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Oakland, California

A school campus with small blue buildings

Newcomer students face daunting obstacles to graduate. This California high school makes it possible.

Global Nation Education

Often, migrant teens have to work to pay for their own rent or help with family expenses.  High school can be overwhelming. Rusdale High School, just for immigrant students 16 or older, accommodates their needs to help them achieve.

VIDEO: Thousands Occupy Oakland, shutting down port

Business, Economics and Jobs

Occupy Wall Street-inspired protests testing response of local governments

Global Politics

Green jobs and inner-city youth

Business, Economics and Jobs

Top of the Hour: Police Fire Tear Gas at Occupy Oakland Protesters, Morning Headlines

The World

Horse Ranch

A group of outdoor educators in Oakland, California is trying to break the grip of strictly urban life on teenagers by getting them out on horseback in the Oakland Hills. Jacinda Abcarian of Youth Radio in Oakland reports.

The World

Ode to a Hot Dog Stand

During its seventy year tenure, a hot dog stand in Oakland has become an anchor for residents of the city’s Temescal neighborhood in good times and bad. Producer Peter Thomson prepared our sound portrait of The Original Kaspers.

The World

Officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 killing of Oscar Grant

Conflict & Justice

We talk with Jack Leonard, a reporter with the Los Angeles Times who was in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. We also talk with freelancer reporter Bob Butler, who has been following the controversy from Oakland.

The World

Officer who shot Oscar Grant found guilty of manslaughter

Last night, jurors in Los Angeles found Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter. We’re joined by Adimu Madyun, a resident of West Oakland, and a community correspondent for Oakland Voices, a project of the Oakland Tribune newspaper.