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.
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Jean Quan (center) at the February 16 City Council meeting
Quan makes her grassroots case to be Oakland’s mayor
February 20, 2010 – 8:03 am
Rockridge boutique participates in Princess Project dress drive
February 18, 2010 – 7:53 pm
Bay Area residents have the chance to be fairy godparents by opening their closets and hearts to help a young women attend their high school proms. The Princess Project, now in its eighth year, is a volunteer effort to give accessories and new and gently used prom dresses to teens who otherwise couldn’t afford them.
Supporters remain hopeful six months after boy’s disappearance
February 11, 2010 – 10:44 am
It’s been six months since Hasanni Campbell disappeared from outside a Rockridge shoe store, but the supporters who gathered outside the downtown Oakland police station Wednesday night continue to hope for his safe return.
Rally planned for Hasanni Campbell; foster parents reported to have moved
February 5, 2010 – 11:37 am
The homicide investigation into the disappearance of Fremont boy Hasanni Campbell continues amid reports that his foster parents have left the area
The great human truths: Death, taxes and … laundry?
January 11, 2010 – 11:41 am
Ben Franklin, font of aphorisms, said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain. Except death and taxes.” But there’s one unescapable reality Franklin seems to have missed: laundry.
Record stores see tangible return for selling vinyl
December 5, 2009 – 9:02 am
Music lovers might be comforted to know that North Oakland is still a great place to look for vinyl LPs and singles, whose popularity has taken a surprising upturn.
Black Friday passed, North Oakland retailers see slow start to holiday buying season
November 30, 2009 – 7:48 pm
Full-bellied, bleary-eyed, and shaking the last vestiges of their turkey-induced tryptophan hangovers, shopoholics and bargain-hunters nationwide kicked off the holiday spending season, lining up before dawn the morning after Thanksgiving to raid their favorite stores on Black Friday. But while consumers flocked to big-box stores across the Bay Area, local North Oakland retailers reported a much quieter beginning to the year’s shopping season.
Taxi drivers object to tighter parking enforcement
November 24, 2009 – 5:00 am
Tighter enforcement of parking rules in Oakland has angered the city’s cab drivers, who complain about a lack of taxi stands.
Three-month anniversary of Hassani Campbell disappearance marked by thin vigil crowd
November 10, 2009 – 10:27 pm
Three months ago on Tuesday, a search began for Fremont boy Hassani Campbell. Community activists marked the occasion at an evening vigil at College Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Summer’s best friend likes fall too
November 6, 2009 – 6:04 pm
For Ici Ice Cream co-owner, Mattea Soreng, the rainy weather and cool temperature is no deterring factor when it comes to selling cold stuff. Rain or shine, the lines at Soreng’s little parlor, which Soreng and Mary Canales opened three years ago on College and Ashby Avenues, never stops. “Yesterday we sold 325 cones, and that doesn’t include people who got cups, [...]
A ride into the hills
November 3, 2009 – 2:45 pm
For Bay Area cyclists, November is the cruelest month. Night falls earlier and earlier, and winter winds and rains prompt many of us to place our two-wheeled conveyances into hibernation for the next few months.
Bill Gates, Mary Poppins and the Grim Reaper: the usual gang hits the streets for Halloween
November 1, 2009 – 9:13 am
In Rockridge, the hordes descended last night in horns, sheets, glo-lights, vampire teeth, death masks, peace sign necklaces, and extremely scary hair.
Lawton lays on the cobwebs and truckloads of candy
October 29, 2009 – 9:16 pm
Neighbors stock up, and one family gets to work on its pumpkins, as North Oakland’s Lawton Avenue braces for the yearly Oct 31 onslaught of trick-or-treaters from far and wide.
School board, meeting at Chabot, honors volunteers
October 29, 2009 – 1:46 pm
Board members relocated their weekly meeting to Chabot last night, and added to their agenda a special recognition of North Oakland school volunteers.
Right turn on wrong-way parking?
October 20, 2009 – 11:43 am
Just when you thought the Oakland parking wars had come to an end, parking rules are once again on the agenda. The City Council will consider easing enforcement against wrong-way parkers tonight.
A Refuge in Rockridge: church provides respite from stressful times
October 2, 2009 – 2:42 pm
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, designed by the famed architect Julia Morgan, has a long history of helping people through personal and spirtual crises.