Oakland community responds to call to save cancer patient Cynthia Rodriguez

By: Tawanda Kanhema | June 1, 2012 – 2:10 pm

An 81-year-old Oakland man was among the 42 people who responded to a call to save the life of 14-year-old cancer patient Cynthia Rodriguez, who needs a bone marrow transplant, by showing up at a bone marrow drive on Thursday at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center.

City officials not ready to give up on keeping Warriors in Oakland

By: Ryan Phillips | June 1, 2012 – 11:00 am

The City of Oakland has been through this before—the owner of a local professional sports franchise announces they’re moving the team out of town, leaving the Coliseum for a state-of-the-art facility somewhere else.

Oakland families mark National Missing Children’s Day

By: Tawanda Kanhema | May 31, 2012 – 11:03 am

Seven-year-old Jose Hernandez swiped through images on his mother’s tablet device in Oakland’s Verdes Carter Park as they took their place in a swelling crowd of parents and other children waiting for events marking the National Missing Children’s Day to begin.

Rockridge BART plaza receives a facelift

By: Theresa Adams | May 31, 2012 – 9:00 am

After years of planning, renovations to the Rockridge BART plaza’s exterior began last week. According to the Rockridge Community Planning Council’s website, the new configuration created by landscape designer Greer Alley was inspired by the community’s desire for improved seating and better lighting in the space. The goal of the...

Oakland improv group The Senseless Bureau isn’t afraid to “cross a lot of lines”

By: Yirmeyah Beckles | May 30, 2012 – 4:06 pm

The Senseless Bureau knows how to grip their audience with plays on gender, nuance and innuendo. Their improv show—filled with ad-lib, mime and intuition—is provocative and carefree.

County Board of Supervisors interviews candidates for vacant District 2 seat

By: Ryan Phillips | May 30, 2012 – 1:00 pm

Four candidates went before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday afternoon to argue their cases for why they should be named the interim supervisor for District 2 after Nadia Lockyer stepped down. Now the four remaining board members have a week to decide who will join them for...

Float On: Interest in floating is surging locally, but are the benefits all they’re cracked up to be?

By: Lexi Pandell | May 30, 2012 – 11:00 am

I took a deep breath, slipped off my robe, stepped into the salty water, and closed the door behind me. I lay down and tried to be still. I closed my eyes. The sensation that I was surrounded by nothingness took over and I started to slip away.

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