They grew up in Oakland. They owned homes. And they lost everything. For the 2021 Bay Area Homeless Project, The Chronicle spent five months digging into Oakland’s homeless crisis by shadowing four longtime residents to understand how people with good jobs and deep roots in the community wind up among the city’s homeless population. The Chronicle's Fifth & Mission podcast host Cecilia Lei will discuss the Bay Area Homeless Project with reporter Sarah Ravani and photographer Gabrielle Lurie. Then, Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan will moderate a panel with experts, including Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, and All Home Founder and CEO Tomiquia Moss and EveryOne Home Executive Director Chelsea Andrews. #sfchronicles #news #homelessness #homeless #thechronicle #5thandmission #homelessproject #goodjobs #opportunity

Oakland resident James Manzo has made a name for himself on the social media platform TikTok, creating viral videos dressed up in creative costumes, as he feeds hummingbirds on his back porch. #tiktok #humdadddy #sfchronicles #oakland #sf #bayarea #viralvideos #jamesmanzo

Losing the ‘best baby’ Doctors and hospital leaders at John Muir Medical Center had assured a couple they could perform a specialized surgery on their 2-year-old daughter. She died on the operating table. The hospital was previously warned that it couldn’t handle her case.

Call them guerilla gardeners, “petal-punks” or TikTok horticulturists. Phoenix and Shalaco McGee of SF in Bloom are sowing native wildflower seeds in neglected plots of land and sharing their blooming adventures on social media. The San Francisco pair’s informational gardening videos and unconventional planting techniques have garnered more than 200,000 followers and 5 million likes on TikTok. The McGees take to San Francisco streets, spreading native, non-invasive wildflower seeds with pink, plastic guns and Parmesan cheese shakers. #gardening #gardeners #wildflowers #seeds #news

Oakland-based roller skater shares her love for the sport and community

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