Posts Tagged ‘Mosswood Park’
Kaiser employees in Oakland prepare to strike
Oakland’s largest employer was confronted with protesters on Labor Day, as healthcare workers rallied urging Kaiser Permanente to address staffing shortages and improve wages and patient care. Photo Courtesy of SEIU-UHW.
Read MoreGardening at Mosswood Park
Saved from staggering by the blue bench beneath him, a man sits. It’s Thursday at Mosswood Park and, perhaps, this is his usual spot. The sun reflects off his balding head, which is framed by salt and pepper puffs of hair and connected to a beard that’s more salt than it is pepper. He gazes…
Read MoreBlack-Eyed Pea Festival celebrates African-American culture
The third-annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival, a daylong celebration of African-American history and culture, took place at Oakland’s Mosswood Park on Saturday.
Read MoreAt Mosswood Park, Ethiopians ring in the New Year
Around 3,000 people turned out in Mosswood Park on Saturday to celebrate Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year.
Read MoreOakland parents, teachers march to protest school closures
Roughly one hundred teachers, parents and children marched Wednesday afternoon in protest of the Oakland school board’s decision to close five elementary schools next year, walking from Mosswood Park to the Oakland Tech campus, where the school board meeting and scheduled vote on the closures was about to start.
Read MoreOakland kids learn gardening basics at summer camp
Gardening has been added to the Oakland summer camp list of activities for the first time this year, and kids between the ages of 5 and 12 all over town are learning the basics of how to care for a garden.
Read MoreCommunity photo of the week: Easter candy free-for-all
Oakland North is continuing with our new feature. Every Wednesday, we will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Jeff Harry.
Read MoreTop hat and tails: a Vintage Base Ball story
Last Sunday afternoon, Ed Rivera passed along MacArthur Boulevard in his Sunday best, from his shiny black top hat all the way to his dangling coattails. But don’t let his dapper apparel fool you: he wasn’t headed to church or a wedding, but to Mosswood Park, where he would serve as umpire for a baseball game.
Read MoreMosswood garden dispute reflects the neighborhood’s uneasy change
In Mosswood Park’s community garden, two local businessmen have installed a growing area that displays their new eco-technology. It’s got vegetables, goldfish, and self-contained watering–and it’s set off deep divisions among the neighbors.
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