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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. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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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. A publication of Youth Spirit Artworks.

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Kate Wolffe

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Kate Wolffe is a reporter and weekend host at KQED.

Smoke leaves no escape for the unsheltered

September 1, 2020
News
The smog-like conditions that have settled over the Bay Area in recent weeks are unavoidable for all Bay Area residents. However, unhoused people face a disproportionate burden when the air quality is bad.

Breaking down the official COVID-19 homeless response in three Bay Area cities

April 1, 2020
News
Many unsheltered individuals say the protections are still not enough.

It takes a village: tiny homes built with community support

October 1, 2019
News
Volunteers from all over the Bay Area have convened in this empty lot as part of the Youth Spirit Artwork (YSA) Tiny Homes Project, which aims to build 100 tiny homes for housing-insecure young people in the East Bay over the next 10 years.

Cella Jones: Mother, sci-fi lover, Richmondite

April 1, 2019
Features   Street Spirits
The first time I meet Cella Jones, she popped her head out of her tent at the 22nd Street Richmond encampment, the largest camp in Richmond. The camp, where about 60 people live, has been ‘posted’ for two weeks later, which means the residents have been scheduled to be evicted soon, and all their belongings will be cleared away.

SNAP users: how to prepare for the next government shutdown

February 1, 2019
News
The federal government finally reopened in January after being shut down for 35 days—marking the longest government shutdown in U.S.

Oakland gallery shows homeless artists

December 1, 2018
Arts and Culture   Community Events
As a child, Oakland homelessness advocate April Anthony dreaded visiting art museums with her parents. “I was bored to death anytime we went to museums or art shows,” she said. “I thought: ‘Man, this stuff should move!’”.

Bad air quality intensifies inequality for the unhoused

December 1, 2018
News
Robin Silver first noticed the smoke from the Camp Fire early on Friday, November 9—the morning after the blaze broke

A concert to save People’s Park

November 1, 2018
Community Events   News
On October 20, someone taped an invitation to a fence on Haste Street. Scrawled on a 6 by 4 foot piece of butcher paper, black writing publicized a ‘Save People’s Park Concert’. The accompanying arrow points east, up Haste Street, a one-way with cars flowing the other direction. Sproul Hall, a symbol of the University, is 500 yards up the street.

How to vote without a traditional address

October 1, 2018
News
Missing votes from lower-income people leads to a gap between what the average person wants, and what is decided on Election Day.

Douglas Freitag: singer, gardner, bookworm

September 1, 2018
Features   Street Spirits
By Kate Wolffe Douglas Freitag, known by his friends as Double Digging Doug, has been sprucing up gardens around Berkeley

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