In Oakland, it’s easier to buy booze than bananas
Angela Bass, Puck Lo, Diana Montaño, Special to OaklandNorth Anyone who has shopped for food in a poor urban neighborhood, in Oakland or elsewhere, knows...
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Student perspective: Neo-liberalism — how one wonky economic term just won’t leave me alone
By Puck Lo Posted
Journalism graduate student Puck Lo writes about her encounters with neo-liberalism around the world and here on the UC Berkeley campus.
12/08/09 Tuesday
By Jun Stinson, Posted
Hey hey Oakland North, Quick updates for the day: Elgin Garret, 45, was arrested today for kidnapping and robbery. The OPD posted a photo of...
12/07/09 Monday
By Puck Lo Posted
Coming up later this week: Oakland North’s Lilly Mongeau and Laurel Moorhead follow an Oakland Unified School District lunch from finish to start, examining “natural...
Thrift stores mark World AIDS Day with free HIV tests
By Puck Lo Posted
Out of the Closet, a chain of second-hand stores, marked Tuesday's World AIDS day by offering on-the-spot HIV tests at all its locations, including the...
Oakland moves forward in bid to host World Cup games
By Puck Lo Posted
Oakland is one step closer to being chosen as the site for a future World Cup Series soccer match, that is, if the Federation Internationale...
Study charges some streets are “dangerous by design”
By Puck Lo Posted
On 64 year-old Karen Smulevitz's stretch of 73d Avenue, just trying to cross the street is "an adventure," she says. A new national report says...
Film on former Panther Richard Aoki debuts
By Puck Lo Posted
Five years in the making, the documentary "Aoki," about the Asian-American activist who was one of the original Black Panther leaders, premieres Thursday night at...
City buffer zone, separating abortion patients from protesters, faces lawsuit in federal court
By Puck Lo Posted
Oakland, like some other cities, requires right-to-life protesters to keep a certain distance from women entering or leaving abortion clinics. But clinic escorts--those who accompany...
Thelonious Monk: a life rediscovered
By Puck Lo Posted
At the Eastside Arts Alliance, historian Robin D. G. Kelley speaks about his new book examining the life of pianist Thelonious Monk, and upends the...
Art, live from Death Row
By Puck Lo Posted
At 23rd and Telegraph, inside a storefront/gallery/craft space called Rock Paper Scissors, neatly hung canvas paintings and framed ink drawings lined the walls. Cards below...
Trash and treasure up-for-grabs this Friday
By Puck Lo Posted
This Friday, U.C. Berkeley’s Marchant Building in North Oakland will be cleared of tables, drawers, wooden chairs, a futon frame, sofas and office supplies. They'd...
Graffiti artists do battle at DeFremery Park
By Puck Lo Posted
Twenty four of the most talented graffiti artists from California, Chicago, Hawaii and New York battled in West Oakland last Saturday.
Students prep for green-collar careers
By Puck Lo Posted
Berkeley High is one of five California schools chosen to participate in a cutting-edge program designed to train students for environmentally friendly jobs and careers....
Ten years of Just Cause Oakland
By Puck Lo Posted
By Puck Lo/Oakland North “I am one of four thousand people in Oakland who will be foreclosed on,” announced East Oakland homeowner Karen Mims. The...
Telegraph’s Koreatown generates both pride & grumbling
By Laurel Moorhead and Puck Lo Posted
Koreans have lived in Oakland for decades, but in 2007 the city allowed a group of landlords the right to tax and manage several blocks...
