Public Safety
Voices from the community: Hopes for East Bay youth / Voces de la comunidad: Esperanzas para los jóvenes del este de la bahía
Amid fears of violence, families call for more resources and support for young people. / Entre miedo de violencia, las familias piden más recursos y apoyo para los jóvenes.
Preventing the next tragedy
Senseless killings and the Oakland-based organization trying to fight them.
The day the text never came
After the murder of 15-year-old Derbing Alvarado, his loved ones confront grief, the ripples of gun violence and systemic gaps in support.
‘It’s not just what you see.’ Illegal dumping is affecting people’s lives
East Oakland residents living in illegal dumping hot spots share how their daily routines have changed to deal with trash.
‘I wonder why me and my family have suffered this much theft.’
Valentín Rodríguez has had his cars stolen twice just this past year. He’s experienced firsthand the rise in auto thefts in the Bay Area, with more than 650 cars stolen in his home city of Concord in 2023.
ALERT: This is an emergency — but for English speakers only
Despite the Bay Area’s vast diversity and the frequency of natural disasters, Alameda and Solano Counties only send out alerts in English, leaving more than one in ten local residents at risk of missing possibly life-saving information.
‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and violence in East Oakland
Francisca Sánchez emigrated to California so that her daughter, Rosa, could fulfill her dream of going to university. When Rosa finally arrived on the UC-Davis campus, the pandemic and the escalating violence got in the way.