Cinco De Mayo in Oakland’s Fruitvale
Coatlicue drummers and dancers occupied the island between East and West-bound traffic on International Blvd in Oakland, as they celebrated and prayed. With shells at...
Pendarvis Harshaw
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Stories by Pendarvis
7000 Coliseum Way: A photo essay
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
There’s a parking lot in East Oakland. You know the one. It’s nestled between the Amtrak Train tracks to the east and Highway 880 to...
Civil rights complaint resolved at Skyline High School
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
In early March, Skyline High School and the Oakland Unified School District resolved a complaint filed by the high school’s Black Student Union nearly a...
Fans stream in for Opening Day baseball in Oakland
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
Oakland North tagged along as people of all ages, and even a dog or two made their way to O. Co Coliseum to watch the...
Women and hip-hop: A discussion in downtown Oakland
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
On Friday, the Betti Ono art gallery in downtown Oakland hosted a panel discussion about women and Hip-Hop. The “My Art, My Culture: Women, media,...
Children celebrate Black History Month at Ile Omode Elementary
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and a number of famous African Americans ancestors made an appearance at an elementary school in East Oakland on the final...
Reggie Bailey’s Barbershop
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
“My last trip in the penitentiary, I had to make a decision on what I wanted to do with my life,” said Reggie Bailey, sitting...
Secret ancestors, precious photos, and civil rights at the African American Museum
By Anne Hoffman and Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
It’s Saturday afternoon at the African American Museum in Oakland, and archivist Sean Heyliger is showing a small group how best to preserve and care...
Oscar Grant family reaches out to mother of Kenneth Harding
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
On a Saturday afternoon in July, 2011, Kenneth Harding Jr., 19, lay stomach down in his own blood, fighting for his life on the corner of...
The Black Fatherhood Project premieres in Oakland
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre will host the world premiere of the newly released documentary “The Black Fatherhood Project” on Thursday evening. Director Jordan Thierry said...
One Oakland teacher’s lesson on discipline
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
Price has a special vantage point on the Resolution Plan, given the fact that he was once a disobedient student, and now sometimes works with...
At Linden Street, West Oakland Brewery brings back Californian brewing tradition
By Madeleine Thomas, Ashley Griffin, Debora Silva and Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
The Linden Street Brewery is small and unpretentious, but its owners are proud of their brewing tradition, which goes back to the early 1800’s, when...
A look inside The New Parkway
By Debora Silva and Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
The New Parkway is nearly 8,000 square feet, has two floors and features two screening rooms with a seating capacity of 145 and 125 people...
Bay Area journalist Kevin Weston’s fight against rare cancer
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
Kevin Weston doesn’t remember doctors saying he had two weeks to live. He doesn’t remember his 44th birthday. He doesn’t remember his own wedding, though...
This Weekend in Oakland
By Pendarvis Harshaw and Madeleine Thomas Posted
Community events and activities for the weekend of November 23-25 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Oakland youth leaders voice views on ending cycles of harassment
By Pendarvis Harshaw Posted
The incident isn’t something that is new in Gutierrez’s generation or in Oakland. The Mentoring Center, a non-profit organization located in Oakland’s Preservation Parkway, focuses...
