http://oaklandnorth.net North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:45 +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/2012/12/20/tracking-the-federal-stimulus-money-where-did-oaklands-2-billion-go/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/12/20/tracking-the-federal-stimulus-money-where-did-oaklands-2-billion-go/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:14:58 +0000 Aaron Mendelson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=91389 Among the answers: an airport tower, police officer salaries, and a lot of repaved roads. This end-of-year roundup by reporter Aaron Mendelson examines the trail of the federal stimulus money that arrived three years ago in Oakland--recipient of the tenth largest stimulus grant in the country. ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/12/20/tracking-the-federal-stimulus-money-where-did-oaklands-2-billion-go/feed/ 4 http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/08/15/oakland-residents-call-for-freeze-on-foreclosures/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/08/15/oakland-residents-call-for-freeze-on-foreclosures/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:00:59 +0000 Tawanda Kanhema http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=82948 Oakland residents converged Tuesday on an East Oakland street that has been blighted by foreclosures, calling for a freeze on foreclosures until the Homeowners Bill of Rights comes into effect in January, 2013. California Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law on July 2, which and will prevent banks from forcing families their homes while they are still negotiating mortgages settlements.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/08/15/oakland-residents-call-for-freeze-on-foreclosures/feed/ 6 http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/01/25/oakland-restaurants-kick-off-restaurant-week-with-good-eats-and-great-deals/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/01/25/oakland-restaurants-kick-off-restaurant-week-with-good-eats-and-great-deals/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:00:08 +0000 Lauren Callahan http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=47816 Thirty-five Oakland restaurants are participating this week in Oakland's first Restaurant Week, a project of Visit Oakland, the city's official marketing organization. Lauren Callahan reports.]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2011/01/25/oakland-restaurants-kick-off-restaurant-week-with-good-eats-and-great-deals/feed/ 1 cuisine,Culture,Economy,Food,restaurant,Restaurant Week Thirty-five Oakland restaurants are participating this week in Oakland's first Restaurant Week, a project of Visit Oakland, the city's official marketing organization. Lauren Callahan reports. Thirty-five Oakland restaurants are participating this week in Oakland's first Restaurant Week, a project of Visit Oakland (http://visitoakland.org/), the city's official destination marketing organization. Restaurant Week runs through January 29, and is meant to encourage residents to try new dining spots thanks to specially priced menus. Lauren Callahan no http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/10/14/jobs-scarce-for-released-inmates-oaklands-working-poor/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/10/14/jobs-scarce-for-released-inmates-oaklands-working-poor/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:06:59 +0000 Roberto Daza http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=38276 When James Smith was released on parole in 2007, the Department of Corrections gave him $200 and pointed him out the door—he had no support, nowhere to go, nothing but the clothes on his back. It had been years since he had been on the outside. In a matter of months, Smith was asking his parole officer whether he could be sent back to prison rather than finish parole. Without a job, life outside proved to be difficult—too uncertain. “I couldn’t find a job,” said the 45-year-old Oakland native. “It’s like being a pariah.”]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2010/10/14/jobs-scarce-for-released-inmates-oaklands-working-poor/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/07/27/the-waiting/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/07/27/the-waiting/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:18:59 +0000 Steve Saldivar http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=9119 By STEVE SALDIVAR The bold sign over the Greyhound station in Oakland says “BUS” in big letters, each bigger than a man.  There are no windows, only doors to buses.  The doors lead to terminals where the buses pull in and stop.  During the day, the doors are the only source of sunlight. At 7 a.m. on a Wednesday, the station is already warm despite the emptiness. The security guard...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/07/27/the-waiting/feed/ 13 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/05/27/temescal-library-thinking-outside-the-tool-box/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/05/27/temescal-library-thinking-outside-the-tool-box/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 21:51:14 +0000 Steve Saldivar http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=7134 By STEVE SALDIVAR Books?  No, give me a wrench, ask many  Oakland residents who use the Temescal Library. The branch holds 29,000 books, and rents out 4,000 books, CDs and movies a month.  Its Tool Lending Program, started in 2001,  checks out 3,000 tools a month and that number is growing. “People need this now more than ever,” said Ty Yurgelevic a senior library assistant and tool specialist. On a...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/05/27/temescal-library-thinking-outside-the-tool-box/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/17/finger-picking-guitar-down-at-lake-merritt/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/17/finger-picking-guitar-down-at-lake-merritt/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:05:28 +0000 Dara Kerr http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=5502 I went down to Lake Merritt last weekend with my friend Jack Woodruff to shoot this audio-profile video of him working his recession-time gig as a street musician. He has played acoustic guitar for 12 years. Recently he had shoulder surgery and since he’s having a hard time finding a job in the service industry, he decided to pass some time as a street musician. When we pulled up to...]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/17/finger-picking-guitar-down-at-lake-merritt/feed/ 1 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/12/high-times-in-a-rough-economy/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/12/high-times-in-a-rough-economy/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:11:51 +0000 Howard Hsu http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=4063 Click on Title for Video ]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/12/high-times-in-a-rough-economy/feed/ 3 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/10/organic-roots-from-the-market-to-the-rancho/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/10/organic-roots-from-the-market-to-the-rancho/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:09:43 +0000 montano http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=5310 By Diana Montaño/Oakland North The tropical crops of Maria Inés Catalán’s youth don’t grow in Hollister. Instead of winding through the papaya and mango trees of her native Guerrero, Mexico, here, wearing black loafers caked in mud from the past week’s rain, she steps carefully over the kale, broccoli and artichoke plants that thrive in the Northern California winter. Catalán stops mid-field, spotting something hidden in one of the plants....]]> http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/10/organic-roots-from-the-market-to-the-rancho/feed/ 0 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/09/the-job-blog-the-february-numbers/ http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/09/the-job-blog-the-february-numbers/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:55:20 +0000 Brittney Johnson http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=5211 http://oaklandnorth.net/2009/03/09/the-job-blog-the-february-numbers/feed/ 0