{"id":454749,"date":"2026-09-05T18:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454749\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T18:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T18:56:08","slug":"oakland-youth-running-program-marks-15-years-with-berkeley-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/454749\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland youth running program marks 15 years with Berkeley fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">For 15 years, the nonprofit Running for a Better Oakland has helped young people find their footing through running. This month, the organization will mark the milestone with a fundraiser in Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running for a Better Oakland works with Oakland students from kindergarten through 12th grade, providing free coaching, running shoes, race entries and mentorship. Executive Director Jessica de Leon said the program has given young people a \u201csafe, supportive place to stay active,\u201d with running giving students something tangible to train for and work toward over time.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For 15 years, the nonprofit Running for a Better Oakland has helped young people find their footing through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[764,332,710,143,145,144,161569,8711,41408,15288,63748],"class_list":["post-454749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-berkeley","tag-east-bay","tag-mentorship","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-physical-activity","tag-running","tag-running-for-a-better-oakland","tag-youth-development","tag-youth-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}