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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/health/ 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/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/10/oakland-cyclists-celebrate-bike-to-work-day/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/10/oakland-cyclists-celebrate-bike-to-work-day/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 19:16:19 +0000 Sophie Michielse http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96526 Extremely tall pink bikes, decorated beach cruisers, twin bikes and even a Scandinavian model took over the streets of Old Oakland Wednesday evening and clustered at the Happy Hour Bike Party as Oaklanders celebrated the end of the 20th East Bay Bike to Work Day, organized by the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC). “With Bike to Work Day, we want to get more people to bike and improve the quality...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/10/oakland-cyclists-celebrate-bike-to-work-day/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/09/planned-parenthood-opens-on-seventh-street-in-west-oakland/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/09/planned-parenthood-opens-on-seventh-street-in-west-oakland/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 21:09:37 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96449 There are a number of free or discounted health clinics across Oakland -- like La Clinica de la Raza in the Fruitvale, or Asian Health Services in Chinatown. Now, West Oakland has its own reproductive health clinic. Reporter Madeleine Thomas has the story of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte's new location on Seventh Street. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/09/planned-parenthood-opens-on-seventh-street-in-west-oakland/feed/ 1 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/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/24/mega-crematorium-still-sparking-controversy/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/24/mega-crematorium-still-sparking-controversy/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:09:56 +0000 Sean Greene http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95687 Community activists and environmentalists want the City of Oakland to permanently block a proposed giant crematory proposed near the airport.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/24/mega-crematorium-still-sparking-controversy/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/18/after-the-raid-first-oaksterdam-then-legal-battles-for-harborside-health-center/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/18/after-the-raid-first-oaksterdam-then-legal-battles-for-harborside-health-center/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:00:53 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95518 He might direct the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the country, but Steve DeAngelo isn’t scared of the government’s attempts to shut it down. “The federal government has thrown everything they had at us and we met them and we pushed back,” DeAngelo said, referring to Harborside Health Center, where he serves as founder and executive director. “It’s a drug war machine that’s bound for extinction.”]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/18/after-the-raid-first-oaksterdam-then-legal-battles-for-harborside-health-center/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/12/a-caution-for-oaklands-urban-gardeners-lead-in-the-citys-soil/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/12/a-caution-for-oaklands-urban-gardeners-lead-in-the-citys-soil/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:33:38 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95238 In neighborhoods like West and East Oakland, you can drive for miles without passing even one grocery store. To fight food scarcity, a lot of neighborhoods have started to claim vacant lots and turn them into thriving vegetable gardens. But city gardeners should be aware of a hidden danger lurking in their dirt.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/12/a-caution-for-oaklands-urban-gardeners-lead-in-the-citys-soil/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-14-year-study-kaiser-finds-chickenpox-vaccine-highly-effective/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-14-year-study-kaiser-finds-chickenpox-vaccine-highly-effective/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:31:56 +0000 Ashley Griffin http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95110 A rash followed by itchy, fluid-filled blisters all over a child’s body, usually tells parents their child has chickenpox. The illness was once a standard part of growing up—and many have the scars to prove it—but since a vaccination became common practice, fewer kids contract the virus. In 1995, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of medical and public health experts at the Center for Disease Control and...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-14-year-study-kaiser-finds-chickenpox-vaccine-highly-effective/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-the-raid-the-financial-fallout-for-oaksterdam-and-oaklands-pot-business/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-the-raid-the-financial-fallout-for-oaksterdam-and-oaklands-pot-business/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:02:37 +0000 Madeleine Thomas http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95104 Following the federal raid on Oaksterdam University last April, Dale Sky Jones found herself with an incredible task: rebuilding the school from the ground up. Not only had Richard Lee, Oaksterdam’s founder and director, just stepped down—assigning Jones to take over his role—but during the raid, federal agents had gutted the university entirely. As Jones took on the responsibility of providing for the students, staff and volunteers who had already signed on for the spring semester, the rest of Oakland’s burgeoning pot industry was left wondering what lay ahead for their businesses and whether they, too, were vulnerable to raids or legal action from the federal government.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/09/after-the-raid-the-financial-fallout-for-oaksterdam-and-oaklands-pot-business/feed/ 11 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/08/civil-rights-complaint-resolved-at-skyline-high-school/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/08/civil-rights-complaint-resolved-at-skyline-high-school/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:50:46 +0000 Pendarvis Harshaw http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95044 In early March, Skyline High School and the Oakland Unified School District resolved a complaint filed by the high school’s Black Student Union nearly a year ago. The resolution could change how students file complaints, allow random audits of students’ class schedules, offer training for teachers on how to deal with complaints of racial discrimination, and require the school to provide annual logs of complaints to the US Department of...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/04/08/civil-rights-complaint-resolved-at-skyline-high-school/feed/ 3