Posts Tagged ‘Oakland Chinatown’
Oakland sharply increases trash pickup but can’t keep up with illegal dumping, especially in Chinatown
Oakland Chinatown is one of the communities deeply bothered by illegal dumping, even though the city has seen a nearly six-fold increase in the quantity of trash cleared from its streets in the past seven years. Liao Shen, an employee at D&K Market in Chinatown, said the store pays about $800 a month for trash…
Read MorePepper spray and alarms: Chinatown clinic teaches personal safety
Chinatown residents are concerned for their safety after instances of assault and robbery against seniors. The Oakland Chinatown Safety Committee hosted a personal safety and pepper spray clinic to train community members on how to be more aware of their surroundings and defend themselves.
Read MoreOakland’s Chinatown business owners struggle to weather the pandemic
Business owners in Oakland’s Chinatown find a silver lining in a year filled with numerous obstacles.
Read MoreOakland Asian Cultural Center hosts the inaugural Peace Lantern Ceremony
Members of the organization set floating lanterns on Lake Merrit in hope of fostering peace through art.
Read MoreOaklanders voice opinion about new A’s stadium at Peralta College meeting
More than 100 community members attended a rare standing room-only meeting of the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees on Tuesday night. The unusually large crowd came out to share their opinions about the proposed construction of a new stadium for the Oakland A’s between 8th Street and the 880 freeway on land currently owned…
Read MoreVolunteers survey Oakland’s parks, amidst ongoing challenges
On Saturday, volunteers and park stewards gathered for the 11th annual Love Your Parks Day, conducting a survey to inspect the conditions of more than 110 Oakland parks.
Read MoreSweep out the old, sweep in the new: Chinese New Year traditions in Oakland
The Chinese-speaking world is getting ready for the Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, which will begin on February 8.
Read MoreAnnual Lunar New Year Bazaar held in Oakland’s Chinatown
It was a rainy week, and people were itching to head outdoors by the time Saturday rolled around. Many found themselves drawn to the hubbub at the center of Oakland Chinatown, where the annual Lunar New Year Bazaar was held. Offered two weeks shy of Chinese New Year, the street fair is meant to usher in the popular holiday as Chinese American families began their preparations.
Read MoreOakland’s Chinatown StreetFest celebrates diversity, tradition
Costumed performers and rows of vendors calling out to passersby from booths offering street food, shiny trinkets and herbal remedies added to the hubbub of Oakland’s Chinatown over the weekend during the 25th annual Chinatown StreetFest.
Read MoreYu Ming Charter School offers Mandarin immersion education in Oakland
At Yu Ming School in Oakland’s Chinatown on a recent Thursday morning, a teacher writes on the board in slow lettering, and an eager bunch of students slowly sounds out the words in a collective chirp. Unlike most other kindergarten classrooms across the country, though, the writing isn’t in English, or even in Spanish. It’s in Chinese characters.
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