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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.
In three months, the largest bronze monument in the western United Sates will be standing in downtown Oakland, said Joe Haraburda, president of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce during the ground-breaking ceremony for the monument on Monday afternoon.
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 Dutchess the rabbit.