Produced for Oakland North’s new series, “Oakland at Work.“ Though Mary Swift-Swan has traversed the Bay Area’s many estuaries and coastlines since she was 3 years old, she didn’t settle into the nonstop, unpredictable life of a sailor until she was well into her 30s. Now, as a licensed captain and the owner of Afterguard […]
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Infographic: The Costs of Occupy
Check out this infographic I made for Oakland North, which illustrates some of the costs incurred by the City of Oakland as officials attempted to manage the Occupy Oakland protests. Byrhonda Lyons did the reporting: A week after Occupy Oakland protesters were evicted from Frank Ogawa Plaza for the second time, the city is still […]




