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. 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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/category/economy/ 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/2013/05/22/as-clorox-turns-100-looking-at-the-oakland-companys-executive-pay/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/22/as-clorox-turns-100-looking-at-the-oakland-companys-executive-pay/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:25 +0000 Nausheen Husain http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96245 Best known for its red, white and blue bottle, Clorox has been the standard “clean scent” for many Americans for over a century. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/22/as-clorox-turns-100-looking-at-the-oakland-companys-executive-pay/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000 Samantha Masunaga http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96512 Red caution tape cordons off the sidewalk where Eric Wright and his crew are working on electrical wires.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/an-alameda-beekeeper-collaborates-with-oakland-businesses-to-make-sweet-soaps/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/an-alameda-beekeeper-collaborates-with-oakland-businesses-to-make-sweet-soaps/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:21 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96316 When she started keeping bees as a hobby six years ago, tattoo artist Jean Chen never thought she’d be making a living from them in her kitchen. But on April 28, Chen quit her job after ten years. Her new job—soap maker. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/an-alameda-beekeeper-collaborates-with-oakland-businesses-to-make-sweet-soaps/feed/ 2 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/2013/05/06/cinco-de-mayo-in-oaklands-fruitvale/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/06/cinco-de-mayo-in-oaklands-fruitvale/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:02:05 +0000 Pendarvis Harshaw http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96264 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 their ankles and feathers on their crowns, over a dozen people congregated and moved to the beat. Smoke from lit herbs such as sage filled the intersection. Police directed traffic around the celebration, as passersby honked and waved.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/06/cinco-de-mayo-in-oaklands-fruitvale/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/02/birds-on-the-bay-bridge/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/02/birds-on-the-bay-bridge/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 18:10:36 +0000 Brittany Schell http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96204 Of all the birds that nest on or around the Bay Bridge—gulls, terns, pelicans, pigeons, falcons, hummingbirds—Lauren Bingham is most concerned with the cormorants. It’s not that they’re worse, bird by bird, more onerous or unruly than the other birds; it’s just that there’s so many of them. Standing on the unopened new span of the Bay Bridge, halfway to Yerba Buena Island, she points at the steel latticework right...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/02/birds-on-the-bay-bridge/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/after-the-raid-public-opinion-favors-legalization-but-federal-raids-continue-across-the-state/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/after-the-raid-public-opinion-favors-legalization-but-federal-raids-continue-across-the-state/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 21:00:18 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95948 Oakland resident Sableu Cabildo was diagnosed at the end of 2011 with a kind of brain cancer known as an astrocytoma. It originated on the right side of her thalamus, the lobed mass under the cerebral cortex that acts like the brain’s switchboard, regulating sensory perception and motor functions. Because of the cancer, Cabildo has been steadily losing her short-term memory and her balance. She stutters sometimes, and to be on the safe side, doesn’t drive at night anymore. To alleviate some of the symptoms of her cancer and the harsher side affects of her medications, Cabildo, 34, has a medical marijuana prescription. It’s helped to calm her mood swings and improve her diminished appetite. It also dulls the pain from the migraine headaches caused by her disease. It lets her sleep at night.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/after-the-raid-public-opinion-favors-legalization-but-federal-raids-continue-across-the-state/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/unions-protest-quans-proposed-budget-at-city-council-meeting/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/unions-protest-quans-proposed-budget-at-city-council-meeting/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:14:54 +0000 Ashley Griffin http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96101 Some 250 workers rallied on City Hall steps ahead of Tuesday's City Council meeting to protest the mayor’s proposed budget, which focuses on investments in public safety, job creation, economic development, and job training. But union members felt some of the most hard hitting cuts were proposed to service programs--many of the jobs they do in the city of Oakland.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/01/unions-protest-quans-proposed-budget-at-city-council-meeting/feed/ 6 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/30/summer-jobs-for-youth-in-oakland-will-be-coming-soon/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/30/summer-jobs-for-youth-in-oakland-will-be-coming-soon/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:00:18 +0000 Ashley Griffin http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95775 As the days get longer and the temperature begins to rise, school will end in just a few short months. In the Oakland Unified School District, the last day of school is June 13 and classes will resume August 26, giving students almost two months without classes. Because of the enormous amount of free time students will inherit during their summer vacations, local programs and businesses are looking to hire...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/30/summer-jobs-for-youth-in-oakland-will-be-coming-soon/feed/ 0