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Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Gina Garcia.
Happy holidays, Oakland friends! As our gift to you, here’s a video tutorial on how to make the perfect gingerbread cookies. Have a wonderful holiday season, everyone. We’ll be back to our regular programming on December 26.
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every week, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s a pair of rabbits named Kirk and Spock.
Many of the reporters at Oakland North are new to the Bay Area, and one of the first things we noticed while touring the city was its beautiful and sometimes unusual architecture. On the reporting team for this series, one of us is from Brazil and one is from Southern California. We decided it would be great to learn more about some of the structures that represent Oakland’s beautiful landscape. With a great deal of assistance from the representatives at…
Happy holidays, Oakland! Here are some of our favorite winter holiday stories from the last few years, on everything from how the city installs its giant Christmas tree to how to make gingerbread cookies to how the postal service handles the deluge of holiday mail.
A group of Eritrean immigrants are planning a Bay Area protest on December 29 against what they say is a oppressive government in their home country.
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Stephen Coles.
Sarah Kirnon and her business associate were putting the finishing touches on their new restaurant in Old Oakland—Miss Ollie’s, specializing in Afro-Caribbean fare—days before it was scheduled to open. In the kitchen, spices were still in their packaging: cardamom, cumin, dried and smoked habanero peppers. Tables were stacked in front. The grill shone brand new. But Kirnon, 43, who has worked as a chef since she was 19, said she wasn’t nervous about the opening. This location, on Washington Street…
Every week, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s a cat named Rigby.