Development
During a tense city council committee meeting on Tuesday, the deputy director of Oakland’s Community and Economic Development Agency (CEDA) presented the agency’s response to a grand jury report on building inspection malpractice.
During a tense meeting near Oakland’s downtown last week, residents of the 23rd Street and Telegraph area voiced their concerns over recent violence at the Para Diso Lounge. On the community meeting agenda was a shooting on Saturday, August 27, which left the neighborhood shaken and two cars riddled with bullets. But previous incidents related to the club added to residents’ concerns over the Para Diso’s place in their neighborhood.
Community members and city officials met Monday night at an open house held at the Laney College Student Center for the redevelopment of the Lake Merritt BART station neighborhood.
This September, in an effort to encourage public engagement in the fight against hunger, Alameda County’s Community Food Bank is working with 200 food banks nationwide to promote “Hunger Action Month.”
A large bronze monument celebrating 25 humanitarians, including Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and poet Maya Angelou, was unveiled Tuesday at a ceremony in downtown Oakland.
The Oakland History Room’s exhibit will display items related to the fire on the second floor of Oakland’s Main Library from September 1 to November 30. The exhibit includes aerial maps of Oakland before and after the fire and public records related to the firestorm.
Oakland has five National Historical Landmarks, but they may not be the ones you’d expect. Can you guess which five spots in Oakland are considered landmarks? (Hint — it’s a lot harder than you think!)
On Saturday, to the surprise and outrage of some neighbors, 14 trees and two shrubs were removed from the California Department of Motor Vehicles office parking lot on Claremont Avenue.
The Layover bar in Oakland is featuring the artworks from Community Rejuvenation Project till the end of August.