Posts Tagged ‘neighborhood’
The Oakland Museum of California offers a day of neighborhood stories
The Oakland Museum’s event tells the personal stories of city residents through art.
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 MoreYouth Alive! tries to break cycle of violence in Oakland
In a Castlemont High School classroom converted into a theater for the day, seven-year-old Junior returned home from school to face his parents after receiving a bad report card. “How the hell did you get an ‘F’ in English?” the father asked. “Are you stupid?” Junior kept his head down. “You should act like a…
Read MoreFairview Park residents rally to restore stone pillar
On a normal day in Oakland, most passing drivers probably wouldn’t pause to think about the pairs of stone pillars marking the entrances of four streets in the Fairview Park neighborhood. The worn, 100-year-old pillars have long been a visual anchor in the area. But yesterday it was hard to miss them: two of the monuments were decked in huge, lime green bows.
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