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I found her more recently on the street, suffering from schizophrenia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1424913120828-SN1D09R99ZAFST06U4TH/tj_110528_Stockton_127Pereira.jpg Homeless Gallery - Nate's been a gangster, an addict, a shopping cart recycler. He and I became friends. 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Age 69. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1427603631777-IDI9HR2PBON5S70NW1V0/tj_20101013_CAlandscape_0055.jpg Desert Rats On back roads with Jerry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1433018056170-LPOLS5WLFU4KEFJGF9L9/image-asset.jpeg Desert Rats Secret Hotsprings — without the bearded, naked, smiling Jack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1427603474863-3OUE0SABLSNBEGZ8F8IW/tj_20101013_CAlandscape_0056.jpg Desert Rats Bodie — in a state of "arrested decay." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1427603964313-DIYNLN9MMKIGOR54BP83/image-asset.jpeg Desert Rats Gene Churchill's two boys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1427604026542-Q6YEQPM1ZFQ0TADD3LJA/image-asset.jpeg Desert Rats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1427604664755-GFSGYDZXOV420Q9CCV5N/image-asset.jpeg Desert Rats Gene Churchill, 69. http://www.tracyjohnston.com/easter-sunday-gallery daily 0.75 2020-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1438202842374-APHUEP302RI5NVGUZ703/west+oakland-4050110-Edit-Edit-Edit-Edit.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1438296218939-9HESV93JURIUFJ5YRU39/west+oakland-4050026-Edit.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525407647414-A9HUYF891TY3VL8G2276/blog-4.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1436561469560-SOD83XUR3NKPTJS5T3EA/west+oakland-4050196-Edit.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1436561468650-5Q5ONZNFUS2MBR0XZ0JK/west+oakland-4050329.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1436561469896-LEEIJ0UQOL8YOVLBXHES/west+oakland-4050156-Edit-Edit.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525407654380-P5W02S0EKCK26E8BO4O0/blog-5.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1462995263036-5IN0LIQUASMPN38SKYOA/Kanowest+oakland00116b20160507.jpg Easter Sunday Gallery - Buleah made her hat! http://www.tracyjohnston.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2015-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425513921916-6IABSY6EGXBZCQ2NTA99/Click+on+image+to+go+to+gallery. 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Here boys are taught to memorize the Koran in Arabic without actually learning the language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425511246926-GO3AQHW1865Z0BTGADE3/20111024_Kano__DSC01250113.jpg Kano Gallery Everything but plastic is recycled in Kano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425511247532-CMO20B0XL25PG6SS6WAC/20111025_Kano__DSC00120012-Edit-Edit.jpg Kano Gallery A village woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525716816256-3VS56C368EJ3XF5KMH0I/kano+thumb3-3.jpg Kano Gallery Fast food in Kano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425511249178-YOUKSR541G7CIFIA8OB8/20111105_Kano__DSC00220022.jpg Kano Gallery Village girls: some running away, some curious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425602462069-2W65PDYNIZMID0M2EAZK/20111016_August_20111016_Kano__DSC003700370030.jpg Kano Gallery Getting ready for a typical 4-hour Sunday church service, full of dancing, singing, and the acting out of Biblical dramas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1425511248640-RYOVEVIAS4H6AKE50OTV/20111023Kano0083.jpg Kano Gallery This Sunday service was held at Bayero University in a lecture hall. 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Photo by Michael Layefsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1622267409320-9R9NISS6SYYY9Q6OPJAZ/West+Oakland+History+1+copy.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1471141334032-P52YBCOZQLMWWQK004QB/20160715-West+Oakland201607155461.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Getting a haircut and shave at a block party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1446232818798-F71EV11C55HWCQBE6UVG/West+Oak73.jpg West Oakland Galleries - This is what's disappearing in West Oakland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1446237919750-BH0RLY3WJMBLXXXK5QBM/West+Oak186-2.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Oakland rappers are already in the history books. Here they get ready for a video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525381016639-D524DQTT5V2VRWMFXBPA/blog-10.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Kids can dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525365060480-0A1OL7KLKG5NA9CVEKFW/Select+W+Oak-7.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Free Martial Arts class in a center donated by a West Oakland developer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1466014254940-VQFZ480Q79YPSIPEJN2P/skatepark%2815+of+26%2920151015.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551379012060-CHKF5VHGMKCX8WMKFOMO/Oakland-1-6.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Squatters - most are now long gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1622267501504-896K2148VYK0BGPWNVI4/West+Oakland+History+2.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1466016303060-HUBUJCYVIRPV1D178LDF/Date+%28YYYYMMDD%29Alliancel%280001%29-77.jpg West Oakland Galleries - September 2013. 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There is always food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525374387309-0T793VF9YTDRQ0O3MG5Q/blog-9.jpg West Oakland Galleries - A memorial for two local men who were killed by gun violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525373540919-SKFEU784K8XQPS38GB24/blog-7.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Raising money for the funeral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525375402182-1TIVQF5NBJOUMYSD4H4T/blog-6.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1481414361927-9RV2VAKEGB9WCML3HGCO/Sacramento+00041b20160327.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1622254154984-J3H5NRHMBBCXMTTUH3JC/Macionna_Low+Res.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525378107358-2VRZVYILH0JDVXV0MPKA/blog-7.jpg West Oakland Galleries - Macionna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1481482669795-JAMKFOBZBOQ71JA3OR9O/20160327-Sacramento+00005b20160327.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1622254154635-QLGCWONRI816MOSUQL2N/Kenny_Low+Restif.jpg West Oakland Galleries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1481414368591-1MY2O6LHFRMMRQL6EH8K/West+Oakland00034b20160212.jpg West Oakland Galleries - 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(Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525373535609-GES2G9JEBNDQPH3G3SH4/blog-11.jpg CSS West Oakland - There is always food. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525374387309-0T793VF9YTDRQ0O3MG5Q/blog-9.jpg CSS West Oakland - A memorial (after a weekend of rain) for two men shot down here. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525373540919-SKFEU784K8XQPS38GB24/blog-7.jpg CSS West Oakland - Raising money for a funeral. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525375402182-1TIVQF5NBJOUMYSD4H4T/blog-6.jpg CSS West Oakland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1550952872147-B4S7FGBO1X9DNMLGRVOC/Zohra-4.jpg CSS West Oakland West Oakland's Lower Bottoms, looking east towards downtown. (Copy) Photo by Michael Layefsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1471141334032-P52YBCOZQLMWWQK004QB/20160715-West+Oakland201607155461.jpg CSS West Oakland - Getting a haircut and shave at a block party. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1446232818798-F71EV11C55HWCQBE6UVG/West+Oak73.jpg CSS West Oakland - This is what's disappearing in West Oakland. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1446237919750-BH0RLY3WJMBLXXXK5QBM/West+Oak186-2.jpg CSS West Oakland - Oakland rappers are already in the history books. Here they get ready for a video. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525381016639-D524DQTT5V2VRWMFXBPA/blog-10.jpg CSS West Oakland - Kids can dream. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1525365060480-0A1OL7KLKG5NA9CVEKFW/Select+W+Oak-7.jpg CSS West Oakland - Free Martial Arts class in a center donated by a West Oakland developer. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1466014254940-VQFZ480Q79YPSIPEJN2P/skatepark%2815+of+26%2920151015.jpg CSS West Oakland - Not sure what's going on here. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551379012060-CHKF5VHGMKCX8WMKFOMO/Oakland-1-6.jpg CSS West Oakland - Squatters - most are now long gone. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1466016303060-HUBUJCYVIRPV1D178LDF/Date+%28YYYYMMDD%29Alliancel%280001%29-77.jpg CSS West Oakland - September 2013. Investors touring the Lower Bottoms. 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(Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1464125498250-GQFWZ5TZVWFSLLYAJLYU/WestOakland+0003320160109.jpg CSS West Oakland - The Liquor store owner called the cops because she wouldn't go away, certain he had taken an extra hundred dollers out of her credit card. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1445708478818-DRHDAG5TCP44CYPWIBT5/West+Oak0081.jpg CSS West Oakland - Bob's hands. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1453333724135-7AJXPVC4H84C0YCNXFV9/20150316-Bob-3160099.jpg CSS West Oakland - Bob. (Copy) He suggested I take this shot to look for figures in the smoke patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1481493269063-A046H16GD1GCI6NO8ETO/20090327-tj_20090327_BobsWorld_0031-Edit.jpg CSS West Oakland - Bob's a hard worker, recycling and working on cars day and night. 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(Copy) Lower Bob prepares to host a memorial for a videographer who was admired and loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551232191074-2H1P5ACP3G4QSMP02QLI/skatepark+for+web+2-019-18.jpg CSS West Oakland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551232188652-VBAFRP9L8U09MWXBBHBR/skatepark+for+web+2-019-19.jpg CSS West Oakland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551915413305-P5DG15ZZ0XXAUHM44MKL/Oakland-1.jpg CSS West Oakland - Not only have the ramps been improved, so has the hang-out space. (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551915375256-K7Z1BPX1RV2J3YYVFPEL/Oakland-1-2.jpg CSS West Oakland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51887334e4b0851a91a0e788/1551232187499-DBUGFC0B33T7VU5QI04Y/skatepark+for+web+2-019-21.jpg CSS West Oakland - Lower Bob. 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