPD Officer JoAnn Walker said they’ll offer voters a "progressive ticket for justice transformation." → Read More
Alameda County jails handed 44 people over to ICE in 2019
Immigration arrests at Santa Rita Jail are down, but county officials and advocates say the sheriff’s cooperation with ICE should end. → Read More
Alameda County voter registration is at its highest point since 2008
By Election Day, 67% of Berkeley voters had already turned in their ballots. → Read More
Erik Salgado and Brianna Colombo were apparently unarmed when CHP officers shot them in East Oakland on Saturday —
Three CHP officers shot and killed Erik Salgado and wounded his pregnant girlfriend Brianna Colombo. In a statement released late Tuesday, police say Salgado "rammed" CHP vehicles. → Read More
"Pillar" organizations call for civil disobedience against Oakland’s curfew tonight. Here’s what’s at stake —
Leaders hope Wednesday night’s action forces a turning point in the conversation about funding for local law enforcement versus other public resources. → Read More
How Oakland students got 15,000 people to march against police violence on Monday —
Youth organizers hope the massive student-led action, which offered hundreds of masks and hand sanitizer for COVID-19 safety, will inspire other young people to organize, too. → Read More
Clean-up efforts and conflicting views after Friday night’s massive downtown Oakland protest —
Scenes from a furious mass gathering that drew over 5,000 and left major destruction and confusion in its wake. → Read More
Artists start work on 6-story mural to replace a lost ode to Oakland culture —
The 'Universal Language' mural on Alice Street was covered up by an apartment tower. An 'ascendant' new mural will replace it two blocks away. → Read More
An East Oakland pastor and city council candidate hosted a rally to reopen churches. Other local pastors pushed back —
City Council candidate Bishop Bob Jackson hosted an in-person rally by an anti-LGBTQ SoCal pastor in his church’s parking lot → Read More
How safe is Santa Rita Jail under COVID-19? Inmates and the sheriff paint very different pictures —
Inmates say the coronavirus has likely spread further inside Alameda County's jail than the sheriff has acknowledged. → Read More
Oakland tenants go on strike to protest high rents and construction during the COVID-19 pandemic —
About 250 Oakland tenants have announced a rent strike against Oakland landlords. Some renters allege their landlords are harassing them with construction and requests to enter their homes. → Read More
County fact-finders blocked from investigating conditions at Oakland's Highland Hospital —
Alameda County supervisors say they're dismayed that their representatives were prevented from accessing Highland to examine whether staff have adequate protective equipment and training → Read More
Corner stores step up: Four Star Market & Liquor —
The second story in our series paying tribute to corner stores in the days of the pandemic highlights a family-run convenience store in East Oakland. → Read More
Looming budget crisis 'like nothing Oakland has ever before experienced' —
Although Oakland saved for a rainy day, the predicted $80 million budget shortfall resulting from the coronavirus crisis will be one of the worst in the city's history → Read More
Distance learning, births, jail protest: Your weekly Oakland news roundup —
Oakland Managing Editor Jacob Simas here, saying hello halfway into our second month of sheltering in place. By now, some aspects of life in quarantine have become disturbingly routine. In our house, face masks, video chats, and constant handwashing feel like second nature. Oakland Managing Editor Jacob Simas As the father of two OUSD students, a first grader and a fourth grader, staying on top… → Read More
East Bay hopes to avoid repeat of San Francisco's homeless shelter COVID-19 outbreak —
At least one Alameda County shelter has experienced a suspected coronavirus outbreak, and homeless service providers are rushing to fill hotel rooms to prevent the spread of the virus. → Read More
Will the coronavirus hit Oakland’s communities of color harder? —
Most Bay Area counties have yet to disclose detailed COVID-19 demographic data, but past epidemics have disproportionately harmed Black people and immigrants. → Read More
In COVID-19 move, Alameda County cut its jail population. A new state policy could undermine that —
Thanks to local cooperation, the inmate number at Santa Rita Jail dropped by about 500 in March. But critics say a new measure means more people will be in jail for longer. → Read More
Oakland passes 2-month freeze on evictions for renters and small business owners —
Berkeley and Oakland now have two of the strongest emergency protections for residential renters and small businesses in California. City leaders say state and federal lawmakers need to catch up. → Read More
Overcrowded in ‘normal’ times, Highland Hospital braces itself for COVID-19 —
Long-simmering tensions between Highland’s frontline staff and Alameda Health System administrators are coming to a head in the age of a global pandemic. → Read More