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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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? -
CrosscurrentsAs encampment management policies become stricter all over the Bay Area, unhoused people are using the courts to fight back. Here, the story of one man's fight to stay in his RV shines a light on what's at stake for the future of lawsuits like his.
