This fall, Temescal martial arts studio Pacific Ring Sports hosted “Showdown in Oakland,” an amateur boxing tournament. This audioslide introduces two local fighters, C.J. and Shanti, working hard to try to dominate their bouts.
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C.J. Mills (left) prepares for his bout at Temescal's Pacific Ring Sports
For two North Oakland amateurs, boxing is a matter of the heart
December 18, 2009 – 7:11 am
As gears begin to turn, Temescal hopeful for new park space
December 8, 2009 – 1:40 pm
If you could turn a slab of cement and portable classrooms into a vibrant neighborhood park, what would it include? Last night at a community meeting in the Oakland International High School library, a group of approximately 25 North Oaklanders took part brainstorming what a new park could look like in their Temescal neighborhood.
Do you know this guy? OPD wants help.
December 8, 2009 – 9:15 am
The Oakland Police Department released a photo taken by an ATM camera today and called on residents to help identify the man in the picture.
Oakland Museum gives a sneak peak at renovations
November 18, 2009 – 7:10 am
The Oakland Museum of California hosted a ’sneak peak’ of its renovations that have been two years in the making. The museum is making efforts to get back to its roots as a ‘museum for the people.’
The Ella Baker Center honors three visionaries
November 13, 2009 – 7:05 pm
Three Oaklanders were honored by the Ella Baker Center last night at its annual fundraiser for their work on social and environmental issues in the community.
At Children’s Hospital, a request for cash over toys drops donations for families affected by AIDS
November 12, 2009 – 7:57 pm
Drop in donations this year is leaving Children’s Hospital with few gifts to give away.
Car booted? A cellphone & credit card will free it now
November 12, 2009 – 4:00 pm
A new generation of car boots was introduced in Oakland this morning. It’s still bad news if you get one, but these let you pay up and unlock yourself on the spot.
Northwest Oakland shooting injures one person
November 12, 2009 – 1:51 pm
A Wednesday shooting that injured one person is just the latest incident on a troubled corner, according to people who work in the neighborhood.
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.
Oakland wants to join U.S. bid for World Cup
November 11, 2009 – 11:00 am
Imagine a series of summer afternoons at the Oakland Coliseum a few years in the future. The sun-dappled parking lot has become a Tower of Babel—English, Spanish and a smattering of Scandinavian tongues—but all are mutually intelligible in their passion for one sport: soccer. It might just happen, since Oakland is bidding to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
California Roll world record broken at Cal
November 9, 2009 – 6:12 pm
Over 350 lively people made up of fraternities, sororities, campus clubs, individual students, and community members registered for the event at UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Sunday afternoon. Each was hopeful that they would beat the Maui, Hawaii contingent that set the last record with a 300 foot-long California Roll in 2001.
Oakland Black Cowboy Association revives forgotten memories of the American West
November 5, 2009 – 9:07 pm
Oakland resident Wilbert McAlister grew up watching Westerns at the movie theater in his rural hometown of Madera, Calif. For years he reveled in the exploits of white heroes, but as an adult he began to ask himself why none of the actors resembled him or his ancestors, who were ranchers in Oklahoma. As he [...]
Non-profit helps refugee and immigrant businesses flourish
October 31, 2009 – 7:00 am
Maria Elena Terriquez had always wanted to run her own business. She had sold perfume in Mexico for 15 years when she immigrated to the United States to join the four of her five adult children who were living here.
Thelonious Monk: a life rediscovered
October 30, 2009 – 3:17 pm
At the Eastside Arts Alliance, historian Robin D. G. Kelley speaks about his new book examining the life of pianist Thelonious Monk, and upends the myth of Monk as a reclusive jazz genius.
Oakland dance troupe channels Haitian rhythms
October 20, 2009 – 2:33 pm
At the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in downtown Oakland, Portsha Jefferson and the Rara Tou Limen Haitian Folkloric Ensemble use dance and performance to educate the Bay Area about Haitian culture. The ensemble is organizing a fundraiser this Wednesday, October 21, at San Francisco’s Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts.
Young stars audition for roles of a lifetime
October 15, 2009 – 2:51 pm
For talented 7-12 year olds in Oakland, October 5th was a big day. Fifteen of them were chosen from a group of thirty to become part of a hip-hop, dance and spoken word Junior theater company created through Destiny Arts Center, a North Oakland based non-profit that teaches hip-hop, kung fu and conflict resolution to youth.