Oakland moved closer to selling a portion of Garfield Park to the Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday, raising questions about whether community groups will continue to have access to the athletic field. During the City Council’s Life Enrichment Committee meeting, council members Noel Gallo, Ken Houston, Charlene Wang and committee Chair Carroll Fife voted to advance a proposal to sell 0.6 acres of Garfield Park in East Oakland to OUSD for $597,500. The proposal will go before the full…
Two days before Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in Fruitvale will hold a grand opening celebration of “Indigenous Voices” a park-wide exhibition that has transformed the site into an immersive experience of Ohlone history and its enduring artistic voices. The exhibition will bring together the work of more than 10 artists, including Ohlone culture bearers, to commemorate the revival of Ohlone history in the East Bay. The core is a 12-foot sculpture that represents SII, the Chochenyo…