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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 Thelma and Louise.
For the third consecutive year, the Oakland Unified School District’s Department of African American Male Achievement honored students who earned perfect scores on their STAR exams, but this year’s ceremony honored both young men and women. To celebrate these students’ achievements, a boisterous crowd of parents, educators and other students attended an evening event at Frick Middle School in East Oakland on October 11.
PD Active, a local nonprofit that offers programs for people with Parkinson’s disease, has partnered with Danspace in Rockridge to offer weekly Dance for Parkinson’s classes that give participants a chance to challenge their minds, bodies and creative abilities.
Community events and activities for the weekend of October 19-21, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Every week, Oakland North will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Richard Parks.
Ahead of the November 6 election, Oakland North asked eight Oakland voters to name the local issues they’re most concerned about.
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 cat named Roz. Roz is a two-year-old short-haired tortoiseshell. She is the perfect match for anyone who likes their cat to be an interactive part of the household. Roz is super friendly, likes human companionship, and is not hesitant to let you know what she is thinking. If you like extroverted cats, Roz…
The city of Oakland filed a complaint Wednesday against the federal government in order to stop officials from seizing the nation’s largest medical marijuana dispensary, claiming the government took too long to take legal action against Harborside Health Center and that the federal statute of limitations regarding seizures has expired.
The veterinary facility at Oakland Zoo was once so small and cramped that during one surgery, senior veterinary technician Maria Trenary had to crawl under an operating table, navigating beneath the dangling limbs of an anesthetized tiger, just to get to the other side of the room and continue working.
Now, at the zoo’s new veterinary hospital, which celebrated its grand opening Thursday afternoon, a camel, a bison or even a juvenile giraffe can be easily accommodated in one of the hospital’s revamped surgery suites.