In the News Archive - Street Spirit

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.

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.

Street Spirit will halt publication on July 1. Help us relaunch: Save Street Spirit!

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September 6, 2023

The paper had life to live

By: Rick Paulas In: Welcome to Hell World

July 18, 2023

Community raises money for Street Spirit, hoping to save paper that aids unhoused people

By: Aysha Pettigrew In: Oakland North

June 7, 2023

Nova Kakhovka Dam Collapse; Police and Prison Reforms in the Legislature; the end of Street Spirit?

By: Brian Edwards Tiekert In: UpFront, KPFA

June 1, 2023

More than a newspaper: For its vendors, Street Spirit provided a job and fostered friendships

By: Natalie Orenstein In: The Oaklandside

May 25, 2023

‘Devastated’: Bay Area newspaper Street Spirit may shut down for good in June

By: Amanda Bartlett In: SF Gate

May 23, 2023

‘Street Spirit’ newspaper to cease publication after losing funding

By: Nico Savidge In: Berkeleyside

December 7, 2022

‘Street Spirit’ newspaper spotlights houseless voices, provides income for vendors

By: Chrissa Olson and Isabelle Nunes In: The Daily Californian

March 31, 2020

Street Papers Seek Donations to Support Vendors During Lockdown

By: Brian Howey In: California Magazine

July 31, 2019

‘Street Spirit’ newspaper offers ‘justice news and homeless blues’

By: Frances Dinkelspiel In: Berkeleyside

July 16, 2019

How an ex-Oakland writer is trying to repay the people whose stories he told

By: Ryan Kost In: San Francisco Chronicle

August 28, 2018

Street Spirit gets new editor-in-chief

By: Ben Trefny In: KALW

November 12, 2017

Street Spirit vendor hit in the face after saying ‘no’ to hate speech in the Elmwood

By: Emilie Raguso In: Berkeleyside