Those slain in Oakland over the past year will be remembered by family members, friends and community leaders at the Ceremony of the Crosses on New Year’s Eve at St. Columba Catholic Church.

The ceremony begins at 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 at the church at 6401 San Pablo Ave. in Oakland. Mayor-elect Sheng Thao is expected to speak.

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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.