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How many cars have to crash into houses before a city will make a street safer? That’s what advocates with the group “Safe 8th Street Oakland” are demanding to know from city officials. “I feel a little bit of PTSD, because when I hear a car screeching and speeding, I’m bracing myself for something to happen,” said Tamera White, a Neighborhood Watch block captain who has lived in the area for 15 years, as quoted in a video about the street.