Oakland Local's top stories - Week of April 9-16
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Mon, 18 Apr at 12:52am.

It’s a good time to imagine how we want our city to look, but a more important exercise would be to conjure up the way we want our city to feel.

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Mayor Dellums Announces Oakland's New "State of the Art" Healthcare Tool
Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Tue, 25 May at 2:33am.

Oakland residents and agencies are the first to have access to HELP4U, a new and free interactive web-based platform that locates and connects people to healthcare, job training and childcare services in Oakland and other parts of Alameda County. 

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94607: Oakland's Childhood Asthma Hotspot
Article by Kim Komenich.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Feb at 11:29am.

For one slice of West Oakland, being wedged between two freeways takes a heavy toll on the lungs of residents -- especially children...

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Oakland documentary project highlights Highland Hospital's unheard voices
Article by Emily Wilson.
Last updated at Wed, 6 Jan at 2:08pm.

Oakland, CA filmmaker Pete Nicks always has an eye out for his next project. So when his wife, a speech pathologist, would come home at night and tell him about the people she worked with at Oakland’s Highland Hospital, he was struck by the stories of uninsured people he wasn’t hearing in the debate on health care.

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West Oakland Neighbors Tackle Toxic Legacy
Article by Kwan Booth.
Last updated at Sun, 11 Oct at 2:02pm.

Many West Oaklanders feel that significant environmental improvements are still a long way off.

"There's a lot of talk. People talk about how 'this needs to be done, we're going to do this'" said Shirley Burnell, a community activist and co-director of West Oakland ACORN, "but still things are being pushed out. Instead of doing something today or tomorrow or next week we're still talking years."

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