Tickets available for Oakland Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ this weekend: ‘My message to our community is, we need you. We want you.’
“The Nutcracker” ballet has been performed at Christmastime for more than 100 years, but not quite the way the Oakland Ballet is staging it this weekend. “Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker” read more…
Oakland residents worry about state of city amid leadership change and growing concerns
When Cherry Chan moved back to Oakland last year after living in Hawaii, she found a city that was struggling with a host of social issues, among them, brazen property read more…
Rising from the ashes, East Bay Booksellers reopens for holiday shopping season
Albert Buixadé Farré was among the first customers at the new East Bay Booksellers in Rockridge, its beige walls newly painted, the faint scent of fresh wood filling the air. read more…
Documentary brings Palestinian stories to Oakland: ‘This is an education that Americans truly, truly need.’
The siege of Gaza played out before a packed house at Oakland’s Regal Jack London theater, where the documentary “Bisan,” created by Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Bisan Owda about her read more…
AC Transit riders get to keep bus shelters after Oakland backs off plan to remove them
When the winter rains arrive, Oakland public transit riders will find shelter once again at their bus stops. But that’s only because the city’s Transportation Department agreed to postpone a read more…
New Temescal mural captures humanity and resilience, ‘a reminder of having love for people.’
On the side of a nondescript Temescal building, a tableau is coming alive in a vibrant array of blues, oranges and reds. An artist on a ladder, spray paint in read more…
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