Bradley Penner is the Editor and Lead Reporter of Street Spirit.
Bradley Penner
Where do we go?: The question hits the pavement
A local nonprofit goes on the offensive as the City of Berkeley prepares to sweep a number of long-standing encampments without guaranteed offers of shelter.
Illness and the state of the body
'...new policies, these treatments, will target the easiest scapegoat—individuals. People misdiagnosed as malignancy, the “mysterious disease of individuals,” who are somehow, for some reason, spreading down the sidewalks and spilling out into the gutters.'
Street Spirit Editor Bradley Penner to take temporary medical leave
We plan to welcome him back onto our team in September once he completes chemotherapy.
Residents decry conditions at Wood Street Community Cabins
“The City of Oakland needs to step up. It starts bringing us to the table to have conversations about policies that are being made about us. Not for us.”
On Place in an Era of Erasure
Here in the East Bay, we find ourselves in a unique position to both honor and expand upon the legacy of place within our communities, or moreover, what those places could become when the community works together.
Clarence Galtney: The OG of Harrison Street
As mounting pressure from the city of Berkeley brings 8th and Harrison to its breaking point, one resident sheds light through the cracks.
Proposed Guidelines Would Dictate how Officials Prioritize Encampment Sweeps in Berkeley
Berkeley Homeless Services Panel of Experts postpones the referral of the city's proposed Good Neighbor Guidelines.
Landlords’ Party Celebrating the End of the COVID Eviction Moratorium Ends in Confrontation between Tenants and Landlords
Fights broke out at Freehouse Pub as tenants protested a party celebrating the end of tenant protections throughout the City of Berkeley.
Forging Our Path Together: Street Spirit at the Crossroads
Street Spirit stands at a crossroads. But our community's joy and resilience carries us into the future.