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Street Spirit is an independent newspaper in the East Bay dedicated to covering homelessness and poverty from the perspective of those most impacted. Est 1995.

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Ariel Boone

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Ariel Boone is a freelance journalist and reporter for KPFA Radio in Oakland, California. Ariel previously worked at Democracy Now! in New York.

The early days of harm reduction: on display at the Tenderloin Museum

August 2, 2022
Arts and Culture   Community Events   Features
A special exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum sheds light on the beginning of the harm reduction movement—born of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

New report says: 809 people died on the streets of Alameda County in three years

May 4, 2022
News
A landmark report published in April paints a new picture of life—and death—on the street.

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

January 10, 2022
Features   News
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.

The uncounted

October 1, 2021
Features
Unhoused people are reversing overdoses and saving lives on the street, but these efforts aren't showing up in official counts.

Opioid overdoses are at record highs. It doesn’t have to be this way

September 6, 2021
Features
As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.

Oakland’s Driver Plaza, longtime hub for Black seniors, can keep its Porta Potty—for now

August 1, 2020
Features   News
The people who use the space during the day needed a Porta Potty there, so the community paid for one. But since its arrival in May, the toilet has come under attack.

Berkeley and Oakland embrace new tenants’ right to buy

March 1, 2020
News
Berkeley and Oakland are poised to pass TOPA—landmark legislation that would give tenants the right to buy their homes.

Building the solution

February 1, 2020
News
How unhoused people are housing themselves in the East Bay A mural by artist Ellie Hwa Brumbaum adorns one The

Oakland opens safe parking RV site as vehicle evictions roll on

September 1, 2019
Features   News
Jorge Peña walked his tiny dog, Chiquita, around the inside perimeter of 711 71st Avenue in Oakland, behind the RVs parked neatly facing each other, stopping to say hello to his neighbor sitting in the shade. He is one of the first residents of Oakland’s new, invite-only “safe RV lot” next to Coliseum BART, and he calls it a “godsend.”

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