Alastair Boone
Beat Reporting FellowAlastair Boone is the Director of Street Spirit newspaper, and an alumn of KALW's 2024 Audio Academy.
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CrosscurrentsTwo women in Richmond traverse the transition from homelessness to housing. -
CrosscurrentsThis week's Sidewalk Stories dives into how unhoused people get information — from news and history to the time and weather. -
The city used some new methodology to conduct its biannual tally of unhoused people. -
A controversial new encampment policy was not discussed at yesterday's council meeting as planned. -
CrosscurrentsIn this segment of Sidewalk Stories, we hear from people who live in RVs as Bay Area cities are increasingly cracking down on vehicle homes. -
CrosscurrentsCities around the Bay Area have been debating how to handle people camping in public places or living in RVs. Oakland may follow suit. -
CrosscurrentsA homeless shelter in Oakland closed this week. But things did not go as expected—here's how. -
CrosscurrentsSidewalk Stories celebrates pride month with two queer poets who have experience with homelessness. -
CrosscurrentsA look at one city's approach to encampment management, one year after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling. -
CrosscurrentsFor unhoused people, "street names" are monikers — chosen or assigned — that often take the place of the names they were assigned as children. But what are the stories behind these names, and what purpose do they serve?
