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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 Timothy Chapman. At the District 4 Town Hall meeting May 14, students Liliana Herera and Mario Aldrete, and director Elena Bermeo of the Allendale Recreation Center’s Young Entrepreneur Project, present Mayor Jean Quan with a silk screened bag Herera and Aldrete made at the center. For more photos of the event, go here. If you’d…
On Sunday, the Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant met at Humanist Hall in Oakland to share ideas for advancing their overarching goal of preventing police abuse in their communities, and to discuss the group’s successes and failures.
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 Madison: Madison is a friendly, two year-old cat that loves people. She’s sweet and petite and likes being held. Madison doesn’t seem too fond of other cats, but she may be cat tolerant with a slow introduction. Please consider giving Madison a home. For more photos of her, click here. Visit Oakland Animal…
The City of Oakland can impose a preliminary gang injunction in Oakland’s Fruitvale district, a judge ruled Friday afternoon in downtown Oakland.
Temescal Street Cinema, now in its fourth year, regularly draws between 150 and 200 people out for a movie and music every Thursday night for a few weeks each summer, but its future funding is uncertain.
Take a walk with the City of Oakland’s guided tour of downtowns historic churches and temples — one of eight free walking tours offered throughout the summer by city volunteers.
Few know what lurks the depths of the murky, brackish, crustacean-filled Lake Merritt. Few know what beastly beast, what cryptid, what leviathan, what man-eating monster could be swimming below, slithering through those fetid waters. Few know… but many have seen.
It’s June, so we hope you have room for one more commencement speech. This is a special one for reporter Dara Kerr, who is wrapping up her tenure here at Oakland North.
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 Ricardo Moran.