http://oaklandnorth.net North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Oakland North (www.OaklandNorth.net) is a hyperlocal news site covering politics, crime, events, arts and entertainment in Oakland, California. Our Oakland North Radio podcast offers free, downloadable audio stories covering the local community. Oakland North is a project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and our audio podcasts are produced in cooperation with the school's radio program. With support from the Ford Foundation, graduate student reporters at the school are creating focused news outlets to concentrate on different parts of the Bay Area. You can find our sister sites, covering San Francisco's Mission District and the city of Richmond, California at www.MissionLocal.org and www.RichmondConfidential.org. Our goals are to improve local coverage, experiment with online and digital media, and listen to you -- about the stories and features that most interest you, the issues that concern you, the information services you want, and the reporting you’d like to see undertaken in your own community. Please feel free to contact us at staff@oaklandnorth.net. Happy listening! 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/category/culture/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/14/until-organs-go-silent/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/14/until-organs-go-silent/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:55:11 +0000 Aaron Mendelson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96964 Bob Schleicher has been repairing Hammond organs and Leslie speakers in Oakland for nearly five decades--and he's one of the best at what he does. Something magical happens when you plug in a Leslie speaker to a Hammond organ, he says.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/14/until-organs-go-silent/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/12/condemned-project-housing-reopens-as-art-gallery/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/12/condemned-project-housing-reopens-as-art-gallery/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:08:20 +0000 Tasion Kwamilele http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96979 Chipped paint, metal bars and boarded windows and doors are all that’s left of Greenside, a notorious housing complex in East Oakland that was condemned and shuttered 10 years ago. Now, Oakland native and internationally- renowned artist Ise Lyfe has returned to his hometown to convert the dilapidated buildings into a work of art.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/06/12/condemned-project-housing-reopens-as-art-gallery/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/31/a-brief-history-of-west-oakland/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/31/a-brief-history-of-west-oakland/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 16:06:14 +0000 Tasion Kwamilele http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96896 Oakland North reporter Tasion Kwamilele explores the history of West Oakland from the perspective of her family and other long-time residents who have watched it change.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/31/a-brief-history-of-west-oakland/feed/ 9 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/29/what-it-really-means-to-move-a-body-at-mountainview-cemetery/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/29/what-it-really-means-to-move-a-body-at-mountainview-cemetery/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 16:30:27 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=94995 At more than 226 acres, Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery is a final resting place for some of the Bay Area's most notable figures. And docents there are uncovering new and interesting tombstones all the time, helping to piece together Oakland's rich history. Madeleine Thomas has the story.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/29/what-it-really-means-to-move-a-body-at-mountainview-cemetery/feed/ 5 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/28/native-american-child-adoption-law-presents-extra-challenges-for-taxed-system/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/28/native-american-child-adoption-law-presents-extra-challenges-for-taxed-system/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 18:21:42 +0000 Lauren Kawana http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96770 In Alameda County, while 38 percent of Native American foster children were placed with families, 30 percent were placed in non-Indian homes. Only 3 percent were placed with Native American families other than their own.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/28/native-american-child-adoption-law-presents-extra-challenges-for-taxed-system/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/24/oakland-by-the-zip-code-your-photos-your-community-2/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/24/oakland-by-the-zip-code-your-photos-your-community-2/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:53 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96762 This week, as part of our weekly photo series, the Pulse of Oakland, we are showcasing some of the community contributions to the Flickr stream. Our photographs come from Flickr users Neil Conway, Brandon Tauszik, Tricityterror, bearlikemouse, Kyle Mortara, karmacamilleeon, blocker1501, ljellis, Rachel Medanic, solanita , Regina Aragón and Ellen Lake. Look for more of their photographs on Flickr. We’ve seen some beautiful pictures uploaded to Flickr so far. You can submit your own ZIP...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/24/oakland-by-the-zip-code-your-photos-your-community-2/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:33 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96671 Jamaree Strickland sees the world differently. Some may even say the Richmond native has his head in the clouds. If anyone would know it'd be his mom, Stacey Strickland, who recalls that even back in preschool, when her son stood behind his friends they just reached up to the top of his stomach. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:03 +0000 Julie Brown http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96479 Enjoy the photo gallery for our weekly series, The Pulse of Oakland. This week’s featured ZIP code is 94619, which includes the airport, the Oakland Coliseum and more.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:21 +0000 Anne Hoffman http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96583 Oakland. Home of the Black Panthers. Of Gertrude Stein. Of notorious corners, multimillion-dollar drug empires. Hyphy music. Hella. And, more recently, of the upscale Blue Bottle Coffee. Now according to an online real estate company called Movoto, Oakland is the most exciting city in America. Movoto regularly releases top 10 lists, among them “The 10 Most Redneck Cities in America” and “The 10 Nerdiest Cities in America.” When it came to...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/feed/ 4 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:04 +0000 Adam Grossberg http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96558 An estimated 6,000 cat lovers gathered in Oakland on Saturday for the Internet Cat Video Festival. Yes, you read that right—Internet Cat Video Festival.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/feed/ 2