Oakland

In 2022, Imprint reporters told the stories of several of the leaders on the front line of youth justice reform in California.

In California, a new law makes violence preventative services a benefit under Medi-Cal, ensuring professionals doing frontline work are funded.

Federal education officials are investing millions of dollars into studying programs that help foster youth making the transition from high school to college.

Hattie Tate has been an educator in the Bay Area for the past quarter century and for the last decade, she's connected youth leaving detention to education and other resources.

The organization Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, or CURYJ, has been transforming lives in East Oakland for over a decade.

Programs like Ceasefire and Advance Peace are credited with keeping shooting numbers low in Salinas, California, even as violence has increased elsewhere in the state.

California is on the right track to fundamentally restructure our state economy into one that prioritizes shared prosperity over the hoarding of individual wealth.

Nearly six months after a momentous decision to abolish its school police department, the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education agreed at a meeting Wednesday night to endorse a safety plan that relies on “culture and climate ambassadors” instead of cops.