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It was a busy afternoon at Oakland Technical High School as students from all over Oakland gathered in the school’s cafeteria to meet with college admissions counselors from all over the country. Students walked around with smiles on their faces after speaking to different college admissions counselors about possibilities for their futures. Admissions counselors greeted prospective students by passing out brochures featuring their school. Parents trailed behind their students anxious to see which counselor they would talk with next. Nikko…
Through the theme of the monarch butterfly, the Oakland Museum of California’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) exhibit is a tribute to ancestral spirits and human migration.
Every Monday night, from 7-8 p.m., teenagers gather at the Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Sport Medicine Center in Oakland for a Pilates class. The classroom participants range from young athletes to children regaining their strength after surgeries.
After years of hard work and numerous volunteer hours, the East Bay Children’s Book Project will be temporarily closing down after losing their lease.
Senior residents evacuated from the wildfires in Sonoma County stayed with seniors at St. Paul’s Towers in Oakland.
Volunteers from Oakland-based organizations are distributing respiratory masks to homeless people in Oakland to stave off poor air quality caused by historic wildfires in California’s Wine Country.
Once a month volunteers meet at Pepples Donut Farm in Oakland to make vegan burritos for the homeless.
The San Francisco Bay Area Cuban Festival brought live music, salsa dancing, dominos, and food to Oakland.
On this episode we bring you stories about curious people and the things they do while we’re sleeping. Tune in to hear stories about: a therapist helping people through hypnosis, a new mom staying up with her newborn, the graveyard shift at the BART station and a late-night laundromat that’s never quiet.