Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson has dropped criminal charges against two Santa Rita Jail guards accused ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Blake Emerson Blake Emerson is a law professor at UCLA. The Trump administration’s assault on American ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. John Lauretig remembers the filthy bathrooms, the overflowing trash cans and the community of people who rallied to ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, 2025. Photo by Alex Brandon, AP Photo ...

The opioid crisis can seem like a distant problem that only affects adults, but it has a greater impact on teenagers than most people are aware of. Students ought to care because it affects their ...

When others think about art, it is often thought as an outlet to relax and express our emotions through creating pictures. When battling addiction, the relaxing capabilities of art turn into a ...

Opioid abuse has been a worsening epidemic in the past years, especially in California’s younger age demographic, as seen in data reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

How movies, music, and social media have simultaneously normalized and stigmatized  substance abuse In today’s age, media directed toward young people have had dangerous impacts on the normalization ...

The opioid epidemic has become one of the nation’s most pressing public health concerns. As it claims more and more lives every year, the strategy in mitigating the challenge, addressing the symptoms, ...

Although not as largely impacted as other counties in California, the opioid epidemic nevertheless is a serious concern in Alameda County. According to the Alameda County Government in a 2023 report, ...

It is fundamentally impossible to turn the national poison of opioids vestigial by padlocking a lab and painting a facade that leaves the crisis forever burning and forgotten in the noose of a Gordian ...

At a chain-link fence on the edge of Oakland’s Brush Street, a paper sign reads “No Trespassing.” Behind it, the remnants of a once crowded camp, a bike wheel and a single blue tarp, sit in the dust.