By 9 a.m. on Saturday, dozens of people were in line outside a warehouse in East Oakland, waiting for the people inside to lift the heavy metal door to the building. They had been there—in some cases for hours—waiting for the mother of all rummage sales: the Oakland Museum Women’s Board’s 51st White Elephant Sale.
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In Sacramento, protesters lobby for lawmakers’ attention
March 4, 2010 – 4:06 pm
As California lawmakers debated budget fixes on the Senate floor, hundreds of students, teachers and parents from California school systems—K-12 through the University of California—gathered on the Capitol’s north steps to protest cuts to public education.
California’s education budget crisis: The story so far
March 3, 2010 – 4:39 pm
In California, a faltering economy, a burst housing bubble and dwindling tax revenues are adding to a growing budget deficit that is projected to reach $18.9 billion in the 2010-2011 fiscal year. To combat the growing deficit, lawmakers have enacted sharp cuts across the state budget, including public education at all levels, from K-12 to [...]
Warriors’ Ronny Turiaf donates defibrillators to prevent deaths among high school athletes
February 23, 2010 – 3:38 pm
After an enlarged aortic root nearly kept him from his dream of playing NBA basketball, Warriors’ center Ronny Turiaf learned how dangerous heart problems could be. Now, in the wake of three recent cardiac emergencies on Bay Area high school basketball courts, Turiaf is donating defibrillators and CPR training to four local high schools.
Rally planned for Hasanni Campbell; foster parents reported to have moved
February 5, 2010 – 11:37 am
The homicide investigation into the disappearance of Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell continues amid reports that his foster parents have left the area
February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010 – 10:42 am
Hello, Oakland!
Koreatown may change its name. Under “pressure from non-Koreans”, the merchants association will meet to discuss “more inclusive” definitions for the area between Uptown and Temescal.
Eyewitnesses to the killing of Oscar Grant may back up statements made by ex-BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle. A friend of Grant’s corroborated the former officer’s claim that he warned [...]
January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010 – 10:07 am
Teenagers, their families and adult students seeking a key to higher education attended the Black College Expo in Oakland Saturday. “While African-Americans and Latinos graduate high school at just over a 50 percent rate, the biggest challenge to college cited by black, Latino and Asian-American students gathered at the expo was paying for college,” reports [...]
January 30, 2010
January 30, 2010 – 10:32 am
Happy Saturday, Oakland!
Construction on the new Tidewater Aquatic Center is making it tough for cyclists to access the Bay Trail. The trail has been closed since last summer, and will likely not be open again until the fall.
A defunct Oakland cotton mill and three other Bay Area structures have just received historic status.
The Warriors fell [...]
January 29, 2010
January 29, 2010 – 11:10 am
Good Morning, North Oakland!
The assault trial of four members of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery begins today in Oakland. They are charged with badly beating a 42-year-old man on Dec. 31, 2008.
Oakland police have identified the seventeen-year old killed in last night’s drive-by shooting on the 3500 block of Allendale Avenue. Two other men [...]
Oscar Grant Settlement
January 28, 2010 – 9:11 am
Good morning, Oakland!
BART has reached a $1.5 million settlement with the mother of Oscar Grant’s daughter Tatiana. The woman filed a $50 million lawsuit against the transit agency after Grant was shot on a station platform on Jan. 1, 2009.
An East Bay man who objects to the devilish connotations of the name “Mt. Diablo” is [...]
Oakland Bites: Google Sauce
April 27, 2009 – 1:25 pm
On Friday, I headed to Palo Alto to meet up with Charlie Ayers, restaurateur and former head chef at Google, for a story I was working on. I ended up sticking around for breakfast at his newly open Calafia Cafe and Market-a-Go-Go, and it was a good move. With a motto of “slow food [...]
Mountain View Cemetery: A tour for the living
April 27, 2009 – 12:08 pm
Go on a visual tour of one of Oakland’s most beautiful landmarks.
Oakland Bites: Your Best Picnic Spots
April 20, 2009 – 12:21 am
I spent this afternoon in Mountain View Cemetery working on a project with a classmate, and it was breathtaking. It may seem a little weird to think about a leisurely stroll through a cemetery, but this one–designed by none other than Frederick Law Olmstead–is like nothing I’ve ever seen, and there are people biking, strolling, [...]
Oakland Bites: Brunch Suggestions?
April 14, 2009 – 11:22 pm
Over the weekend, I headed home to celebrate Easter with the fam over the mother of all brunches. While this one was crazy and chaotic–63 people, one life-sized rabbit–it got me thinking that for all the time I’ve spent in the East Bay, I think I’ve only been to brunch twice, and I haven’t yet [...]
Oakland Bites: Inconceivably delicious
April 9, 2009 – 10:31 am
That’s the tag line for Three Twins organic ice cream, and it pretty much hits the mark. With flavors like Madagascar Vanilla, Strawberry Je Ne Sais Quoi (the quoi being a splash of balsamic vinegar) and Peanut Butter Cookie Confetti Crunch, each taste is a bit of an adventure and even classic flavors like Mint [...]
Oakland Bites: Bacon-wrapped Twinkie Stonehenge
April 6, 2009 – 2:29 pm
While I do care about what I eat, I’m no stranger to the cheeseburger. Or french fries, or cookies or a million other things that are bad for me. I mean, I’m not eating Twinkies for breakfast or anything (I’ve actually never had one), but I’m not averse to a little junk food in my [...]