Posts Tagged ‘downtown oakland’
Online music company Bandcamp opens shop in Oakland
Last Friday, online music company Bandcamp hosted the grand opening of a new record store and performance space in downtown Oakland. Local artists Sol Development, Queens D. Light, Jazz on the Sidewalk, and MJ’s Brass Boppers performed in front of a packed house. Attendees chatted away while browsing through the store’s diverse music selection. For…
Read MoreOakland historical tours are in season starting in May
The different tours include two which focus on the history and leaders of the Asian and African American communities
Read More“Neighborhood Design Session” reveals Oakland’s Chinatown residents’ safety concerns
On Tuesday evening, about 120 people gathered at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center to attend a “neighborhood design session” held by the city. The session was a public meeting to discuss challenges in Oakland’s Chinatown and to generate ideas for the city’s “Downtown Oakland Specific Plan,” which will lay out a long-term vision for the…
Read MoreAfter Trump win, protesters move through downtown Oakland
Late Tuesday night, as president-elect Donald Trump was giving his victory speech, a group of protesters moved through downtown Oakland demonstrating against the results of the election. Shouting “Fuck Trump!” and “Fuck the KKK,” they marched down Broadway. By midnight, the group had about 70 people; the Oakland Police Department (OPD) reported that the group…
Read MoreImpact Hub: Coworking with a conscience
Impact Hub Oakland strives to become an intersection for technology and social change.
Read MoreAudubon Society rescues heron and egret chicks in downtown Oakland
The Golden Gate Audubon Society and Oakland Zoo have teamed up to rescue baby birds that have fallen from their nests. Watch members on a heron rescue mission in downtown Oakland.
Read MoreIn new collection, librarian-poet pens odes to Oakland
Throughout the years, Oakland librarian Nina Lindsay shelved books, helped cardholders with reference questions, and aided children in interpreting their school assignments, sometimes with instructions from teachers that were somewhat lost in translation. As she helped other people, slowly but surely she was collecting something of her own: poems.
Read MoreUnion members protest proposed construction of a Hampton Inn in downtown Oakland
Protestors chanted “Living wage, not poverty wage!” and “Downtown Oakland not for sale!” to the lively rhythm of music played by a five-piece band featuring a tuba, saxophone, trumpet and drums as they took the streets of downtown Oakland on Tuesday evening. “We’re at the site of the hopefully-never-built Hampton poverty hotel,” shouted Wei-Ling Huber,…
Read MoreHealth tech companies leaving Mission Bay for downtown Oakland, citing lower rent
Biotech companies, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and physicians’ group Brown & Toland to downtown Oakland, are moving to downtown Oakland. The city, already home to health giants like Kaiser Permanente and household products maker Clorox Co., offers a more attractive price points with easy access to transit, according to biotech companies making the move to Oakland.
Read MoreOakland residents have a mixed reaction to their new neighbor: Uber
Uber is coming to downtown Oakland, residents worry they will be the ones disrupted.
Read MoreProtesters campaign against the use of solitary confinement in California prisons
East Bay residents are joining with demonstrators across the state to protest against what advocates call “solitary confinement” on the 23rd of each month. The first joint protest was on held in downtown Oakland on March 23, and demonstrators will continue to meet monthly. The date was chosen “to signify the 23 hours a day that…
Read MoreUptown named one of the “Great Places in America”
The American Planning Association recognized Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood as one of the “Great Places in America” in a ceremony yesterday. In the warm afternoon sun, APA Board of Directors member Kurt Christiansen and Hing H. Wong, president-elect of the organization’s California chapter, lauded the neighborhood’s homegrown artistry, entrepreneurialism and diversity. They also praised its revitalizing…
Read MoreBlackball Universe strives to create “New Age Motown” in Downtown Oakland
Blackball Universe creates a haven for artists across mediums to share their work free from commercial expectations and conventional definitions of success.
Read MoreDespite a roar of support, Port of Oakland truckers meet resistance in negotiations
Frustrated truck drivers rolled into downtown yesterday as their representatives met with state and city officials.
Read MoreNaturalized in an Oakland landmark, new citizens share their stories
For thousands of immigrants each month, the last stop on the road to U.S. citizenship is Oakland’s Paramount Theatre.
Read MoreCommunity photo of the week: Downtown Oakland
This week’s image from Roger Jennings is of Downtown Oakland from Crocker Highlands on a recent September morning.
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