Years after eviction, Wood Street rides on
By Bradley Penner on A team of formerly unhoused Oaklanders hit the pavement by bike on a 100-mile trip to Sacramento
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Chaos and confusion during closure of Oakland shelter
By Alastair Boone on An estimated 37 residents have been living at the site unsupervised after a nonprofit shelter operator pulled out one month ahead of the end of their contract
Civil rights activists call for investigation into police raid of West Berkeley homeless encampment
By Andrea Prichett on A shocking sweep operation is now the subject of formal complaints filed with Berkeley's Police Accountability Board
The rising tide of encampment sweeps in Oakland
By Alastair Boone on How the city’s changing homelessness strategy is on display at Lake Merritt. By Alastair Boone
A place worth fighting for
By Osha Neumann on The Albany landfill and the struggle to preserve the last bit of wildness on the San Francisco Bay. By Osha Neumann
The Bard of the Albany Bulb
By Bradley Penner on 'We were the Landfillians. That word is not in the dictionary, but I started putting it in my poems.'
Discovery below the debris: The life of Amber Whitson
By Bradley Penner on 'The Bulb will always be home for me.'
The ‘first-aid’ of education: a Gazan teacher’s journey through genocide
By Zack Haber on Palestinian educator Asma Mustafa's perseverance through displacement
Familiar faces and lasting connections
By Supriya Yelimeli and Pablo Circa on Street Spirit vendors forge community ties
Remembering Hustleman: The love and life of Derrick Arnes Hayes
By Alastair Boone on 'Derrick lived. He wasn’t just alive, he lived.'
Oakland protest leads to invitation from city administrator’s office
By Bradley Penner on "We need to get people off the street and into a safer environment while they’re waiting for permanent housing.”
Like a ray of light: Street Spirit’s progress in 2024
By Street Spirit staff on For us, Street Spirit feels like a ray of light, which has only gotten brighter as the world around us has darkened.