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Oakland nonprofits rail against $2.6 million budget cuts

Oakland city budget cuts causing crisis for community service organizations

Oakland nonprofits say city is cutting funds that could jeopardize services | KTVU FOX 2

East Bay leaders vow to protect immigrants – NBC Bay Area

Bay Area Officials Vow to Uphold Sanctuary for Immigrants Despite Threats From Trump | KQED

Organizaciones ofrecerán ayuda a inmigrantes en Oakland – Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48

California sanctuary state reacts to Trump order to prosecute officials who defy federal immigration policy

Bay Area officials reassure immigrants they will be protected, despite looming deportations – ABC7 San Francisco

Local leaders vow to resist Trump’s immigration crackdown

CA Governor Newsom Deploys CHP Ft. Chris Iglesias

Declara tus impuestos gratis y en español en Oakland – Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48 (telemundoareadelabahia.com)

Oakland leaders meet with Gov. Newsom to address crime | KRON4

15th annual Oakland Posada brings holiday cheer to Fruitvale (ktvu.com)

Campaign aims to promote Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood as a holiday shopping spot – CBS San Francisco (cbsnews.com)

Giving Tuesday The Unity Council (ktvu.com)

PHOTOS: Embracing Día de los Muertos in Oakland’s Fruitvale District | KQED

New community hub to offer resources for Fruitvale district residences (ktvu.com)

Dia De Los Muertos en Comunidad Del Valle (Parte 1) – Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48 (telemundoareadelabahia.com)

Oakland A’s Podcast: A’s Cast – Community Spotlight – Ft Caheri Gutierrez on Apple Podcasts

BART launches new phase of “Not One More Girl” anti-sexual harassment campaign – CBS San Francisco (cbsnews.com)

Festival Latino – domingo 13 de agosto en Concord | Tu Ciudad Univision San Francisco Contigo | Univision

KTVU goes to Oakland’s Fruitvale district for a Zip Trip

Oakland’s Fruitvale residents fed up with crime want more police, other safety measures (ktvu.com)

San Francisco Chronicle: HUD chief calls Oakland ‘transit village’ a national model for housing

WAFB9: EBALDC, The Unity Council Welcome Housing and Urban Development Secretary to Bay Area

NBC Bay Area: Oakland’s Día De Los Muertos Festival Brings Returns as In-Person Event

The Oaklandside: Images from the Día de los Muertos festival in Fruitvale

East Bay Express: Healing Hearts: Fruitvale’s Dia De Los Muertos festival comes back live to focus on community health and bonding

The Oaklandside: Fruitvale’s Día de Los Muertos festival is back in person this weekend

The Oaklandside: Longtime Fruitvale restaurants cook their treasured family recipes for select Oaklanders

FOX 2: Pandemic puts pressure to keep low-income residents in homes

ABC 7 News: East Bay Community Leaders Broke Ground on a New Affordable Housing Development in the city’s Fruitvale District

KTVU Fox 2: Ground was Broken in the Fruitvale District for Nearly 200 Affordable Housing Units in Oakland

KGO Radio: Construction Underway at Fruitvale’s Casa Sueños

The Oaklandside: Giddiness, relief as Fruitvale affordable housing complex breaks ground after ‘30-year journey’

Multi-Housing News: Nonprofit JV Breaks Ground on San Francisco-Area Affordable Community

The Oaklandside: ‘We are in a race’: with delta variant cases spiking, Oakland continues vaccination push

KRON4: Oakland Fruitvale Ambassadors to continue educating community about vaccine

The San Francisco Chronicle: East Oakland groups seek emergency funds to continue COVID-19 services in hardest-hit communities

The Mercury News: ‘In the trenches:’ Students walk the streets of hard-hit Fruitvale seeking COVID vaccine holdouts

KTVU FOX 2: As Delta variant spreads, vaccine outreach targets Bay Area communities of color

KCBS Radio: Another milestone for the Latino community and vaccinations

Telemundo 48: “Por mí, por ti, por Fruitvale”: campaña busca alentar a la comunidad latina a que se vacunen contra el COVID-19 en Oakland

Post News Group: Historic Child Tax Credit Will Start Delivering Checks to East Bay Families in July, Barbara Lee says

People’s World: Historic Child Tax Credit starts in July—up to $300 per child monthly

PRESS RELEASE: The Unity Council, La Clinica, and UCSF Join Forces to Fight COVID-19 With Vaccine and Community Ambassadors in Oakland’s Hardest-Hit Fruitvale District

MEDIA ADVISORY: Historic Child Tax Credit will Start Delivering Checks to East Bay Families in July

San Francisco Chronicle: Here’s how Newsom’s stimulus expansion would work and how to know if you’d qualify

San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Better than manna from heaven’: Huge California surplus is gift for Newsom as recall fight simmers

The Union Democrat: Newsom promises additional $600 stimulus checks and $5 billion towards rental assistance

CAL MATTERS: Newsom proposes expanding Golden State stimulus to middle class

ABC7 NEWS: Oakland to host 1st taco, walking tour for Cinco de Mayo weekend

Bloomberg CityLab: Bay Area Girls Lead Campaign Against Sexual Harassment on Public Transit

Mass Transit: Community-led partnership with BART aims to eliminate sexual harassment and gender-based violence

KQED: How to Get Your California Stimulus Check — and Other Tax Credits You’re Entitled To

Health Day: AHA News: The Unity Council Helps Keep Roofs Over Residents’ Heads

San Francisco Business Times: Pivot, not panic: How The Unity Council supports communities of color during the pandemic

ABC 7 NEWS: Oakland’s Dia de los Muertos celebration lives on virtually to honor memory of loved ones

KPFA: The 2020 Election and the Black Vote; Plus: Oakland’s 25th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival goes virtual

El Tecolote: Fruitvale artist honors the dead, celebrates life of the community

East Bay Express: Day of the Dead Lives On In Fruitvale

San Francisco Business Times: What local biz organizations are most concerned about

ESRI: Maps Show the Real Picture of Race and Equity in Oakland

San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. students learning English face extra risks of falling behind in online schooling

KTVU FOX: Latino, Mam communities in Oakland’s Fruitvale test high for COVID and food insecurity

UCSF: Severe COVID-19 Impacts on Latinx, Maya Families Highlighted by Fruitvale Testing Initiative

PRESS CONFERENCE: Oakland Community Leaders, UCSF, and Mayor Schaaf Announce Data Results of COVID-19 testing event and impact of the virus on Oakland’s Fruitvale’s Latino community.

KRON 4: The Unity Council makes a difference in Oakland

KRON 4: Pop-up COVID-19 testing available in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood

San Francisco Chronicle: Mass coronavirus test program aimed at Oakland’s Fruitvale district this weekend

CBS San Francisco: Free COVID-19 Testing Available In Oakland’s Fruitvale District

NBC Bay Area: Free COVID-19 Testing in Oakland’s Fruitvale District This Weekend

KTVU: Positive COVID-19 rates in Mission District four times higher than San Francisco average.

The Mercury News: Coronavirus: UCSF launching ‘mass testing’ effort in Oakland’s Fruitvale district

Telemundo: “Prueba y Respuesta” Sanando Juntos: Fruitvale.

Univision: Familias del este de la Bahía podrán recibir un cheque por coronavirus de $500 gracias a donativo del CEO de Twitter

San Francisco Chronicle: In our COVID-19 crisis, nonprofits are stepping in where governments and businesses failed By Phil Buchanan

ABC 7 News: Oakland’s Fruitvale District a COVID-19 hot spot as California sees decline in positivity rate

San Francisco Chronicle: Mass coronavirus test program aimed at Oakland’s Fruitvale district this weekend

PRESS RELEASE: The Unity Council, UCSF, La Clínica and La Familia leading efforts for free COVID-19 “Test and Respond” campaign — Sanando Juntos: Fruitvale

The Mercury News: More than half of Latinos in California struggle to stay afloat, report finds. By Erica Hellerstein

East Bay Express: Lost in Translation: Indigenous-language speakers challenged during pandemic By By Ying Zhao and Daniel Roman

The Mercury News: Census Caravan focuses on Oakland’s hard-to-count communities

Berkeleyside: Fruitvale merchants worry about their neighborhood’s future

The San Francisco Chronicle: Can architecture slow gentrification? Restore Oakland wants to show that it can. By John King

Forbes: CARES-2 Needs To Step Up And Support Black & Brown Small Businesses

The Mercury News: Coronavirus: As unemployment claims surge, non-English speakers struggle to file applications

LISC: Celebrating Success: The Unity Council and the Bay’s Future Fund

The Mercury News: Development without gentrification? Oakland’s Fruitvale is the model, report says

The San Francisco Chronicle: Transit-village housing in Oakland’s Fruitvale gets going, after years of delays

The San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial: Faster track for transit-friendly housing

East Bay Times: Work begins on affordable housing at Fruitvale Village

East Bay Business News: Exclusive: Oakland’s largest affordable project in four years starts construction next to BART

7NEWS: Oakland mayor says protecting the most vulnerable starts with housing

Fox KTVU: Schaaf holds groundbreaking for Fruitvale affordable housing project

Schaaf holds groundbreaking for Fruitvale affordable housing project

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new 94-unit affordable housing development in the Fruitvale Transit Village.