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A bill that arrived on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk last week could change where people can purchase and consume cannabis products.
Sam Yuen secured his job with help from Bay Area community organizations that connect adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to employers.
Developers may have won in court, but opponents of a project that would ship coal through Oakland say that they’re not done fighting.
Where can you get Frida Kahlo trinkets and lemonades with quirky Spanish names like “la Soltera?” Mercado Latinx, of course. It’s a bi-monthly event in Oakland that’s all about Latinx culture.
Lindsey Page wanted to start a gym that met the needs of queer and trans POC. Today, she’s running Fruitvale’s Radically Fit gym.
Since 2016, Oakland officials have been exploring the feasibility of creating a government-owned bank. But for the project to move forward, city council will have to take action.
Sudo Mesh volunteers are hopeful that with the new resources and the right work, they can blanket all of Oakland in a functioning mesh network—a free and open web—within 5 years.
A pastor, a construction manager, and a Fulbright scholar—these are a few of the seven candidates running to represent District 4.
Oakland artists gathered at the Festival for Arts and Culture over Labor Day weekend to show the city that despite many economic forces working against them—including corporate cannabis—they are still here.