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2 weeks ago | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz
By Magaly MuñozThe City of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department hosted a town hall in the Fruitvale to discuss the efforts being undertaken to remove lead primarily found in housing in East and West Oakland. In 2021, the city was awarded $14 million out of a $24 million legal settlement from a lawsuit against paint distributors for selling lead-based paint that has affected hundreds of families in Oakland and Alameda County.
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2 weeks ago | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz
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2 months ago | 
stocktonia.org | Magaly Munoz
Up and down the streets of the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland, immigrant workers head to empty parking lots and street corners waiting for a job. Some are as young as 14 and as old as 60. Diego, a man in his late 30s, is a construction worker who arrived in the United States nine months ago. He, like many of the men standing beside him at the day laborer site, came to the U.S. in the hopes of providing a new life for his family.
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2 months ago | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz |serving Latino
By Magaly MuñozOn a recent trip to the grocery store in West Oakland, single mom Neemaka Tucker contemplated what’s more important to her family’s needs – expensive fresh produce or cheap instant ramen noodles. “I’m trying to teach my kids to eat healthy, but then my pocket is like, ‘I’m broke’. Getting the processed foods is going to fill you up faster, even though it’s not good for your body,” Tucker said.
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2 months ago | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz |serving Latino
By Magaly MuñozOn a Thursday evening in February, Marquez Boyd walked along the aisles of San Francisco’s District 10 Community Market looking for eggs and fresh produce to take home to his children. He has been trying new recipes with ingredients he previously couldn’t afford or access. “I learned how to cook greens since they got a lot of fresh greens here,” Boyd said.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
calhealthreport.org | Magaly Munoz
Up and down the streets of the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland, immigrant workers head to empty parking lots and street corners waiting for a job. Some are as young as 14 and as old as 60. Diego, a man in his late thirties, is a construction worker who arrived in the United States nine months ago. He, like many of the men standing beside him at the day laborer site, came to the U.S. in the hopes of providing a new life for his family.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz |serving Latino
By Magaly MuñozUp and down the streets of the Fruitvale neighborhood in Oakland, immigrant workers head to empty parking lots and street corners waiting for a job. Some are as young as 14 and as old as 60. Diego, a man in his late thirties, is a construction worker who arrived in the United States nine months ago. He, like many of the men standing beside him at the day laborer site, came to the U.S. in the hopes of providing a new life for his family.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz
By Magaly MuñozA young Ricki Stevenson, born in the Bay Area and immersed in the deep history of Black people in America, knew two things: she wanted to be a journalist and live in Paris one day.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz |serving Latino
By Magaly MuñozIn 2023, the average spending on groceries increased by nearly $30 each month from the year before;people are spending over $500 a month to put food on the table. Through previous reporting by the Post, we’ve learned that families in Oakland are depending more and more on free or low cost groceries from food banks because they can no longer afford the rising costs of food at the store.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
postnewsgroup.com | Magaly Munoz |serving Latino
By Magaly MuñozOakland has officially begun its new leadership era as newly elected council members are introduced and incumbent members take on new roles following the fall recall election. The council selected Kevin Jenkins, who represents East Oakland in District 6, as the new council president and therefore interim mayor, succeeding former colleague Nikki Fortunato Bas who left to serve on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.
