Posts Tagged ‘Oakland’
Oakland’s mayoral battle is over: How much did candidates pay for your vote?
To determine how much the Oakland mayoral candidates spent to earn your first-choice vote, Oakland North analyzed what they spent and how many votes they got in this year’s election.
Read MoreStudent pharmacists help seniors manage healthcare
The Allen Temple Baptist Church’s large auditorium was packed with community residents young and old, as student pharmacists from the University of the Pacific helped seniors grapple with updates to their Medicare plans and manage their medications.
Read MoreLibby Schaaf, parcel taxes ahead in early returns
Oakland City Councilmember Libby Schaaf was leading in the early returns in the mayoral race late Tuesday.
Read MoreBlaze in Rockridge rental property extinguished, no one injured
A fire broke out in a cottage on a property in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, Nov. 2, 2014.
Read MoreCommunity plant exchange gives new life to old plants
The plant exchange began in 2007, when Pollarhad the idea to invite her neighbors and friends to a gathering held in her backyard lawn.
Read MoreOakland mayoral candidate Bryan Parker endorsed by Don Perata
Former State Senator Don Perata, a longtime powerful leader in the California legislature endorsed Port of Oakland commissioner Bryan Parker, for mayor of Oakland.
Read MoreEbola reaction among African community in the East Bay
Nigerian Independence Day is Oct. 1, but for U.C. Berkeley Nigerians the party took place a few days later, at a hall near campus. It was a party crowded with people and colors from Nigeria and the rest of the African continent. You saw young Nigerian women in their bubas, the Nigerian blouses; their iros,…
Read More“Outsider” mayoral candidates call for change
Mayoral candidates Bryan Parker, Courtney Ruby and Joe Tuman gathered outside City Hall Thursday to deliver a joint message for change.
Read MoreOUSD’s Board vote paves the way for a new school
In a 5 to 0 vote, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education approved the first “lab” charter school in Oakland on Wednesday night. The school’s site is yet to be determined, but it’s designed to apprentice novice teachers and feed them back into OUSD’s public schools.
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown endorses Libby Schaaf
The sounds of cheering, clapping, and whistling filled the air outside Oakland mayoral candidate Libby Schaaf’s campaign headquarters Monday as California Governor Jerry Brown was introduced on a small stage in the backyard. “This is so exciting, I may have to run for mayor again,” Brown joked as he took position in front of the…
Read MoreAlameda County works to “Shoo the Flu”
To help combat the spread of the flu, in October, the Alameda County Public Health Department will launch their Shoo the Flu campaign and offer free vaccinations to children in 110 public schools throughout Oakland.
Read MoreMedShare saves surgical tools from landfills
What happens to the unused surgical tools from Kaiser Oakland’s operating room? They end up at healthcare agencies such as Roots Community Health Center in Oakland, CA, one of 20 safety net clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area benefitting from MedShare’s medical surplus donations.
Read MoreOaklanders surrender heaps of drugs to feds in Drug Take-Back Day
The sidewalk at Telegraph and 27th Avenue was lined with signs reading, “Got Drugs?” and, “¿Tiene drogas?” The bilingual placards marked the site of the nation’s ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, where the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alameda County District Attorney’s office worked with Oakland and three other Alameda County cities on…
Read MoreLift Up Oakland volunteers go door to door for minimum wage ballot measure
The campaigners were part of a fall neighborhood-by-neighborhood effort, organized by the volunteer organization that calls itself the Lift Up Oakland Coalition, to persuade voters to approve Measure FF, which would raise the minimum wage in Oakland to $12.25 per hour as of March 2, 2015.
Read MoreOakland rabbis grapple with divisive issues about Israel during High Holiday sermons
After a summer of bombing and fighting between Israel and Gaza, Jewish leaders in Oakland are grappling with how to address the violence and ongoing Middle East tension within more traditional thoughts about the fall’s Jewish High Holidays, which focus on starting new and letting go of the past.
Read MoreOakland librarians celebrate freedom to read
As Vicky Chen, the teen librarian at the Rockridge Library Branch, attempted to settle the chaotic rush of middle school students visiting the youth section after school, a student suddenly asked, “Ms. Vicky, how can a book be banned?” Chen, along with other Oakland librarians, highlighted banned books at their respective branches by creating displays…
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