Oakland

Audiograph's Sound of the Week: The Oakland Zoo

Julie Caine — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:23:32 +0000

All week long we've been playing The question of who should or should not be on any given street in Oakland came to a head recently at the city’s monthly First Friday Art Murmur event. In the past few years, First Friday has grown from a small art walk to a street party that attracts more than 20,000 people. And increasingly, they’re people who represent very different Oaklands: the one that the New York Times named one of the world’s top five cities to visit, and the one where 30 people have been murdered so far this year.

Lacking police presence, Oakland residents take control of their streets

Kyung Jin Lee — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:57:38 +0000

A couple of years ago, Sonny Le and his five-year-old son were approaching their front gate in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood after school when Le saw two men running towards them.

“One was trying to go behind us – the maneuver trying to corral your prey, basically,” he says. “The other one started coming right at me, at us. He put his hoodie on. It was like, OK, these kids gonna rob us.”

Breathmobile rolls relief into Bay Area schools

Sam Harnett — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:21:13 +0000

Industrial pollution in West Oakland and all throughout Alameda County can cause major problems for kids who live there. Aimed at addressing this issue, a mobile asthma clinic called the Breathmobile travels around to schools in the area.

Money Diaries: When money comes at a cost

Lisa Morehouse — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:52:53 +0000

The Money Diaries is a series of stories featuring young people from Oakland and their relationships with money. Jabari Omari is a high school senior. For Omari, leaving high school comes with an emotional burden few young people have to face. His mother died after a stroke several years ago. In her will, she left him insurance money – but he can’t access it until he’s 21. So until then, he’s applying for college scholarships, and trying to figure out how to become an adult on his own.