Sports
The 2014 season for the Oakland Athletics was full of ups and downs. The A’s got off to a great start, achieving a 59-36 record, which was the best in baseball by the All-Star break. Oakland also had the best run differential in all of baseball and had six players selected to the All-Star game, more than any other club. However, A’s general manager Billy Beane made a blockbuster trade on July 31, sending Cuban slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the…
Mike Wang, an employee at California Canoe and Kayak, explains how he developed an affinity for water and how he continues to enjoy water sports with his work, including paddling into the office.
Crowded into a small room with wood paneling and snowman paintings on the walls, children battling diabetes gathered with their families for a cooking demonstration on Nov. 24 at Whole Foods Market in Oakland.
Bike East Bay, a group working for safe and convenient bicycling for all, took to the streets of Oakland to focus on cycling safety.
It’s hard being a die-hard A’s fan when the Giants are doing their World Series thing again. Especially when it feels like the entire Bay Area has caught Giants fever–even AC Transit buses in Oakland are rooting for the San Francisco team.
At a workshop hosted by the city on Thursday, Oakland residents expressed mixed reactions to the city’s latest waterfront development plans.
Members of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders took some time to befriend and pass on gifts to female cancer patients as part of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Some historians estimate that as many as one third of cowboys in the old West were black, but black cowboys are largely absent in mainstream pop culture. As the Oakland Black Cowboys Association celebrates 40 years, its members reflect on what being a black cowboy means to them and their families.
It’s not a motorcycle. It’s not a scooter. It’s not even an electric bicycle. It’s a bike with a motor on it, and it might just be the best way to get around Oakland.