The entrance to the family-owned North Oakland shop was also smashed up by a truck during the middle-of-the-night burglary.
Ricky Rodas
Ricky Rodas is a member of the 2020 graduating class of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and has spent the last two years reporting on immigrant communities in the Bay Area as a reporter for the hyperlocal news sites Oakland North, Mission Local and Richmond Confidential. Rodas, who is Salvadoran American and bilingual, joined The Oaklandside through a partnership with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Rodas reports on businesses and immigration in Oakland.
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East Bay Iranians organize local condemnation of state violence against women and others in Iran
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Watch the World Cup at your Berkeley library — and learn about human rights, FIFA corruption and Qatar
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Where to watch the 2022 World Cup in the East Bay
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2 Oakland fundraisers for Puerto Rico hurricane relief
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Berkeley High senior is Oakland’s new Youth Poet Laureate
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This East Oakland vegetable garden nourishes a close-knit community
Oakland’s Iu Mien elders have been growing mustard greens, sugar cane stalks, and snap peas at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park since 2003.
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Fruitvale restaurant owners meet with officials over public safety concerns
Wahpepah’s Kitchen and Red Bay Coffee say more should be done to curtail violence and sex trafficking in the area.
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La Perla celebrates a year on Fruitvale Avenue
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This Queer Oakland cafe works to fight anti-immigrant sentiment
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For these Oakland restaurants, popularity is a blessing and a curse
Your favorite restaurant might have a line out the door, but that doesn’t mean it’s not struggling to stay afloat
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East Bay Afghan residents process grief amid rush to resettle refugees
In addition to transportation, immigration, and housing, mental health services are needed by many fleeing the Taliban.
