The Streets Disciples reach out to Oakland’s sex workers and other women in need
The women sat in a circle, pressing their folding chairs closely together as they laughed, clapped and listened to each other’s stories.
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For some Oakland seniors, a meal is hard to come by
Some people have potted plants on their front porches. Others have rocking chairs or benches. Walk onto the porch of Jessie Mae Brown’s East Oakland home on any given day and you’re likely to be...
Wondering what’s open on Thanksgiving Day? We’ve got a list!
The Oakland North staff has put together a list of places that are open on Thanksgiving Day and during the holiday weekend. Use this to find locations offering community meals, restaurants that will be open...
Local officials and residents pledge to reduce gun violence in East Oakland
Community members, law enforcement officials and politicians alike reached across church aisles Thursday night to hold hands, literally, and pledge commitment to ending gun violence in Oakland.
Kaplan, community members discuss city’s bond debt deal with Goldman Sachs
Rebecca Kaplan was once a rabbinical student, and the Oakland City Councilmember still knows her scripture well. On Wednesday afternoon, Kaplan quoted the books of Isaiah, Leviticus and Exodus while speaking during a teach-in about...
Mourners gather to commemorate victims of Oikos University shooting
Over 800 people gathered Tuesday night at Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland to commemorate the seven killed in Monday’s shooting at Oikos University. The diversity of the victims, who included immigrants from Korea,...
Community groups voice opposition to city’s bond debt deal with Goldman Sachs
As soon as Reverend Daniel Buford took the podium in the council chambers at Oakland City Hall on Tuesday night, bright, hand-drawn, multi-colored signs with inscriptions like “Stop the Swap,” “Give the $ Back” and...
With increased poverty and more than 2,000 requests, this year’s toy drive needs more donations
Oakland's holiday kids' charity needs toys -- lots of toys. This year’s Toy Drive, a city program that provides low-income families gifts for their children during the holiday season, has received more than 2,000 petitions....
Oaklanders march for peace, to protest city homicide rate
About 600 people marched from Allen Temple Baptist Church in East Oakland to City Hall to protest crime and violence in Oakland on Saturday. Soldiers Against Violence Everywhere, a community and church coalition, organized the...
Oakland church hosts symposium on human trafficking
Three hundred community members and parishioners from the Allen Temple Baptist Church attended a symposium on human trafficking Saturday morning to learn about sexual exploitation in Oakland and the world.
Oakland City Council meets to debate issues of planning, transit
With key city planning issues up for public comment, Tuesday’s city council meeting offered heated debate over public transportation, zoning, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite arrests, Allen Temple plans return to Zimbabwe
Five weeks after their release from a Zimbabwean jail, the four members of Allen Temple Baptist church’s AIDS ministry team are already planning their next visit to the Southern African nation.
