Little league tryouts in Oakland still available for 2012 season
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Sat, 21 Jan at 1:20pm.

Despite having fewer sponsors and competition from other leagues, kids are still encouraged to sign-up for little league baseball in Oakland.

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Post-holiday gala at Chabot Space Center a success (Community Voices)
Article by howard dyckoff.
Last updated at Sun, 15 Jan at 8:35am.

On Saturday, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan held another great community holiday party at Chabot Space & Science Center - with more than 400 friends and community leaders in attendance.

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Young Oakland athletic phenom - turning heads, gaining respect as she cycles past her competition
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Mon, 10 Oct at 1:23am.
Three years of competition, practices and crashes, have helped 16-year-old Page Bisenieks-Robertson to become a nationally ranked bike racer. 
 
“I finished dead last in my first race,” Page said. “It was a big event and I wanted to try it for a long time. My bike broke a little.
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The Foraging Report: Preparing for a Greek feast
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Wed, 25 May at 11:57pm.

A scheduled execution gave me my foraging target this week.

I found out last week that a neighbor's house would have to be fumigated for beetles, and a thriving grapevine along the back stairs would likely not survive.  My friend Rebecca and I asked to harvest the leaves, and they had no objections to us picking as many as we wanted - more than 100 in the end.

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Mayor Quan, City Council retreat to hills to discuss city budget
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 12 Apr at 2:58pm.

In a remote Oakland location surrounded by large trees on hilly terrain, Oakland's City Council sat down with the Mayor Jean Quan to begin publicly discussing one of the worst financial budget in the city's history.

At a budget retreat on Monday, city officials said out loud what many concluded long ago: Oakland is broke.

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A Night of Celebration for Mayor Quan at Chabot
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 4 Jan at 8:39am.

\It was a night of celebration as more than 700 residents, supporters, and musicians joined Mayor Jean Quan on Sunday evening at the Chabot Space & Science Center.

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Oakland wildlife rescue center searches for new home
Article by Rachel Zurer.
Last updated at Fri, 5 Nov at 7:39am.

Moving is hard; moving with animals is harder.

Craigslist lets you search for dog- and cat-friendly rentals, but what about squirrels, raccoons, fawns and opossums? That’s a feature Lila Travis, founder and director of the Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue Center, could use right now.

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Worried about water? Get a rainwater barrel at July 17 Merritt College sale
Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Wed, 14 Jul at 7:12am.

Graphic courtesy of City of Oakland Watershed and Stormwater Management

Rain barrels designed to capture stormwater runoff from roofs and release it slowly into the landscape to help prevent hillside and creek erosion, will be sold to Oakland residents at the Merritt College Farmers Market on Saturday, July 17.

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