http://oaklandnorth.net North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Oakland North (www.OaklandNorth.net) is a hyperlocal news site covering politics, crime, events, arts and entertainment in Oakland, California. Our Oakland North Radio podcast offers free, downloadable audio stories covering the local community. Oakland North is a project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and our audio podcasts are produced in cooperation with the school's radio program. With support from the Ford Foundation, graduate student reporters at the school are creating focused news outlets to concentrate on different parts of the Bay Area. You can find our sister sites, covering San Francisco's Mission District and the city of Richmond, California at www.MissionLocal.org and www.RichmondConfidential.org. Our goals are to improve local coverage, experiment with online and digital media, and listen to you -- about the stories and features that most interest you, the issues that concern you, the information services you want, and the reporting you’d like to see undertaken in your own community. Please feel free to contact us at staff@oaklandnorth.net. Happy listening! Oakland North no Oakland North staff@oaklandnorth.net staff@oaklandnorth.net (Oakland North) Oakland North oakland, california, food, bikes http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/oaklandnorth/images/itms/oaklandnorth-itms.jpg http://oaklandnorth.net http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/22/is-there-a-monster-in-lake-merritt-scientist-says-yes/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/22/is-there-a-monster-in-lake-merritt-scientist-says-yes/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:32:38 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54952 Few know what lurks the depths of the murky, brackish, crustacean-filled Lake Merritt. Few know what beastly beast, what cryptid, what leviathan, what man-eating monster could be swimming below, slithering through those fetid waters. Few know… but many have seen.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/22/is-there-a-monster-in-lake-merritt-scientist-says-yes/feed/ 8 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/20/summer-treat-series-refreshing-drinks/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/20/summer-treat-series-refreshing-drinks/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:14:27 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54839 Throughout the month of June, Oakland North is featuring a weekly food and drink series of summer treats that can be found in Oakland. This fourth installment focuses on cool beverages that can be found all over the city and includes watermelon slushy with boba pearls, minty lemonade, Vietnamese sugar cane juice and a traditional Mexican drink made from sweet fermented corn poured over shaved ice.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/20/summer-treat-series-refreshing-drinks/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/16/summer-treat-series-latin-treats-in-fruitvale/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/16/summer-treat-series-latin-treats-in-fruitvale/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:01:21 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54684 Throughout the month of June, Oakland North is featuring a weekly food series of summer treats that can be found in Oakland. This third installment focuses on Latin treats that can be found in Fruitvale and includes nopal cactus quesadillas filled with sautéed squash blossoms, corn ice cream, tamarind lollypops and fresh corn in a cup topped with lime, salt, chili, mayo and parmesan cheese.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/16/summer-treat-series-latin-treats-in-fruitvale/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/14/oakland-airport-to-offer-direct-charter-flights-to-cuba/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/14/oakland-airport-to-offer-direct-charter-flights-to-cuba/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:06:17 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54622 Just six months ago, because of travel sanctions against Cuba, a U.S. citizen could have faced up to a $55,000 fine and possibly served jail time if they traveled Cuba without going through a restrictive licensing process that allowed only specific groups of people to travel to the country. And even if they did attempt to get a license, most U.S. citizens didn’t qualify for it. Now, after an easing of travel restrictions by the federal government, many people will be able to easily get a license and catch a direct flight to Cuba straight from the Oakland International Airport.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/14/oakland-airport-to-offer-direct-charter-flights-to-cuba/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/13/bites-on-broadway-kicks-off-weekly-summer-mobile-food-fest/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/13/bites-on-broadway-kicks-off-weekly-summer-mobile-food-fest/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:25:41 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54573 Like one giant neighborhood picnic, “Bites on Broadway” officially launched its weekly food extravaganza last Friday. People laid down blankets on the grassy lawn of Oakland Tech High School in Temescal and sampled food from a handful of a different food trucks and tents, including El Taco Bike, Fist of Flour Pizza Company, Sue’s Sassy Pies, Go Streatery and Tina Tamale.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/13/bites-on-broadway-kicks-off-weekly-summer-mobile-food-fest/feed/ 4 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/10/children%e2%80%99s-hospital-and-clorox-partner-up-to-fight-against-life-threatening-disease/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/10/children%e2%80%99s-hospital-and-clorox-partner-up-to-fight-against-life-threatening-disease/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:30:11 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54494 In 2005, Elijah Adams, a 10-year-old North Oakland boy, died from meningococcal disease, an often-deadly form of bacterial meningitis. Just a year earlier, 20-year-old UC Berkeley women’s basketball player Alisa Marie Lewis had gone to the emergency room early in the morning complaining of a severe headache, rash and flu-like symptoms. By the afternoon she was dead from the same disease.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/10/children%e2%80%99s-hospital-and-clorox-partner-up-to-fight-against-life-threatening-disease/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/09/treat-series-middle-eastern-corridor-on-telegraph/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/09/treat-series-middle-eastern-corridor-on-telegraph/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:00:45 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54421 Over the next month, Oakland North is featuring a food series on summer treats in Oakland. This second installment in the series focuses on Middle Eastern treats that can be found along Telegraph Avenue around 30th Street, which includes everything from Syrian rose watered pistachio baklava to Afghani cornmeal-coated fried chicken to clarified butter spiced with both black and white cumin.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/09/treat-series-middle-eastern-corridor-on-telegraph/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/07/166-animal-adoptions-from-oakland-animal-services-during-adoptathon/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/07/166-animal-adoptions-from-oakland-animal-services-during-adoptathon/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:55:26 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54349 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/07/166-animal-adoptions-from-oakland-animal-services-during-adoptathon/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/06/dan-fontes-paints-murals-on-city-buildings-warehouses-and-under-highways/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/06/dan-fontes-paints-murals-on-city-buildings-warehouses-and-under-highways/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:27:56 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54314 Nearly 30 years ago, in 1983, Dan Fontes was under Highway 580 at Harrison Street in North Oakland painting on a massive round concrete highway support beam. With cars speeding by, he diligently worked on his piece of art: a realistic depiction of a 30-foot tall giraffe craning its neck up toward the freeway. As Fontes painted, a police car pulled up...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/06/dan-fontes-paints-murals-on-city-buildings-warehouses-and-under-highways/feed/ 5 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/02/free-animal-adoptions-at-maddies-matchmaker-adoptathon/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/02/free-animal-adoptions-at-maddies-matchmaker-adoptathon/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:00:21 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=54213 Miss Twiggy is an overweight Rottweiler with hyperthyroidism and an affectionate personality. She’s 4 years old, fairly slow moving and loves to cuddle. And she lives in Oakland’s animal shelter. If Miss Twiggy is adopted this weekend, not only is her adoption free but she’ll also earn the shelter, Oakland Animal Services, $1,000.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/06/02/free-animal-adoptions-at-maddies-matchmaker-adoptathon/feed/ 2