First it was chants of “O-T, O-T” that echoed throughout the Laney College gym Saturday. The happy players and coaches of Oakland Tech were celebrating their Oakland Athletic League girls basketball championship, a 72-42 win over Skyline High. A couple hours later, that scene was repeated. This time, it was chants of “Cas-tle, Cas-tle,” as the Castlemont High boys team celebrated its 67-65 win over Oakland High.
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Bargain hunters descend on Oakland Museum’s White Elephant sale
March 7, 2010 – 9:00 am
By 9 a.m. on Saturday, dozens of people were in line outside a warehouse in East Oakland, waiting for the people inside to lift the heavy metal door to the building. They had been there—in some cases for hours—waiting for the mother of all rummage sales: the Oakland Museum Women’s Board’s 51st White Elephant Sale.
Oakland after-school fashion program fuses street style with business savvy
March 6, 2010 – 2:12 pm
The Street Style/Dream Seam School of Fashion gives Oakland teens a place to sketch, knit, sew and be around other creative people while learning about the ins and outs of the art and fashion scenes.
School’s Out: California’s education budget crisis special coverage
March 6, 2010 – 9:03 am
On March 4, students and educators throughout California will demonstrate against state budget cuts that have slashed finances at public schools and raised student fees throughout the UC system. Oakland North presents a special news package, with all-day, three-city coverage of the protests and the story behind them.
Exclusive video: State Senate leader sits down with unannounced student protesters
March 1, 2010 – 11:28 pm
More than a dozen students from several University of California campuses arrived unannounced at the office of California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman Jim Nielsen. Oakland North has exclusive video of the sit-in and an interview with a student protester.
Beyond Broadway & Telegraph
March 1, 2010 – 11:22 pm
The majority of galleries and exhibition spaces in Oakland are artist-owned and artist-run. We decided to visit several of these artist-owned spaces and curate our own virtual gallery where you can visit and learn about their motivation and vision.
Board renews North Oakland Community, Lighthouse Community school charters
February 25, 2010 – 11:14 am
At a quiet school board meeting on Wednesday night, Oakland’s school board renewed the charters for two local schools: North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS) and Lighthouse Community Charter.
Oakland cab outfit goes hybrid
February 24, 2010 – 10:52 pm
Friendly Cab in Oakland has put 15 Ford Escape hybrids on the road in the last month in an effort to reduce its carbon emissions.
Climate change: Is Oakland a model for a local approach?
February 24, 2010 – 4:05 pm
Mindful of the limits to both individual action and national and global policy, Oakland sees city government as a key climate change player.
Warriors’ Ronny Turiaf donates defibrillators to prevent deaths among high school athletes
February 23, 2010 – 3:38 pm
After an enlarged aortic root nearly kept him from his dream of playing NBA basketball, Warriors’ center Ronny Turiaf learned how dangerous heart problems could be. Now, in the wake of three recent cardiac emergencies on Bay Area high school basketball courts, Turiaf is donating defibrillators and CPR training to four local high schools.
On the road with the Tour de Taco: Visiting Oakland’s taquerias by bike
February 22, 2010 – 3:35 pm
The cold, gray skies and wind didn’t deter people from riding through Oakland’s Fruitvale district on Saturday to partake in the Tour de Taco.
City of Oakland petitions for gang injunction
February 21, 2010 – 12:45 pm
Evoking the memory of a gruesome, 2009 murder, Oakland’s City Attorney announces a lawsuit for an injunction against 19 members of the North Side Oakland street gang.
The Loan Modification Mess
February 21, 2010 – 12:40 pm
The federal government launched Making Home Affordable, a loan modification program, last year to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. But as one Glenview woman is finding out, getting lenders to participate isn’t easy.
$70 million for airport connector project to be diverted to regional transit agencies
February 21, 2010 – 12:39 pm
$70 million in federal stimulus funding denied to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency for the Oakland Airport Connecter project will be reallocated for regional rail and bus improvements instead.
Quan makes her grassroots case to be Oakland’s mayor
February 20, 2010 – 8:03 am
It’s an early February twilight in Rockridge, and commuters are making their way from the BART station to homes and shops along College Avenue. Mayoral candidate Jean Quan and a small group of canvassers are gathering around a silver Prius on Claremont Avenue.
Oakland City Council approves ammunition ordinance
February 19, 2010 – 6:22 pm
On Tuesday, Oakland city council members unanimously voted for an ordinance to enhance the city’s existing gun control regulations.