A 58-year-old unhoused man named James Oakley was crushed to death during a city-run trash cleanup on Christmas Eve, sparking ...

Advocates for the unhoused are demanding change after finding out one man was killed by a city backhoe during a debris sweet on Christmas Eve 2024. James Oakley, who was unhoused, was killed when ...

A coroner’s investigation found that 58-year-old James Oakley was lying on a mattress under blankets when a public works crew crushed him to death.