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