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A Driver Killed our Neighbor Eugene near Lake Merritt on October 3rd

On Saturday, October 3rd at 6am a driver hit and killed 80 year old Eugene Lynch while he was walking across Lakeside Drive at 17th St right across from Lake Merritt. As he was crossing in the crosswalk a white Nissan sped down the wide straight Lakeside Dr towards him.

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Bart Drawsand in Highland Terrace on April 27th

In the evening of April 27th, a driver hit Bartholomew Drawsand as he was biking on East 22nd St and 23rd Avenue. According to neighbors and Alameda County Sheriffs, Bart was riding his bike west on East 22nd and turned uphill onto 23rd Ave when a driver headed downhill on

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Ambrose Hicks in East Peralta on April 16th

On April 16th at 6pm, a driver hit 39-year-old Ambrose Hicks as he were walking in the crosswalk at East 12th St and 22nd Avenue in East Peralta/San Antonio. The driver, in an Infiniti eastbound, did not stop. Ambrose was taken to the hospital, and died shortly

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Billy Grant in Rockridge on February 1st

On February 1st at 6:20 a driver hit and killed Billy Grant as he was standing next to his recycling cart on Claremont Ave near Hillegass in Rockridge. Our hearts go out to Mr. Grant, whose life was cut short as he was walking through the neighborhood, and we

A Driver Fatally Injured Feixiong Qin in Chinatown last December

In the afternoon of December 27th, 2025 at 5:08pm a driver hit and severely injured a 66 year old Feixiong Qin while he was biking on Webster St. As Qin was crossing 12th St in the bike lane he was hit by a driver taking a right turn from

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Hector in Garfield on Friday

On Friday, September 26th at 6:15pm a driver hit 63 year old Hector Jose Ortega as he was biking on Miller Ave onto E 16th St in the Garfield neighborhood of Oakland. Neighbors shared footage of a white Ford SUV speeding about 50mph eastbound on E 16th St. It

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Lai in Downtown Oakland on Thursday

On Thursday morning, September 11th at 8:45am a driver hit and killed a 90 year old Lai King Wong while she was walking across Broadway Avenue at 8th Street near Old Oakland and Chinatown. Our hearts go out to our neighbor whose life was cut short as she was

A Driver Killed our Neighbor Hongmei in North Oakland on Saturday

On Saturday, August 16th, 2025 at 2:24pm a driver hit 54 year old Hongmei Chen as she was biking across 51st/52nd at Shattuck in North Oakland. The Oakland Police Department published a press release on Tuesday, August 19th that she has been pronounced dead. Traffic Case Information #25-

Tragedy strikes again, but many ways to work for safer streets

A tragic week for Oakland as we mourn the loss of two of our neighbors in one week. Both killed while crossing the street in the crosswalk. We call on Oakland to respond quickly to both fatalities with traffic safety interventions and proactively slow cars to safe speeds throughout all