Fast food workers went on strike Tuesday across the state, including in the East Bay and South Bay, to demand better health and safety conditions, organizers said.

In Oakland, about two dozen striking workers gathered at noon outside Jack in the Box at 532 Hegenberger Road to protest violence at their workplace. Joining the workers were community members and members of Service Employees International Union Local 1021.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.