24 hours in Oakland project
The staff of Oakland North is embarking on a special project to document 24 hours in the life of Oakland. Starting on Sunday April 25...
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California Education Budget By the Numbers
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VIDEO: What’s in your box? CSA members look forward to spring
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by Elise Craig and Brittney Johnson/Oakland North Community Supported Agriculture or CSAs are programs that allow consumers to skip the grocery store and buy their...
Youth Speak Up, Curfew Shot Down
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Diana Montaño/OaklandNorth Last month, a youth curfew ordinance was voted down by the City Council’s Public Safety Committee. And while the ordinance failed to become...
East Bay refugees have a new safe haven but with different challenges
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By Huda Ahmed/Oakland North When I knocked on the door of an apartment building in East Oakland, a woman’s voice nervously asked who I was....
Juicy Toxins: Johanna Poethig and the Art of Wasak
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By Carlos Davalos/Oakland North Johanna Poethig’s art has a straight message: It’s crazy out there. The North Oakland artist’s latest work-in-progress is a series of...
Off with their heads
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By Samson Reiny/Oakland North It was off with their heads-the parking meter heads-that is. At the end of 2007, the City of Oakland replaced its...
State furloughs hit local DMV office
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California now requires that workers take two unpaid days off each month. Oakland North’s Lauren Rudser and Brittney Johnson talk to a furloughed worker from...
Oakland Home Values a Block-by-Block Prospect
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By Elise Craig and Melanie Mason/Oakland North On the corner of 34th Street and Market Street in Oakland, a Coldwell Banker sign is attached to...
Downsizing a household in the wake of foreclosure
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As foreclosures force more people out of their homes across the Bay Area, people like Patricia Lewis are having to adjust to smaller living spaces....
Oakland Celebrates the Dream of MLK
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By ANNA BLOOM At Thursday’s opening ceremony for “Oakland Celebrates the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” leaders reached for the wisdom of King...
2008 Election Special Live Blog
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Oakland North Live Election Day Blog
