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Board members relocated their weekly meeting to Chabot last night, and added to their agenda a special recognition of North Oakland school volunteers.
Lisa Simonson is an artist, but she makes ends meet by assisting an East Bay home stager who aims to ensure that multimillion-dollar listings live up to their asking prices.
The race remains vibrant despite a shoestring budget and being run by only a couple dozen volunteers.
Twenty-five years later, they returned to the site where the earthquake wreaked the most havoc, to remember a day they could never quite forget.
OPEN Conversation and 100 Black Men of the Bay Area, hosted an event last Wednesday evening to facilitate a discussion about the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager. 100 Black Men of the Bay Area is the local chapter of 100 Black Men of America. The members are professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, and businessmen. They mentor young people, and provide scholarships as well as a professional network for the Bay Area. OPEN Conversations is part of the larger non-profit, OPEN. Also aimed at professionals of color, the group holds events to discuss topics important to people in that community.
Police officers, firefighters, emergency medical officers, and law enforcement personnel of all types are honored at a Blue Mass, during which community members and faith leaders can offer thanks to the people responsible for public safety and remember those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
More than 90 percent of needle-drug users in Oakland have been exposed to Hepatitis C, according to literature distributed by Oasis Clinic, but the disease is not exclusive to one group.
Community events and activities for the weekend of September 20-22, 2013. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments! Friday, September 20 Close Quarter Combat Instructor Course – Self Defense & Fitness Training 8 am Pitts Martial Arts Academy, 468 Santa Clara Ave., Oakland Instructor Peter Sciarra will be in the Bay Area teaching his Instructor Level 1 course. A FREE watch/learn/participate non-certification session is available Friday. Pro Arts @ Latham Square: Phil McGaughy (exhibition) 9 am – 5…
Community events and activities for the weekend of July 27-29, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Community events and activities for the weekend of July 20-22, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
It was the final meeting before the council adjourned for its summer break. The agenda was packed, and so was the room as representatives came out to support or oppose two particular items on the agenda: Mayor Jean Quan’s proposed appointees for the Board of Port Commissioners, and a Bus Rapid Transit project that would extend 10 miles from San Leandro to Oakland and improve traffic conditions that will result in less wait time and more efficient passenger service throughout the area.
Quan has asked the council to confirm the reappointment of James Head and the appointment of Bryan Parker and Cestra “Ces” Butner to the board.
Tech Liminal in downtown Oakland bills itself as a tech “hotspot and salon.” It’s a shared office space for professionals who work at home and a DIY workshop for office workers. Tech Liminal is one of two “coworking” spaces in Oakland registered in the Coworking Wiki, a world directory of these alternative offices.
Community events and activities for the weekend of June 8-10, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Community events and activities for the weekend of April 20-22, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Cheerleaders hooted and waved pom-poms. School bands marched to the thunderous beats of drums. This was the 37th Black Cowboy Parade held in Oakland, and as usual, it was a big one.
Community events and activities for the weekend of September 9-11. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!