Jaime Alfaro

graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010 and has been living in Oakland for five years. Jaime will be focusing on covering developments in the dynamic West Oakland area.

September 5, 2015

In the Neighborhood/Local Business/News & Commentary/Restaurants

Josephine.com bringing home-cooked meals to East Bay residents through sharing economy model

Checking my smartphone map one last time, I spotted a modest sign perched on the front porch of a shady condominium along Emeryville’s Greenway. It

March 18, 2015

Commentary/News & Commentary

Those “Tiny Houses” in West Oakland: Artist Gregory Kloehn’s Big Idea to Impact Homelessness

In 2009 Oakland artist Gregory Kloehn kicked off the Dumpster Home project—an exercise in making small housing structures out of large garbage containers and