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Month: January 2023

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Homeless memorials celebrate lives lost; illuminate new data about mortality on the street

By Alastair Boone on January 7, 2023
Community Events   News
Memorials for unhoused people provide a space to both celebrate and grieve lives lost on the street—and shine a light on new data about homeless mortality.

Will OUSD’s new board rescind planned school closures?

By Zack Haber on January 7, 2023
Features   News
The six OUSD schools currently scheduled for full or partial closure could end up staying open after a board vote in January.

East Bay activists swarm Caltrans office, seeking data about encampment sweeps

By Quiver Watts, Alastair Boone, and TJ Johnston on January 7, 2023
Community Events   News
The agency illegally ignored their public records request

Remembering Jeremy Caughlan—a pillar of Elmwood

By Alastair Boone on January 7, 2023
Features   Street Spirits
Jeremy Caughlan—the beloved Street Spirit vendor who sold the newspaper on the corner of College Avenue and Russell Street nearly every day for 10 years—died on December 2. He was 85 years old.

Remembering Olantis Livingston: The Big Man

By Katherine Blesie on January 7, 2023
Features   News   Street Spirits
Olantis will be missed by the community in Downtown Berkeley, where he sold the paper for ten years.

‘We need your support’: An open letter from Wood Street

By members of the Wood Street encampment community on January 7, 2023
Commentary   Community Events   First-person   Opinion
The Wood Street Commons is scheduled for eviction on January 9. The Commons is a resource hub for unhoused in the West Oakland area.

Berkeley’s Specialized Care Unit was designed to be an alternative to police—let’s keep it that way

By Berkeley Copwatch on January 7, 2023
Commentary   Opinion
As the City of Berkeley prepares to roll out the Specialized Care Unit, let’s not forget where it came from, Berkeley Copwatch writes.

A Nation

By Mikaius Mikki Leon Smith on January 7, 2023
Arts and Culture   Poetry   YSA youth contributions
I’m Acceptable as I amWhy can’t others understand?For I was raised in a nationA nation whom people who are different

A note to my amazing customers—thank you for your support

By Vernon Dailey on January 7, 2023
First-person   Opinion
Vernon Dailey sells the paper in Fairfax and at Berkeley Bowl West.

Street Spirit horoscopes: January 2023

By Boudia Crow Lafleur on January 1, 2023
Arts and Culture   Features
Horoscopes for the month of January, written just for Street Spirit.

STREET SPIRIT EVENTS CALENDAR: JANUARY 

January 1, 2023
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
Resources and community events in the Bay Area for the month of January, all free unless otherwise specified.



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