Food

At Eve’s Waterfront, a new chef takes charge of the ship

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Brandon Peacock is now captain of a ship. That ship is actually a restaurant—Eve’s Waterfront, the newest establishment to inhabit the waterfront property on the edge of Jack London Square. Peacock isn’t known for any...
Imperfect Produce is a start up company with a mission to end food waste. On Tuesday, April 19, Oakland residents signed up for their services at Vivian's booth as part of an Earth Day celebration at the Oakland City Center. (Aileen Macalintal | Yesica Prado/Oakland North)

Business reduces food waste by providing “ugly” produce to Bay Area residents

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"Just because it's imperfect doesn't mean its bad."

Some Oakland business owners recognize “Day Without Immigrants”

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Protest sends a message about what is happening and how business owners are fighting for people who work for them.

Oakland Restaurant Week returns for its 7th year

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Oakland’s 7th annual Restaurant Week is underway with over 100 participating restaurants in neighborhoods across the city.
An AP Computer Science Principles class at Castlemont High School in Oakland Unified School District. (Photo by: Stefanie Le)

Oakland Unified School District takes on tech, with corporate help

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Over the last year and a half, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has been making an effort to deepen its science, technology, engineering and math programs, but so far it has had to depend...
An abandoned shopping cart is surrounded by tarps, a mattress, broken glass, and other trash on Wood Street, 18th Street. Photo by Briana Flin.

Oaklanders tackle illegal trash dumping in their neighborhoods

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Illegal dumping has plagued the city of Oakland for more than 20 years. Today, the problem is worse than ever and it is affecting residents, businesses and government leaders alike.
Guests enjoy their meals at Taste, an annual culinary event to fundraise money for Girls Inc. programs on October 15, 2016. Photo courtesy by Girls Inc. of Alameda County.

Bay Area top female chefs cook up $500,000 for local youth

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Piles of dishes clatter behind the red big curtains and dozens of waiters, as chefs and their assistants try to move around the small back room, quickly coming in and out of the kitchen. Assembly...

Local chefs take over Steel Rail’s kitchen for Friday night bites

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Local chefs take over Steel Rail's kitchen on Friday nights for the restaurant's fall series, Off the Rails.
From left, Dr. John Maa, secretary of the San Francisco Medical Society; Annie Campbell Washington, Oakland vice mayor; San Francisco Board of Supervisor member Malia Cohen; and Dr. Jared Fine, the former dental health administrator for the Alameda County Public Health Department, host a press conference Friday afternoon at the Oakland headquarters of the American Heart Association after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders sent a cease and desist letter to the opposition of Measure HH. Photo by Rosa Furneaux.

Bernie Sanders wants out of “false” anti-soda tax ads

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Beverage makers receive another cease and desist letter regarding advertising in their campaign against proposed soda taxes in Oakland and San Francisco. The latest notice is from Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Ian Simmons, 33, of Oakland, is working to open a market in North Oakland by the end of the year. Seeing friends and family with health problems he believes are related to soda consumption, he says he supports Measure HH, a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.

Soda, income, race, health: the issues behind Oakland’s Measure HH

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Modern science is slowly unraveling the link between sugar and preventable diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases, conditions that affect the health of minorities, the young, and the poor more than anyone else....
Though the actual viewing of the harvest moon had to be cancelled, due to inclement weather, an astronomer from the East Bay Astronomical Society gave a powerpoint presentation on the moon and its many wonders.

Moon Viewing Party, though moonless, builds connections across the ocean

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On Sunday, the Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Association (OFSCA) hosted their 50th annual "Otsukimi" Moon Viewing Party, which drew over 200 people. Though this year the actual moon viewing was cancelled due to rainy weather,...