In many Oakland homes, Thanksgiving is more about tamales than turkey
In Oakland, as in many parts of the country, winter brings gloomy days, chilly temperatures and the beginning of tamale season, which kicks off unofficially on Thanksgiving. In Mexico the read more…
Street Spirit newspaper stays alive to print stories and poems by those who have been unhoused
The East Bay newspaper Street Spirit did something this year that few, if any, papers have been able to accomplish — it staged a comeback after going out of print. read more…
Dead salmon in Lake Merritt could point to healthier waters, researchers say
It’s a sunny Tuesday morning on the shores of Lake Merritt, and a small group of researchers and curious onlookers is crowded around a dead fish. The silvery, 30-inch-long Chinook read more…
Oakland honors Black sailors who died in World War II explosion and those found mutinous for protesting
On July 17, 1944, sailors were loading two liberty ships at Port Chicago in Suisun Bay, nearly 30 miles northeast of Oakland, when an explosion went off and killed 320 read more…
Oakland’s hip hop forecast: Ovrkast, with a good chance of success
Sporting a pair of gray, paint-splattered, vintage jeans, a teal thermal shirt, two gold chains and a brown beanie, rapper and producer Ovrkast is dancing atop an old pick-up truck read more…
Will budget cuts ruin Oakland’s chance to again be a major film setting?
With Oakland facing a roughly $80 million hole in the city budget, a heralded new program to bring film productions to town is on the chopping block. The Film Rebate read more…
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