This summer, Oakland High School environmental science students used to studying the ecology of Lake Merritt will travel to new turf — Costa Rica.
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Christina Phung, 17, looks out over Lake Merritt where she learned hands on Environmental Science techniques.
Summer program sends Oakland’s environmental science students to Costa Rica
March 13, 2010 – 9:00 am
Friends, family, and proteges pay tribute to East Oakland Boxing Association founder
February 6, 2010 – 9:31 am
In Stanley Garcia’s experience, boxing breathed life, maturity, and hope into the lives of the East Oakland boys who frequented his boxing club. Garcia, founder of the East Oakland Boxing Association, died last Friday at the age of 69. At his recent memorial service at Lake Chalet on Lake Merritt, the tributes poured in.
Oakland sends sound of hope to Haiti
January 26, 2010 – 1:48 pm
On Sunday evening in Oakland, approximately 3,700 miles away from devastated Haiti, more than 180 Bay Area musicians got together to deliver the sound of hope to the Haitian people.
Pampered, massaged and $90 on your plate: The true story of Kobe beef
January 8, 2010 – 8:37 am
Kobe and Miyazaki beef producers are secretive about their methods. But many ranchers in Japan massage cattle daily. Some cows listen to classical music, a method used to relax them. “They are treated as kings,” says one Oakland chef.
Season’s greetings and tasty eating: North Oakland indulges its holiday sweet tooth
December 11, 2009 – 1:41 pm
What are North Oakland’s bakeries cooking up for holidays?
Rehearsing your own death: not your typical night in Oakland
December 1, 2009 – 9:25 am
“Hi, my name is Becky and I am going to die,” I said as we went round the circle. We were at a three-day workshop run by Chris Zydel and Sharon Pavelda called a “death rehearsal,” a therapeutic workshop designed to help people envision and accept the eventuality of their own deaths.
Condo conversion attempt fails, sparks argument
November 11, 2009 – 11:33 am
A proposal to speed the conversion of apartments to market-rate condos hit resistance at Oakland City Council committee meetings Tuesday, with housing advocates calling for a comprehensive reform of the city’s affordable housing rules.
“I felt as though a baseball bat had hit me”: a community prays, reflects, on Prop 8
November 4, 2009 – 11:50 pm
At a commemorative interfaith service in Oakland, supporters of gay marriage gathered to reflect on the year since state voters approved the ballot initiative restricting marriage in California to man-woman couples.
Dawn lake walk lifts those bereaved by suicide
October 27, 2009 – 8:53 pm
Two hundred people joined at Lake Merritt early Saturday morning and walked together into daybreak. The walk, called Out of the Darkness, was part of a national effort to publicize suicide prevention.
Shoppers enjoy free parking on Friday night
October 24, 2009 – 6:36 pm
On Friday night, businesses around Oakland participated in an open house in honor of “the return of free evening parking.”
Busking for ballet lessons: Meet the Hoffman four-kid string quartet
October 11, 2009 – 12:00 pm
Grand/Lake traffic bustled by on a recent sunny Saturday. Parents pushed children in strollers; women carrying yoga mats chatted as they headed home from class; the coffee shops and cafes did a brisk business in iced beverages. But in front of the Lakeshore Ave Peet’s Coffee, there was a small crowd of stillness as passersby [...]
Profile: Grand Avenue’s stalwart crooning pianist
October 3, 2009 – 1:00 pm
Meet Rod Dibble, the 77 year-old pianist who’s been entertaining patrons of the Alley for half a century.
Signed, sealed, delivered: A North Oakland mail carrier makes the rounds
September 22, 2009 – 9:50 am
By Paige Ricks/Oakland North
Among the cars parked off of Claremont and Oak Grove, a U.S. Post Office truck stands out among the Toyota Corollas and Honda Civics. Dadra “Renee” Underwood, 52, has been driving this truck for 23 years. She is one of the 80 employees at the Grand Avenue Post Office. The stack of [...]
Game on: Lawn bowlers battle by the lake
September 21, 2009 – 4:05 pm
On most weekend mornings in September, Oakland residents turn Lake Merritt into their outdoor track, with packs of joggers and cyclists circumnavigating the sunlit lake. But a canopy of gray clouds chilled the air one recent Saturday, making the morning in the emptier-than-usual park feel like winter rather than late summer.
Healthcare reform rally brings protesters to Lake Merritt
September 16, 2009 – 5:44 pm
Dozens gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland Sunday afternoon at a rally for healthcare reform. Laurel Moorhead and Becky Palmstrom captured the event in video and audio slideshow form.
In Parkway Theater’s lingering absence, the fragility of an urban neighborhood
September 15, 2009 – 12:29 pm
“It’s a sad memory, looking at that, especially at nighttime,” says an Oakland cafe owner whose business view takes in the padlocked, empty theater building that used to be the Parkway. A look at the loss of the popular neighborhood hub and the challenges hampering efforts to bring it back to life. by Sam Laird/Oakland North