Fresh and free produce, no strings attached
Every Tuesday morning, Max Cadji of Phat Beets drops off half a dozen boxes of fresh fruit and produce at Jasper P. Driver Plaza in North Oakland. The food is grown at several local urban...
Food
Community members tell OUSD school board to reinstate free supper program
On Wednesday night, more than 50 students, parents and community organizers demanded that Oakland school board members restore the district’s free supper program.
Monthly food giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland
Free food bag giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland.
Construction moves ahead for OUSD central kitchen in West Oakland
After delays, the OUSD's Central Kitchen is slated to serve up fresh school meals by fall 2019.
Pending legislation aims to limit restaurants from serving sugary drinks to kids
Senate Bill 1192 would require restaurants to serve unflavored milk or water as the default in kids' meals.
Cal Day welcomes students from 35 Oakland elementary schools
Josiah Walton, a 9-year-old student who attends Carl B. Munck Elementary School in Oakland, told his mom as he woke up on Sunday morning,“Mom, today is the morning. We have to go!” His mom, Misty...
Refugee group helps employ women in need
When Rafiullah Amiri, who had immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan, noticed that many women within his immigrant community were confined to their homes—shocked by the culture difference and unable to speak the language...
Restore Oakland combines a restorative economic and justice
Several Oakland organizations are uniting to bring economic growth to the city by opening a community advocacy and training center in a renovated building on International Boulevard, in the center of the Fruitvale community. Restore...
Oakland North’s 2017 year in review — our top stories
2017 brought a new group of student reporters to Oakland North from across the country and the globe. They covered a city in flux: a housing and homelessness crisis that shows no sign of abating,...
The Town Kitchen offers job skills, second chances, to the formerly incarcerated
Fresh bread is baking in the oven. Feet shuffle swiftly along the kitchen floors. Chefs begin bagging and packing food to go. Two deliverers place big black boxes on carts to wheel to their vehicle....
Birthing inequities: Combatting racial disparities in the health of newborns
This article is part of “Birthing Inequity,” an Oakland North project on maternal and infant health disparities in Oakland. See the full multimedia report here. In 2003, while she was carrying her third child, Tanisha Fuller...
Commercial kitchens in Oakland serve as incubators for food start-ups
Within an increasingly competitive food scene, entrepreneurs need affordable space to test their ideas and the market. Commercial kitchens are becoming more like business incubators, hosting pop-up events and opening cafes or “snack bars” where...
Alameda County offers healthy food preparation classes and food handling certification
Alameda County Nutrition Services provide free community cooking classes at Defremery Recreation Center.
Study allows families to try food as medicine
A new study from UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland and All In Alameda researched the effects of providing "food prescriptions" to prediabetic children and their families.
Oakland Burrito Project brings food to the homeless
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 Comes to the East Bay
The San Francisco Bay Area Cuban Festival brought live music, salsa dancing, dominos, and food to Oakland.
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