At The Hat Guys, tradition meets style
Derrek Bell leans forward and places his elbows on the counter, turning the hat he is holding upside down to expose the price tag attached...
Amna Hassan
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Stories by Amna
Rockridge: Then and Now
By Amna Hassan Posted
Compare historical photos of Rockridge to those taken in 2012.
The Livermores: Rockridge’s Founding Family
By Amna Hassan Posted
The Livermores were one of the earliest families to settle in Rockridge, and contributed significantly to its development in the early twentieth century. In addition...
Port still waiting on federal funds for dredging
By Amna Hassan Posted
The federal government has been collecting the Harbor Maintenance Tax from port customers for years with the specific purpose of port maintenance and dredging. When...
Council approves community benefit program near Lake Merritt BART
By Amna Hassan Posted
The Oakland City Council approved plans for a community benefit program for a half-mile area surrounding the Lake Merritt BART station, which includes Oakland’s Chinatown....
Golden Gate: Then and Now
By Amna Hassan Posted
Take a tour of Golden Gate in the 1950s and earlier, and the neighborhood today. While some buildings have remained intact, most retail stores have...
Oakland at Work: Piloting Giants
By Amna Hassan Posted
The San Francisco Bar Pilots navigate all the ships through the San Francisco Bay. They take the occasional cruise ship in and out of Monterey...
Teen center to remain open after debate at City Council meeting
By Amna Hassan Posted
The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday night to keep a teen center open, while agreeing to the let the city take control of the center...
60 years after it was built, Children’s Fairyland keeps the tradition of storytelling alive
By Amna Hassan Posted
Over the years, Fairyland has kept its focus on storytelling alive. Each week, the puppets go live in front of a crowd of children, telling...
Oakland Green Party proposes an alliance with progressive candidates
By Amna Hassan Posted
The Oakland Green Party held a public forum Friday evening at Humanist Hall in downtown Oakland, where members of other political parties as well as...
Temescal: Then and Now
By Amna Hassan Posted
Take a look at Temescal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - a place where rail lines ran across Telegraph Avenue, and businesses...
In the days of the streetcar, Temescal was a busy, commercial hub
By Amna Hassan Posted
As Temescal grew in 1870s, the small town became an important transportation hub for rail travelers passing between Oakland and Berkeley.
Council deadlocks over resolution that would allow tougher policing of protests
By Amna Hassan Posted
During another contentious meeting Tuesday night, the City Council deadlocked over a resolution aimed at increasing the policing of protests. The resolution would have made...
City Council discusses layoffs and department mergers, protesters disrupt meeting
By Amna Hassan Posted
The Oakland City Council began the process of scaling down the city budget last night in response to the projected loss of $28 million in...
Jakada Imani on the Ella Baker Center, his port commission bid, and fighting for Oakland
By Amna Hassan Posted
Jakada Imani has had to battle his entire life. As a child, he said, he was diagnosed with dyslexia, lived in a home with parents...
Election results: All Oakland city ballot measures fail
By Amna Hassan Posted
All three Oakland city ballot measures failed to pass in a special election held today. Of a total of 196, 851 registered voters, only 49,058...
