http://oaklandnorth.net North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Oakland North (www.OaklandNorth.net) is a hyperlocal news site covering politics, crime, events, arts and entertainment in Oakland, California. Our Oakland North Radio podcast offers free, downloadable audio stories covering the local community. Oakland North is a project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and our audio podcasts are produced in cooperation with the school's radio program. With support from the Ford Foundation, graduate student reporters at the school are creating focused news outlets to concentrate on different parts of the Bay Area. You can find our sister sites, covering San Francisco's Mission District and the city of Richmond, California at www.MissionLocal.org and www.RichmondConfidential.org. 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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 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:46 +0000 Samantha Masunaga http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96512 Red caution tape cordons off the sidewalk where Eric Wright and his crew are working on electrical wires.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/oakland-at-work-pge-electrical-lineman/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/this-weekend-in-oakland-126/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/this-weekend-in-oakland-126/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:39 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96663 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/17/this-weekend-in-oakland-126/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:33 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96671 Jamaree Strickland sees the world differently. Some may even say the Richmond native has his head in the clouds. If anyone would know it'd be his mom, Stacey Strickland, who recalls that even back in preschool, when her son stood behind his friends they just reached up to the top of his stomach. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/an-oakland-grad-and-richmond-native-is-on-his-way-to-college-hoops/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:03 +0000 Julie Brown http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96479 Enjoy the photo gallery for our weekly series, The Pulse of Oakland. This week’s featured ZIP code is 94619, which includes the airport, the Oakland Coliseum and more.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/16/oakland-by-the-zip-code-photos-from-the-94621/feed/ 1 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/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/community-photo-of-the-week-hospital-construction/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/community-photo-of-the-week-hospital-construction/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:47 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=95970 Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Charles Pine. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/15/community-photo-of-the-week-hospital-construction/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:21 +0000 Anne Hoffman http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96583 Oakland. Home of the Black Panthers. Of Gertrude Stein. Of notorious corners, multimillion-dollar drug empires. Hyphy music. Hella. And, more recently, of the upscale Blue Bottle Coffee. Now according to an online real estate company called Movoto, Oakland is the most exciting city in America. Movoto regularly releases top 10 lists, among them “The 10 Most Redneck Cities in America” and “The 10 Nerdiest Cities in America.” When it came to...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/oakland-named-americas-most-exciting-city-in-movoto-top-10-list/feed/ 2 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/adoptable-animal-of-the-week-nemo/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/adoptable-animal-of-the-week-nemo/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:38 +0000 Oakland North Staff http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96598 Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every week, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s a rabbit named Nemo. Finding Nemo at the shelter won’t be hard – he is the cute, fluffy boy excited to find a home of his own.  He always wants to come out of his cage to play and enjoys to be pet. ...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/14/adoptable-animal-of-the-week-nemo/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:04 +0000 Adam Grossberg http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=96558 An estimated 6,000 cat lovers gathered in Oakland on Saturday for the Internet Cat Video Festival. Yes, you read that right—Internet Cat Video Festival.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/05/13/lol-and-squeeee-its-oaklands-internet-cat-video-festival/feed/ 2 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