A sustainable garden, hip-hop and multimedia production — the Green Youth Arts and Media Center opened on January 14th in Oakland. It’s mission: to connect environmental sustainability to cultural practices and to mentor Oakland’s future leaders. Jun Stinson reports.
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Oakland’s Green Youth Arts and Media Center connects youth with job skills, environmentalism
February 10, 2010 – 7:52 am
Kuro mame, A Japanese delicacy for New Year’s
January 1, 2010 – 2:00 am
This Kuro mame (black beans) recipe comes from a program the Buddhist Church of Oakland (BCO) held 12 years ago, highlighting food for the Oshogatsu (New Year’s) celebration. New Year’s is an important time in Japanese culture. Many of the foods served on this occasion are symbolic and come from the Buddhist tradition. Mame translates [...]
Amid century of change, Oakland’s Buddhist Church serves as point of continuity for Japanese-Americans
December 14, 2009 – 10:59 am
The Buddhist Church of Oakland is one of the last remaining physical reminders of the Japanese-American community that thrived in Oakland’s Chinatown before World War II.
UPDATE: BART train derailment in Oakland
December 9, 2009 – 11:07 am
A BART train derailed this morning in an underground tunnel traveling from Lake Merritt to 12th Street station. BART spokeperson Jim Allison says trains are delayed 15 minutes on the Freemont to Richmond Line. Allison also says that the wheels left the tracks a short distance from 12th Street station and that 2 people needed [...]
12/9/09 Wednesday: schools and lunches
December 9, 2009 – 10:07 am
Good morning Oakland North,
We have a couple of Oakland school stories to start your day off with lunches and discussions of school closure.
First we suggest you begin with our exciting interactive feature that tells the story of an Oakland school lunch. Reporters Laurel Moorehead and Lillian Mongeau stake out the ingredients and kitchens that all [...]
Taxi drivers object to tighter parking enforcement
November 24, 2009 – 5:00 am
Tighter enforcement of parking rules in Oakland has angered the city’s cab drivers, who complain about a lack of taxi stands.
Great Western Power Company
November 23, 2009 – 6:39 pm
At 9 a.m., the old industrial doors of the Great Western Power Company on 20th Street are shut; if it wasn’t for a laminated sign next to one of the doors with “Weekday hours 6:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.” printed on it, at first glance the place would look abandoned.
But if you look up, rather [...]
11/13/09 Friday the 13th
November 13, 2009 – 10:33 am
Good Morning Oakland North,
It’s Friday the 13th so be extra careful as you go about your day because as superstition holds – bad luck may prevail. Our third Fri-teen this year! The next year to have three will be 2012.
I hope all of you can take a moment this morning while you sip your coffee [...]
11/12/09: Happy Birthday Bay Bridge
November 12, 2009 – 9:54 am
Good Morning People of Oakland.
Any locals been around long enough to remember this date in 1936? It was a special day in Bay Area history that’s made more poignant given recent news. For it was today, lo those 73 years ago, that the now much-maligned Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge opened to vehicular traffic. Happy Anniversary, [...]
Oakland groups address sustainable agriculture
November 11, 2009 – 4:26 pm
On Monday night people came out from around the East Bay to attend the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) event at the David Brower Center in Berkeley.
The event showcased Oakland organizations like Planting Justice, Communitree, Art in Action, People’s Grocery, Something for your Soul catering service, Healthy Hoodz, and Ital Pinay Jewelry. Each addressed the importance [...]
For all you zine lovers
November 11, 2009 – 12:33 pm
Get ready all you zine readers! From Friday, a zine mart will be at the Berkeley Art Museum for only two weeks featuring over 2,000 zines from around the world. For those of you who aren’t zine savvy — “zines are basically self-published information with writing about everything and anything,” said Rock Paper Scissors volunteer [...]
11/11/09
November 11, 2009 – 10:01 am
Today the country celebrates Veterans Day to recognize people who have served in the arm forces. Ceremonies will take place across the Bay Area this morning from Pittsburg to San Rafael. This afternoon, Shannon Service will bring us an interactive piece on a Veterans Day program that begins at 11 a.m. aboard the USS Hornet [...]
One of the newest Korean Restaurants in Temescal
November 10, 2009 – 12:51 pm
Suk Lee opened Casserole House on Telegraph Avenue just over a year ago. It’s one of the newest Korean restaurants in Temescal and features home style Jeongol (Korean word for casserole). In this audio slideshow, she invites us into her kitchen and shows us one of her specialty Jeongol dishes.
11/10/09
November 10, 2009 – 10:15 am
Good Morning Oakland North,
It looks like the early morning fog will burn off making way for a fairly warm Tuesday here with temperatures in the high 60s. Make sure you get a chance to step away from your computers and take a deep breath outside.
But before you do that, take a look at Roller Derby [...]
California Roll world record broken at Cal
November 9, 2009 – 6:12 pm
Over 350 lively people made up of fraternities, sororities, campus clubs, individual students, and community members registered for the event at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Sunday afternoon. Each was hopeful that they would beat the Maui, Hawaii contingent that set the last record with a 300 foot-long California Roll in 2001.
Bay Bridge closure changes carpoolers commute
November 5, 2009 – 1:11 pm
On Tuesday, Oakland North was in Rockridge listening to casual carpoolers talk about the closure of the Bay Bridge. Did it forced them to stay home? Seek other modes of transportation?