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Hello Oakland. Today’s theme: bounty and afterglow. First up, our own Lauren Callahan covered last night’s city council meeting, where the mayor had a twinkle in his eye because Oakland got more stimulus money than any other (except Chicago). In other news, it is cold. Very very cold. It may even rain. But in the spirit of wishful thinking (this is what we do over the holidays, right?), we have compiled info about a few holiday light shows to spread cheer in…
A BART train derailed this morning in an underground tunnel traveling from Lake Merritt to 12th Street station. BART spokeperson Jim Allison says trains are delayed 15 minutes on the Freemont to Richmond Line. Allison also says that the wheels left the tracks a short distance from 12th Street station and that 2 people needed medical attention. The cause of the derailment is still unknown. Bart crew trying to derail the car. Hoping to do by afternoon commute.
Good morning Oakland North, We have a couple of Oakland school stories to start your day off with lunches and discussions of school closure. First we suggest you begin with our exciting interactive feature that tells the story of an Oakland school lunch. Reporters Laurel Moorehead and Lillian Mongeau stake out the ingredients and kitchens that all take part in preparing our Oakland children’s lunches. Click on the picture below their stories and you can find out how the ingredients…
Hey hey Oakland North, Quick updates for the day: Elgin Garret, 45, was arrested today for kidnapping and robbery. The OPD posted a photo of Garret yesterday during a robbery at an ATM machine in North Oakland. Sam Laird posted an article that talks about a space at Oakland International High School that may turn into a new park. S. Howard Bransford blogs about a demonstration that took place yesterday in downtown Oakland where people protested charges filed against a…
Coming up later this week: Oakland North’s Lilly Mongeau and Laurel Moorhead follow an Oakland Unified School District lunch from finish to start, examining “natural flavors,” visiting an assembly line, and tracing some ingredients to their surprising overseas origins. A photographic exhibit documenting how free antiretroviral drugs changes the lives of AIDS patients worldwide debuts this Wednesday at the African American Museum and Library. Becky Palmstrom will bring us the story.
The corner of 51st Street and Telegraph Avenue might normally conjure images of fried chicken and buttery rolls with sides of coleslaw and cookies from Bakesale Betty, but this time of year, it’s all about the Christmas tree at this intersection. The smells of cedar and pine hit tree-shoppers as they are greeted with a wall of green at the Simonis Quality Christmas tree lot entrance and begin their search through the labyrinth of trees for the perfect evergreen.
The Black critical mass group, Red, Bike, Green, is a Bay Area urban bicycling group that meets every first Friday of each month to mingle and ride their bikes. The one requirement: you must be of African descent. The group, which began a year ago, started to “improve the physical health, individual economy and local environment of African Americans by strengthening the relevance of bike culture within the Black community,” which is pushed by the group’s founders Jenna Burton, 27,…
BART has announced a new online survey asking the public to weigh-in on what characteristics they want to see in the next BART Police Chief and to suggest the most important tasks on the incoming chief’s agenda. Chief Gary Gee retires at the end of a difficult year for the transit agency – beginning with the New Years Day shooting death of Oscar Grant in Fruitvale and the controversial glass-shattering arrest in West Oakland on November 21. Both of these…
Are you looking for the perfect Christmas present? Something unique? If the answer is yes, then Reed Brothers Security, at 46th and Telegraph, is the place where you would find this gift. The store, which specializes in locks and other security devices, has those last few items that you can check off your Christmas list. I’m not personally in a dire need of a stun gun, but to each her own.