Occupy Oakland organizers envisioned this weekend as a “move-in day” which would allow them to rechristen the controversial movement by occupying a vacant building and turning it into a “social center.” Flyers distributed Saturday at a noontime rally at Frank Ogawa (aka Oscar Grant) Plaza announced an ambitious schedule of musical performances, arts & crafts, workshops on foreclosure defens

There's a lot more vibrant color outside the Oakland Museum.

Oak Plaza, on Oak between Tenth and Eleventh Streets, is OMCA's main entrance and has a lot of concrete in need of decoration. The Oakland Standard - the museum's project arm for bringing in more contemporary art - commissioned a Grafiti Mural and called the event "Living Cncrete" on Saturday, January 21..

Wouldn't it be nice if getting your morning cup of jo did no harm?

That is no environmental harm, as in no trees cut down to produce the paper cup, no trucks driven to transport the coffee beans to northern climes, no carbon emitted by heating the building where you’re buying that coffee, and so on?

Intrigue hung in the air like a puff of freshly-exhaled smoke Wednesday morning, as a City Hall hearing concerning the Oakland Community Collective’s application for a dispensary at 2101 Broadway took place.