The truth is that Oakland downtown has been unvisitable for decades.
Even wearing a kevlar vest and metal helmet?
Bad place to be.
My dear Dad lived on Osean Avenue and commuted to Cal-Berkeley as a young man before he was eligilbe for the war. I don’t know what to say about this article, other than it’s amazing that this is still called America. In the words of David Bowie, “This is not America”.