January 2022 - Street Spirit

Month: January 2022

‘One name is too many’: New numbers paint bleak picture

By Ariel Boone on January 10, 2022

A new report by the county paints a bleak picture of death on our city streets. Service providers and community members honored those lives lost in memorial events during the month of December.

A note on our cover and the year ahead

By Alastair Boone on January 10, 2022

Commentary Features Opinion

The images you see were cut from old issues of this newspaper spanning decades, the earliest from 1999 and the latest from just last month.

Emergency winter shelter and warming resources

By Street Spirit staff on January 10, 2022

Features News

Winter warming and shelter resources: a table by Alameda County Healthcare for the Homeless.

My teacher lives on a bench

By Janny Castillo on January 10, 2022

Commentary First-person Opinion

"This beautiful elder is my teacher. In other parts of the world, she may be considered holy because of her ability to sit in the same place for so long"

SEIU 2015 to enter negotiations for new contract, increased pay

By Zack Haber on January 10, 2022

News

SEIU 2015, the union that represents Alameda County’s In-Home Supportive Services is starting negotiations for a new contract to ensure a $20 an hour wage, amongst other things.

Vinola Stallings: Getting back on track

By Sabrina Kharrazi on January 10, 2022

Features Street Spirits

If there were ever a person who embodied relentless curiosity and persistence, it would be lifelong Oakland resident Vinola Stallings.

Why aren’t CA stimulus checks automatically given to the poor?

By Jack Bragen on January 10, 2022

Commentary Opinion

Author Jack Bragen laments how difficult it is for low-income people who don't pay taxes to receive stimulus checks.

Trapped between cops and COVID

By Art Hazlewood on January 10, 2022

Arts and Culture

Print this poster and use it as a protest sign, or as artwork to decorate your space.

Letters to the editor

By Street Spirit staff on January 10, 2022

Arts and Culture Features Letters News Opinion

We're going to start running letters to the editor. Write to us!

Garbage pickup gone wrong: Berkeley’s Homeless Response Team

By Berkeley Copwatch on January 7, 2022

Commentary Opinion

Berkeley provides garbage pickup to some homeless encampments, but this process is often disruptive and ends in residents losing important possessions. It doesn't have to be this way.