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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/2012/04/09/a-study-of-twins-aims-to-clarify-the-roles-genes-environment-play-in-autism/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/09/a-study-of-twins-aims-to-clarify-the-roles-genes-environment-play-in-autism/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:00:56 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=76580 At first glance Christopher and Gerald Dixon seem like any other pair of twins. They look alike, dress similarly and play together. But Gerald is autistic and Christopher isn't. The boys were one of 1100 twin pairs who participated in the largest ever study of Autism in twins, the California Autism Twins Study (CATS). The study found that the environment plays a much bigger role in causing autism than previously thought.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/09/a-study-of-twins-aims-to-clarify-the-roles-genes-environment-play-in-autism/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/03/06/for-transgender-people-a-life-without-binary-norms/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/03/06/for-transgender-people-a-life-without-binary-norms/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:03:08 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=74291 As a child, West Oakland resident Jack B. Pierson, 27, hated wearing the pink and purple outfits his mother chose for him. He craved the sensible, utilitarian clothing his older brother got to wear, the kind that permitted a more rough-and-tumble lifestyle. Pierson was a girl back then.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/03/06/for-transgender-people-a-life-without-binary-norms/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/02/10/at-the-oakland-museum-questionbridge-facilitates-a-high-tech-conversation-among-black-men/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/02/10/at-the-oakland-museum-questionbridge-facilitates-a-high-tech-conversation-among-black-men/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:11 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=73537 “Here you have the unrehearsed, totally spontaneous expression of truth—a concentrated exposure to the thinking of black men,” said photographer Chris Johnson, who is also a California College of the Arts (CCA) professor, longtime Oakland resident, and one of the four brains behind Question:Bridge.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/02/10/at-the-oakland-museum-questionbridge-facilitates-a-high-tech-conversation-among-black-men/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/22/at-sacred-tattoo-the-designs-and-styles-vary-but-its-always-art/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/22/at-sacred-tattoo-the-designs-and-styles-vary-but-its-always-art/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:00:34 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=70468 On a bright stretch of Broadway in downtown Oakland, Sacred Tattoo's blood red awning and boldly lettered windows beckon both the ink-obsessed and merely curious. "A lot of people come [to this neighborhood] to come to Chinatown," said co-owner Allison Fudge. "We get a lot walk-ins.”]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/22/at-sacred-tattoo-the-designs-and-styles-vary-but-its-always-art/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/14/in-oakland-a-center-works-to-protect-cambodian-girls-from-sexual-exploitation/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/14/in-oakland-a-center-works-to-protect-cambodian-girls-from-sexual-exploitation/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:41:30 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=70511 CERI is a non-profit organization that provides mental health and social services to refugee and immigrant families, mostly Cambodians. All of the girls in its support group have parents who are Cambodian refugees, and they all live in high crime neighborhoods in the East Bay. Many of them know other girls—friends, former classmates—who have become involved in “the life,” a term for the underground world of prostitution.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/14/in-oakland-a-center-works-to-protect-cambodian-girls-from-sexual-exploitation/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/13/looking-for-local-gifts-this-holiday-season-heres-our-guide-for-oakland-shoppers/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/13/looking-for-local-gifts-this-holiday-season-heres-our-guide-for-oakland-shoppers/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:44:18 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=69831 In a season that grows increasingly materialistic with each passing year, why not at least support the local economy while showering your loved ones with presents? Oakland's swelling arts scene, assortment of independent businesses, and, of course, its medical marijuana economy all make for endless gift options. Our guide lists ten possible sources for holiday gifts to fit every price range. Goodbye Target, hello Oakland.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/13/looking-for-local-gifts-this-holiday-season-heres-our-guide-for-oakland-shoppers/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/08/bay-area-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-face-a-federal-crackdown/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/08/bay-area-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-face-a-federal-crackdown/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:27:06 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=70447 In October, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a crackdown on medical marijuana facilities. The four U.S. Attorneys for California began sending out eviction notices to various medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/12/08/bay-area-medical-marijuana-dispensaries-face-a-federal-crackdown/feed/ 5 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/as-financial-crisis-for-public-schools-worsens-ousd-cuts-almost-90-of-its-budget-for-adult-education/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/as-financial-crisis-for-public-schools-worsens-ousd-cuts-almost-90-of-its-budget-for-adult-education/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:50:45 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=68413 As parents, students and teachers at Oakland schools grapple with the school board’s recent decision to close five elementary schools, the Adult and Career Education program in the district has already come to terms with cuts that closed two campuses and decimated the program’s funding. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/21/as-financial-crisis-for-public-schools-worsens-ousd-cuts-almost-90-of-its-budget-for-adult-education/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/17/reacting-to-closures-3-oakland-public-schools-ask-to-become-charters/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/17/reacting-to-closures-3-oakland-public-schools-ask-to-become-charters/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:42:01 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=68405 On October 26 representatives from three of Oakland's public elementary schools –ASCEND, Learning Without Limits, and Lazear—presented petitions to the school board to convert into charter schools. Closing the five schools, by the school district's estimate, would save about $2 million. But if these three schools become charters, the district could lose as many as 1000 students from its rolls, pulling more than $4 million from OUSD.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/17/reacting-to-closures-3-oakland-public-schools-ask-to-become-charters/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/02/at-bridges-academy-a-schools-teaching-staff-marches-to-support-occupy-oakland/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/02/at-bridges-academy-a-schools-teaching-staff-marches-to-support-occupy-oakland/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:42:09 +0000 Mariel Waloff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=66692 All 22 teachers from the Bridges Academy at Melrose elementary school, plus six parents, one infant and one middle-schooler, represented their school as they marched in support of Occupy Oakland’s general strike on Wednesday morning. Toting protest signs, tambourines, maracas, and a giant banner they walked from their school, near 53rd Avenue and International Boulevard, to downtown Oakland. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/11/02/at-bridges-academy-a-schools-teaching-staff-marches-to-support-occupy-oakland/feed/ 1