Remembering Alando Williams: Friend, father, Uncle of South Berkeley
By Katherine Blesie on Editor’s note: Alando Williams died early this year. He was 64 years old.
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Homeless memorials celebrate lives lost; illuminate new data about mortality on the street
By Alastair Boone on 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 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 The agency illegally ignored their public records request
Remembering Olantis Livingston: The Big Man
By Katherine Blesie on Olantis will be missed by the community in Downtown Berkeley, where he sold the paper for ten years.
Plan for ‘safe work zones’ around workers during encampment sweeps; entering it could lead to arrest
By Natalie Orenstein on Oakland officials say the tool is needed to protect workers from harassment, but some say it would criminalize unhoused people and supporters.
This year’s biggest strike is by 48,000 academic workers
By Kenzo Esquivel on UC Berkeley student workers are striking for better wages and benefits in the largest academic workers’ strike in U.S. history.
Wood Street residents fight on
By Alastair Boone on A timeline of sweeps, protest, and political action in October.
The Parker Elementary occupation comes to a close
By Ashley McBride on After 125 days, the group occupying the Parker school building to keep it from closing ended their protest and the school board voted on a new use for the facility.
Despite pushback, California CARE courts signed into law
By TJ Johnston on The new law, which faces widespread community pushback, will create a specialized mental health court where judges can force people with mental health disabilities and substance use conditions into treatment.
Street Spirit events calendar: November
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