Bob Schleicher has been repairing Hammond organs and Leslie speakers in Oakland for nearly five decades--and he's one of the best at what he does. Something magical happens when you plug in a Leslie speaker to a Hammond organ, he says.
Condemned project housing reopens as art gallery
Chipped paint, metal bars and boarded windows and doors are all that’s left of Greenside,...
Community photo of the week: Tiny rowers
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This...
‘Hackathon without code” crowdsources a better website for Oakland
Do I need a permit to be a street performer? How do I find out...
New housing units help foster youth over 18 transition into...
The Fred Finch Youth Center in Oakland recently celebrated the grand opening of a new...
This Weekend in Oakland
Community events and activities for the weekend of May 31 – June 2, 2013. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
A brief history of West Oakland
Oakland North reporter Tasion Kwamilele explores the history of West Oakland from the perspective of...
Adoptable animal of the week: Celia
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every week, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an...
What it really means to move a body at Mountainview...
At more than 226 acres, Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery is a final resting place for...
Community photo of the week: Rainbow over BART
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This...
Native American foster youth still placed in non-Native homes despite...
In Alameda County, while 38 percent of Native American foster children were placed with families,...
This weekend in Oakland
Community events and activities for the weekend of May 25 – 26, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Oakland by the ZIP code: Your photos, your community
This week, as part of our weekly photo series, the Pulse of Oakland, we are...
Library renovation spells more space, resources
It may not be in Oakland, but North Oakland residents have a new library branch...
Oakland ranks No. 11 on list of best cities for...
Available space, low real estate prices, access to talent pools like U.C. Berkeley and an...
Oakland at Work: Elementary school teacher
The Oakland at work series documents the workers who physically keep the city running.
As Clorox turns 100, looking at the Oakland company’s executive...
Best known for its red, white and blue bottle, Clorox has been the standard “clean...
Community photo of the week: Gloomy lake
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This...
Adoptable animal of the week: Shuggie
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every week, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an...
Oakland North TV
New housing units help foster youth over 18 transition into adulthood
The Fred Finch Youth Center in Oakland recently celebrated the grand opening of a new transitional housing community for local foster youth. Young adults between 18 and 24 years...
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Bandwidth
The Young Ethio Jazz Band, ages 10 to 15, bring back traditional Ethiopian jazz
Sirak Tegbaru leads young members of Oakland's Medhani Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Church in an unusual extracurricular activity: a traditional Ethiopian jazz band. The young musicians, ranging in age from...
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- Bandwidth: Getting soulful with Drop Apollo
- Bandwidth: Welcome to The 21st Century
- Bandwidth: Alexa Weber-Morales wants to work for you
- Bandwidth: The California Honeydrops bring some New Orleans soul to Oakland
- Bandwidth: Piano duo the John Brothers makes street performance pay
- Bandwidth: Sibling act Aquarena Springs brings country honky-tonk to Oakland



