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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/2012/02/23/taco-truck-owners-targeted-by-criminals-organize-defense-plan/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/02/23/taco-truck-owners-targeted-by-criminals-organize-defense-plan/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:30:25 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=73810 Following a late night shootout at a taco truck earlier this month, food vendors are organizing to respond to a surge in violent robberies of their businesses.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/02/23/taco-truck-owners-targeted-by-criminals-organize-defense-plan/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/at-american-steel-studios-artists-showcase-diamonds-in-the-rough/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/at-american-steel-studios-artists-showcase-diamonds-in-the-rough/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:50:30 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=70910 In one of many formerly abandoned warehouses in post-industrial West Oakland, a community of artists has taken over. American Steel Studios sits on a six-acre spread with two conjoined buildings. The group, led by artist Karen Cusolito, has transformed the space from a relic of the 19th Century to a symbol of postmodernity, in which technologists, artists and entrepreneurs share skills and ideas.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/at-american-steel-studios-artists-showcase-diamonds-in-the-rough/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/as-a-prologue-to-the-occupy-port-blockade-protesters-aquapy-lake-merritt/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/as-a-prologue-to-the-occupy-port-blockade-protesters-aquapy-lake-merritt/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:39:50 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=70813 In advance of Occupy protesters’ coordinated attempt to forcibly close seaports along the West coast, a breakaway group of Oakland activists decided to "Aquapy" Lake Merritt. They built a large raft, loaded it with supplies, and secretly launched it from boat docks in the dead of night.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/12/as-a-prologue-to-the-occupy-port-blockade-protesters-aquapy-lake-merritt/feed/ 11 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/05/the-camps-may-be-dispersed-but-the-art-of-occupy-oakland-lives-on/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/05/the-camps-may-be-dispersed-but-the-art-of-occupy-oakland-lives-on/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:41:09 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=69724 Occupy protesters throughout the nation managed to create an informational campaign that went globally viral for months. Now, as activists scramble to build a phase two, a look at the creative legacy of Occupy 1.0 shows how Bay Area artists helped develop its artistic language.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/05/the-camps-may-be-dispersed-but-the-art-of-occupy-oakland-lives-on/feed/ 4 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/sorrowful-ceremony-honors-transgender-people-who-died-in-past-year/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/sorrowful-ceremony-honors-transgender-people-who-died-in-past-year/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:27:08 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=68740 Oakland joined the Transgender Day of Remembrance memorial this past week, with a mournful roll call honoring more than 200 transgendered people who died in different countries last year, many the victims of hate crimes. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/sorrowful-ceremony-honors-transgender-people-who-died-in-past-year/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/09/community-art-collective-condemns-occupy-oakland-related-vandalism/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/09/community-art-collective-condemns-occupy-oakland-related-vandalism/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:12:37 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=67482 The Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP), a nonprofit best known for large mural projects throughout Oakland, released a declaration on Tuesday decrying property destruction during last Wednesday’s general strike. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/09/community-art-collective-condemns-occupy-oakland-related-vandalism/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/07/improv-vulgarity-stage-battles-a-random-badger%e2%80%93its-the-weird-tourettes-without-regrets-show/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/07/improv-vulgarity-stage-battles-a-random-badger%e2%80%93its-the-weird-tourettes-without-regrets-show/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:28:23 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=67152 Tourettes Without Regrets is a monthly performance extravaganza of lewd audience contests, dirty haiku battles, and onstage improvisation. Reporter Dylan Bergeson takes a turn as a TWR judge to figure out what makes this raunchy vaudeville show so popular.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/07/improv-vulgarity-stage-battles-a-random-badger%e2%80%93its-the-weird-tourettes-without-regrets-show/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/05/marine-flies-in-from-nj-to-take-part-in-occupy-oakland-protest/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/05/marine-flies-in-from-nj-to-take-part-in-occupy-oakland-protest/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:43:44 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=67076 As protesters trickled out of the Port of Oakland Wednesday night, after Occupy Oakland demonstrations shut down business at the port, scores filed into a retrofitted former AC Transit bus for free rides back to the encampments in downtown Oakland.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/05/marine-flies-in-from-nj-to-take-part-in-occupy-oakland-protest/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/26/occupy-oakland-tuesdays-events-captured-on-video/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/26/occupy-oakland-tuesdays-events-captured-on-video/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:51:48 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=65626 The aftermath of Tuesday's Occupy Oakland eviction escalated into a street confrontation in the city's downtown, with tear gas and multiple arrests. The story unfolds in this video by Dylan Bergeson and Byrhonda Lyons. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/26/occupy-oakland-tuesdays-events-captured-on-video/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/22/saturdays-oakland-protestors-filling-the-streets-video/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/22/saturdays-oakland-protestors-filling-the-streets-video/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:43:39 +0000 Dylan Bergeson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=64659 After police served Occupy Oakland campers an eviction notice last night, demonstrators took to the streets, marching in a circuit around Lake Merritt this morning, October 22. The march lasted about three hours and remained peaceful. It appeared to span a wide range of age, race, religious and political differences. When asked about the possibility of eviction, one man, who only gave his first name Ethan, said, "I'm not going to fight them, but I'm definitely not going to leave."]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/10/22/saturdays-oakland-protestors-filling-the-streets-video/feed/ 0