Posts Tagged ‘Oakland’
At Sacred Tattoo, the designs and styles vary, but it’s always art
On a bright stretch of Broadway in downtown Oakland, Sacred Tattoo’s blood red awning and boldly lettered windows beckon both the ink-obsessed and merely curious. “A lot of people come [to this neighborhood] to come to Chinatown,” said co-owner Allison Fudge. “We get a lot walk-ins.”
Read MoreCommunity Photo of the Week: Skyline Sunset
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every week, we will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Edward Cervantes.
Read MoreLegal at last, but strapped for cash, needle exchanges seek federal funding
In places like Oakland, where local authorities treat syringe exchange as an accepted public health practice, groups like HEPPAC no longer face the risk of arrest. Today their challenge is going mainstream, and needle exchange programs are now reaching for the biggest government seal of approval of all—federal funding.
Read MoreA Safe Place raises awareness of domestic and dating violence with 10th annual walk at Lake Merritt
A Safe Place hosted its 10th annual Walk Against Domestic Violence and Teen Dating Violence at Lake Merritt on Saturday to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In 2010, Alameda County reported over six thousand calls for domestic violence – more than two thousand of those calls involved a weapon.
Read MoreEthiopian families gather in Oakland to celebrate the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel
Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants and their families from around the Bay Area gathered at the Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral on Mountain Boulevard Sunday for Meskel, or the finding of the True Cross, one of the most important holidays in the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar and a national holiday in Ethiopia. Wearing snow-white linen, worshippers congregated outside the church for much of the day while others prepared food which filled the air with the aromas of East African spices, turning the church parking lot into a scene out of their home country.
Read MoreHome Movie Day helps old film reels see the light of day
Home movies are easy to define. According to Pamela Jean Vadakan, a former film collection assistant at the Pacific Film Archive, home movies are “personal moving images shot by an amateur (non-professional) of familiar subjects and familiar places.”
Read MoreCommunity Photo of the Week: Love for the town
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Wednesday, we will publish a photo submitted by one of our readers. This week’s photo is by Jennifer Kim.
Read MoreRuffled feathers: The goose dispute at Lake Merritt
Every summer, from June into September, Lake Merritt is goose territory. The problem, some park visitors say, is what they leave behind – feathers and droppings, which cover the grass and smear the sidewalk, especially around Lakeside Park, during the summer months, when visits to the park peak.
Read MoreAdoptable animal of the week: Betty Davis
Oakland North is continuing with our feature. Every Tuesday, Oakland Animal Services will spotlight an “Animal of the Week” that’s up for adoption at their facility. This week it’s Betty Davis.
Read MoreA walking tour of Oakland’s historic churches
Take a walk with the City of Oakland’s guided tour of downtowns historic churches and temples — one of eight free walking tours offered throughout the summer by city volunteers.
Read MoreWeekend running festival to welcome crowd of 20,000 to Oakland
The Oakland Marathon will get off to a running start on Sunday, March 27 with a handful of other race events and activities on Saturday preceding the principal competition, as part of the second annual Oakland Running Festival.
Read MorePrincess Project makes prom dreams come true
The Princess Project, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, has been making prom dreams come true for high school girls in the Bay Area for the last decade. This year, the project was able to fill an empty storefront in downtown San Francisco with nearly 6,000 donated dresses. Christina Lopez has the story.
Read MoreThis weekend in Oakland
Community events and activities for the weekend of March 11 – 13. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!
Read More“The Find” is the place to find antiques in Oakland
Bringing together antique-hunters and hipsters, there’s a new monthly event in Oakland where you can find all the vintage gear you need–the Find.
Read MoreCommunity photo of the week: Oakland shout-outs
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 Deborah Cussen.
Read MoreMehserle protests end with limited damage, lots of arrests
Oakland’s streets are quiet again. Peaceful protests turned into a night of vandalism Friday after the announcement of a two-year sentence for former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. Police officials said 152 people were arrested after protesters at a peaceful rally in Frank Ogawa Plaza stormed the streets of Oakland Friday night. Protesters marched through…
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