The Center at West Park and other tenants received a final eviction notice on July 7, following previous notifications indicating potential eviction and demolition of the building.
Parents who lost their nine-year-old son to cancer are in a court battle with a charity over 100,000 of donations originally made for him. Lego-loving Kyle Morrison died in 2020 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain cancer, leaving parents, Craig Evison and Victoria Morrison, behind. The couple went on to have a daughter, Ruby-Rose, now two, but were devastated to learn that she too was seriously ill with a genetic metabolic disease and was unlikely to live beyond this summer.
Henry Daubeney, a 19-year-old university student from Putney, completed a nearly 700km run from London to Spain to honor his late grandmother, Margaret Daubeney, who died from cancer.
I received an email literally out of the blue without any warning to say that all of our up-and-coming events and activities were no longer covered by insurance and we were advised to individually investigate and secure our own insurance policy.
The $750,000 raised by Shiloh Hendrix's crowdfunding campaign, which harnessed widespread racist support, raises concerns about the normalization of public backing for racist actions.
Anthony has focused on running a grassroots campaign. He's out every day, knocking on doors, talking to voters. We feel great, the conversations at doors keep getting only more positive.
"The day was such a great feeling of community togetherness," recalls Alexis Adler, who has been tending her plot at El Sol Brillante Garden for 30 years, highlighting the garden's growth and transformation from a rubble-filled lot to a community oasis.
For $100,000 - the "It's All Love in Oakland" package - a donor gets 25 inauguration passes with reserved seats, special acknowledgment on event materials, and a "private reception" with a reserved table.
