More than 17,500 children in Alameda County have no health insurance.
Yet four out of five of them are eligible for state and federal public health care programs if only their parents would enroll them.

Back in 2000, the campaign against California's Proposition 21(the "Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Initiative") was historically significant because it combined political activism and community advocacy from a youth-centric point of view. Much of that activism happened right here in Oakland.

If you're thinking about a new career, changing the way you eat, getting into yoga, doing something good for the world, or you just need beautiful gifts with a story, plan to drop by Heather Haxo Phillip's and Bashir Anasta's eclectic house party and gift sale: Part Fair Trade Palestinian products and part raw food cooking.

The New York Times called the restaurant among the most authentic destinations for Mexican food in the Bay Area.