Culture
“What does the world need now?” This question is being posed to kids all over the East Bay, and Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) wants their answers in the form of paintings, drawings, photographs or even sculptures.
They say that running barefoot is like gardening naked in the backyard: it’s not for all seasons, and your neighbors will probably stare. But is this trend only for the serious runner, or is this an opportunity for the rest of us to kick our Nikes to the corner? Mary Flynn has the story.
Ken Ott and his wife, Lulu Lin-Ott, are part of a generation of young Oaklanders who are trying to change one of the Bay Area’s most troubled and dangerous cities on their own terms. Lulu wants to sell organic ice cream; Ken wants to drive electric pedicabs.
What does the word “independence” mean for Eritrea, one of the world’s youngest nations? The final podcast in a 3-part audio series on Bay Area Eritreans.
Sitting at a café in north Oakland, Dawit Bermane remembers his escape from Eritrea. This audio podcast is the second in a series on the Bay Area’s Eritrean community.
Mario Furloni goes to a political rally and tries to figure out the complex politics of a young African nation.
The Oakland Museum of California reopened May 1 after a two-year, $58 million renovation—the first major renovation since it was founded in 1969. The art and history galleries have both been remodeled and reinstalled with new artifacts, arrangements, themes and interactive exhibits.
Members of the Let’s Go Oakland organization said Wednesday that building a new ballpark in the city would create more than 1,500 local jobs in the initial three-year construction phase, and bring ample revenue to Oakland and the county of Alameda.
After word came out Saturday that Jason Campbell of the Washington Redskins had been traded to the Oakland Raiders, Larry Weisman of Redskins.com had this to say: Wish Jason Campbell luck in Oakland. He never had any here.