In Dialogue: Lil B talks music, humanity, and homelessness
By Alastair Boone and Elias Domingo on After he dropped the song “Street Spirit Newspaper" in February 2020, we connected with Lil B to talk about his life, career, the song, and more.
Month: January 2021
One of many
By Douglas Levon Dawkins on "One of Many," a poem by incarcerated writer Douglas Levon Dawkins.
Tyrone Jones: Husband, landscaper, adventurer
By Noah Baustin on Street Spirit vendor Tyrone Jones selling papers by the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street. But Berkeley feels like a far cry from Jones’s childhood in a small community north of St. Louis, Missouri.
When will unhoused people get the COVID-19 vaccine?
By Alastair Boone on As Bay Area healthcare workers started receiving the coronavirus vaccine at the end of December, unhoused people and their advocates are wondering when the vaccine will become available to the homeless community.
East Bay porta-potties plagued by problems, some better than others
By Nick Burt on East Bay cities pay for porta potty service at some of the encampments, but the portable toilets are often in disarray. Why?
East Bay memorials honor lives lost on the street
cheema sits in her home in front of an altar for lives lost on the street. (Thomas Brouns) December brought
East Bay Advisory—Fentanyl Warning
There has been an increase in Fentanyl being found in stimulants and other drugs in the Bay Area. Use caution.
My first holiday free, alone, and away from my prison family
By Jonathan Chiu on This year, I’m spending my first Christmas in 16 years as a free man, but because of the pandemic, I am again separated from my family. I feel the same loneliness I felt inside, but it’s by choice.
Rain or shine, grassroots organizations distribute aid to unhoused
By Thomas Brouns on A handful of dedicated volunteers from spent a cold, wet December day delivering supplies to East Bay homeless encampments. Volunteer events like this help fill the gaps that are left by local governments and official service providers.
San Francisco extends shelter-in-place hotel program
By Nuala Bashari on The City of San Francisco will house more people in hotel rooms than it had planned thanks to a law the Board of Supervisors passed unanimously on December 15.