There are many legends at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, which opened in 1883 and is the oldest bar in Oakland. Some are easier to prove than others.
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Tuesday, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s Hudson: Hudson is an active and outgoing two-and-a-half year old pit bull terrier. Go here to see more pictures of Hudson. Visit Oakland Animal Services at 1101 29th Avenue, Oakland, CA and ask to see Hudson. You can also go to www.oaklandanimalservices.org. Part of the Oakland Police Department, Oakland Animal Services is both an…
The top youth slam poets from around the country performed in a competition in Oakland this past weekend.
James and the Giant Cupcake opened last week, near the corner of San Pablo and Alcatraz. Owner Eurydice Manning had to shut the store down for a two hours the third day the shop was open because they were sold out, and frantically bake more.
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and a group of East Bay mayors gave their support to a lawsuit that seeks to overturn a bill by Governor Jerry Brown that axes the agencies.
A parcel tax will go before Oakland voters in a November special election, but they won’t be picking a new city attorney. Barbara Parker, the longtime chief assistant to former city attorney John Russo, was confirmed to finish out his term by a 5-3 vote at the Oakland City Council meeting Tuesday night
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Wednesday, we will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Bob Follett.
At tonight’s Oakland City Council meeting, three of the foremost items on the agenda will concern the vacant city attorney position: possibly voting in a replacement for John Russo, and approving two conflicting ballot measures that could change how the position is chosen.
The typically foggy East Bay summer days don’t inspire a trip to the pool for most, but for the occasional day the sun does come out, there are still plenty of options to cool off with a dip, swim some laps or sign kids up for swim lessons in Oakland. Here’s our list.
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Tuesday, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s two bunnies, Beau and Maxine.
Golden Gate residents gathered Sunday afternoon to clean up two blocks of San Pablo Avenue, from 65th Street to 63rd Street.
Lake Merritt may look calm and flat, like a city lake that’s probably more for pedal boats and kayaks than sailboats. But while the lake doesn’t have the challenging big swells and wind of the San Francisco Bay, it offers plenty of opportunities for sailing.
A $20,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest of suspects responsible for the shooting death of a Chilean man just blocks from the Berkeley/Oakland border last summer.
The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee passed an ordinance by consensus Tuesday evening that will double the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city, if approved by the city council.
Every Wednesday, Oakland North publishes a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Mark Gartland, who snapped this shot of the legendary “Banjo Man” during a tailgating party at the Oakland Coliseum before an A’s game this summer.
Oakland’s public works committee spent about a minute Tuesday morning discussing a resolution that would connect a gap in the Bay Trail underneath the High Street Bridge in East Oakland near the city’s border with Alameda, before approving it by consensus. But that doesn’t diminish the step forward towards completing the trail, said Laura Thompson, the trail’s project manager.