Oakland at Work: Driving a bus for AC Transit
The sky starts to lighten as Joyce Masih heads out to her bus. It's just after 6 a.m. at the AC Transit bus yard in Hayward, and Masih is all smiles.
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Young model finds new strength in outreach after career-ending injury
Oakland, California, is considered one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Reporter Débora Silva followed an Oakland resident whose first-hand experience with gun violence dramatically changed her life.
An Oaklander uses walks to inspire an active lifestyle
Meet Oakland resident Katrina Lashea, who leads walks for African-American women in the Bay Area with the goal of improving their health. Lashea is a yoga instructor and works as a program coordinator for Kaiser...
Every Saturday, SAVE honors one of Oakland’s homicide victims with a march
On a recent Saturday morning in Oakland, a group of residents marched and chanted, “Stop the violence, stop the silence! Do something!” The group calls themselves SAVE, an acronym for Soldiers Against Violence Everywhere. “We...
Bollywood comes to Oakland’s Paramount Theater
At the Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland, UC San Diego's Bollywood dance team wowed judges Saturday with a film-worthy love story between a wealthy girl and a village boy who need to win a dance...
Oakland’s Depot for Creative Reuse has supplies for school, crafts and much more
On an average day, the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, an Oakland thrift store, is chock full of school supplies, furniture and even quirky items like ET postcards and baskets full of doll heads....
Plastic supermarket bags to disappear, come January—and paper bags will cost you
Beginning January 2013, single-use plastic carryout bags won’t be allowed at most stores selling packaged food in Alameda County, and customers will have to pay for their paper bags at the checkout counter. The Reusable...
Oakland protestors rally against food store’s use of E-Verify program
Protesters held a community rally in front of the Mi Pueblo Food Center in East Oakland on Saturday to protest the company’s voluntary decision to use the Federal Immigrations and Customs (ICE) program, E-Verify, for...
Customers weigh in on menu calorie counts at Oakland McDonald’s
McDonald’s started posting calorie information on its menus at restaurants and drive-thrus around the country. In California, this practice began in January 2011.
Native Americans work to revitalize California’s indigenous languages
California was once home to over 300 Native American dialects and as many as 90 languages. Today, only about half of those languages are still with us and many are working to revive them.
Circus Bella brings a traditional outdoor one-ring circus to Oakland
A circus has come to town—a dancer rounds dozens of hula-hoops on her hips, one woman swings from a trapeze, another treads a fine line on the slack rope, and a clown puts up a...
Through Power Soccer, an athlete in a wheelchair takes home a gold medal
When Kendra Scalia-Carrow discovered the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program's (BORP) Power Soccer group in 2006, she had no interest in joining the team. The 28-year-old, who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, had never...
Bandwidth: Pooka’s transformation
Since he was kid, Dvondre Woodards has gone by another name, Pooka. Given to him by his grandmother, the name stuck, be it with friends, family, and even teachers. It doesn't have any meaning as...
Summer Sounds noontime concert series kicks off at City Center Plaza
The Watusi and the Jerk—popular dance moves in the early 1960’s—could be spotted during the launch of Summer Sounds Concerts at City Center Plaza on Wednesday. Over a hundred people, some of them doing the...
Oakland Museum hosts retrospective of comic artist Daniel Clowes
The Oakland Museum of California is hosting the first museum retrospective of comic artist Daniel Clowes. The exhibition, curated by Susan Miller, features all the key artwork in the career of the celebrated cartoonist who...
Chop Bar pig roast at Linden Street Brewery draws hungry spectators
Two local businesses—Linden Street Brewery and Chop Bar—came together in Oakland Sunday for their annual pig roast celebration, held on the third Sunday of every month between April and September. Dynamic, an Oakland based band,...
