Afton Okwu
Summer FellowAfton Okwu is a rising senior at UC Berkeley, majoring in American Studies and English. For the past 3 years, she has been an Arts and Entertainment reporter at the Daily Californian, and will be taking up the Head A+E Editor helm in the fall. If she isn't writing about culture, she can be found listening to Stevie Wonder in the kitchen.
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On Monday, Oakland Unified School District parents received some unsettling news. Several of its campuses have lead levels higher than their safety threshold. -
Early August, reinforced San Francisco parking laws displaced a longstanding RV community. After weeks of being pushed from street to street, one settlement was met Thursday morning with warnings to move once again. -
A San Francisco RV community has been pushed out of the street they’ve been parked on for more than four years. Now, the future of the inhabitants and their children is more murky than ever. -
Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Thursday, directing state officials to begin clearing homeless encampments. How will the directive play out in local politics and on the streets? -
On Wednesday, hundreds of African American World War II veterans were exonerated of disobedience and mutiny charges. Their crime? Refusing to work in the hazardous and segregated disaster zone in a Contra Costa County naval base. -
In 2021, President Biden made Juneteenth a nationally recognized holiday. But is a day off enough? -
On Wednesday, a former spokesperson for Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price filed a lawsuit against the top prosecutor and the county. The accusations? Employment malpractice, deleting records, and racism.
