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Health Care for All

WEBOn a recent Tuesday evening in Richmond, Marta waited to see a doctor. In recent months, she had developed a rash that covered her body, and her entire face had …

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Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero

WEBIf passed, Prop 1 would divert funds from the Mental Health Services Act that advocates say help with already underfunded county and city programs for …

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. Sickle Cell: The Last Health-Care Frontier for Black Lives

WEBThe lack of research funding, attention, and treatment of sickle cell are considered a matter of racial inequity. “In the whole state and the nation, it’s really about …

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Berkeley Health Center Closes, Leaves Confidential Medical …

WEBAn East Bay nonprofit health center that provides care to low-income and uninsured patients closed its doors this week because of financial troubles — and left …

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The Collapse of Berkeley Health Center

WEBIn the wake of mounting debts, the consortium filed for bankruptcy on August 4, 2014 and this week will have to shut down its last remaining clinic, the Berkeley …

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. Feds Give West Oakland Health Council A Second Chance

WEBCredits: file photo / bert johnson The West Oakland Health Council (WOHC), a critical safety-net health center for the poor and uninsured, may not be losing its much …

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. How Finances Trumped Treatment for the Mentally Ill

WEBAfter months of collaboration between mental health commissioners, patient advocates, and hospital workers, a proposal to re-use an empty hospital ward to remove …

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. State to End Program for Sickest Kids

WEBA public service that provides critical care for youth with chronic and complex medical conditions is on the chopping block, and health care experts say the …

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Best of East Bay 2023

WEBOur readers' picks for Best of East Bay 2023 - Beauty, Health & Wellness. Plus, Planting Justice, an Oakland-based food justice nonprofit.

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Transportation Agencies to Study Environmental and Health …

WEBSo when transportation agencies adopted ambitious new “goods movement” plans this week, a coalition of health, environmental, and community organizations was …

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. A Psychiatric Emergency in Contra Costa County

WEBKathi McLaughlin has warned about conditions at the facility for years. Credits: Photo by Marcus Hanschen; McLaughlin, a Martinez school board member and …

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. Harborside Health Center Faces Raids, Epic Legal Battle

WEBHarborside Health Center’s 100,000 patients and their allies are bracing themselves for a possible federal raid on the popular Oakland medical cannabis …

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How A West Oakland Homeless Shelter Provides Basic Women's …

WEBplease let oakland pol8ce dept know that nicole suzanne block dob:09-11-1966; from the east oakland homeless shelter at 8452 edes avenue, room 240, moved …

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A Safe Place for Troubled Teens

WEBBy Laurie Udesky. Oct 28, 2009. The professionals at mental-health court try to help teens chart a path to recovery. Credits: Chris Lane. In 2008, Judith Crane made one of the …

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Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda

WEBSan Leandro: 15555 East 14th St., Suite 604, San Leandro, CA 94578, 510-278-9744. Oakland/High Street: 3950 Alameda Ave., Oakland, CA 94601, 510-434 …

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. The Forces Driving Gentrification in Oakland

WEBThis has led to a dramatic drop in the Black population. In Oakland, the percentage of Black residents dropped from 35 percent to 28 percent between 2000 and …

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Oakland Cop Who Was Fired and Criminally Prosecuted for …

WEBFormer Oakland police Officer Cullen Faeth has filed a lawsuit against the city of Oakland alleging that the police department violated his rights when it decided to …

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. Pharmacists Aren’t Using Contraceptive Powers

WEBRun out of birth control pills? Have a new honey, but medical appointments for contraception are weeks away? No doctor and no time to track one down? Life …

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Veteran Oakland Homicide Investigator Mishandled Evidence in …

WEBOPD Sergeant Mike Gantt (center) in 2011. Credits: Ali Winston Late Thursday evening, Oakland officials requested the Alameda County District Attorney …

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