For anyone and everyone with an appreciation for the green hip hop movement, Saturday's Fresh Fest is a don't miss  A packed half day of music and events to be held on August 14th from noon to 6 pm at Oakland's pretty Mosswood Park,

The city may be poised for the Mehserle verdict and the budget may be a mess, but that doesn't get in the way of City Council member Jane Brunner's July 11th BBQ. 

Held from 12 noon to 4 PM at the North Temescal Picnic Site at Lake Temescal (6500 Broadway if you need your GPS, the party offers free drinks and BBQ meats--but you have to bring a side dish to share.

More than 100 parents, teachers and students joined with local residents Friday outside the North Oakland Community Charter School (NOCCS) to protest nine Verizon cell phone antennas planned for a site, owned by McGrath Properties, across from two elementary schools, homes and a city park.

“Plant yourself on the grass,” Laurence Schechtman joked to a newcomer from his seat on a tough patch of turf outside of Faith Presbyterian Church in North Oakland.  

 Starting Saturday July 3^rd, Phat Beets Produce will join North Oakland Pediatrics in opening a new Farmers' Market in North Oakland (5715 Market St) rooted not only in sustainable food, but in food justice. The grand opening will feature a variety of organic, pesticide free, and local fruit and vegetable growers, local bakers socially grounded food businesses, local crafts as well as live jazz music, live art, and free cooking demos.

Throw a dynamic hospital pediatrician, an Oakland food activist group, a fiery neighborhood community, and a senior center together into a pot (or a few square blocks) and you might come up with something like the Healthy Hearts Youth Garden, an up-and-coming community garden at North Oakland’s Dover Street Park.

North Oaklanders looking for a community farmers market will have to go no further than the Arlington Farmers Market at 5715 Market St. in the Arlington Medical Center parking lot beginning Saturday, July 3.

A well-done burlesque show is a guaranteed good time with its bawdy humor, raucous MCs and, most importantly, costumed performers tempting and teasing the audience with her, or his, strategically placed tassels. 

Judge Robert Freedman of the Alameda County Superior Court has approved and  the Oakland gang injunction against 15 members of a North Oakland street gang. The goal of the injunction is to prevent criminal activities of the NSO--North Side Oakland--gang, whose members, says the city, are drug dealers, robbers, and gang members.

Amidst significant opposition, an Alameda County judge said Thursday he plans to approve City Attorney John Russo’s proposal to institute the city’s first gang injunction in North Oakland - paving the way for up to 12 more injunctions the city intends to propose in the near future.

Every year, more than 100 young men are killed in Oakland. Informal shrines are created at the site, vigils are organized by family and the faith community, and city leaders lament the loss of young life. The cycle continues with nothing changing but the calendar year.

"The revolutionary idea that I can talk to my neighbors has been the power of this organizing for me." A new North Oakland resident shares why she opposes the injunction.