Sanjiv Handa, Oakland government gadfly and transparency advocate, dead at 55
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 2 Jan at 7:46am.

Police have confirmed that Sanjiv Handa, publisher and editor of the East Bay News Service, an email newsletter Handa sent out to a protected list of influencers and subscribers, was found dead on Tuesday morning.  Rumored to have been ill, Handa attended the last Oakland City Council meeting before the winter recess and spoke on local issues as u

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Experts say now is the time to buy property in Oakland
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Tue, 21 Jun at 10:47pm.

“Prices have never been so low,” Jean Powers, Broker at Kane and Associates in Alameda, and State Director for the California Association of Realtors, said last Friday about Oakland's summer real estate season projections.

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Safeway redevelopment proposal receives mixed reviews
Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Sat, 5 Feb at 7:42am.

A revised design for the Rockridge Shopping Center at Pleasant Valley Road and Broadway received both vociferous support and criti

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5733, local T-shirt company, opens store on Piedmont Avenue
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 12 Oct at 5:49pm.

If there were any incongruities about an East Oakland t-shirt company whose images are based on clandestinely posted street art opening a new retail store on Piedmont Avenue, they weren't too obvious Saturday at 5733's opening party on May 1.

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Temescal, Piedmont and Northgate Residents Air Concerns About Oakland Kaiser Construction as New City Parking Program is Slow to Take Effect
Article by Alan Lopez.
Last updated at Mon, 24 May at 1:47pm.

Lighting, pollution and increased parking associated with the massive rebuild of the Kaiser Medical Cen

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Indie culture alive and well in Oakland
Article by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Thu, 18 Mar at 5:52pm.

If you’ve lived in Oakland long, you’ve probably seen them outside a dive bar or gallery, the skinny-jeaned hipsters with long bangs and eyeliner smoking in packs, possibly clutching cans of Pabst. For those who don’t know better, this manifestation of “indie,” or independent, culture may be as far as the idea goes.

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Proposed North Oakland parking permits cause confusion, frustration
Article by Emilie Raguso.
Last updated at Fri, 12 Feb at 4:22pm.

About 3,400 Oakland residents around Temescal and Piedmont Avenue are eligible for free parking permits for the next 50 years, courtesy of Kaiser Permanente.

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Oakland Buries Dead Dreams, Dashed Hopes in Style
Article by Amy Gahran.
Last updated at Wed, 13 Jan at 7:48am.

Releasing dead dreams and dashed hopes is hard. That's why, on the afternoon of December 31, 2009, more than 200 local people gathered to support each other in this effort -- with laughter, music, and the best of dark humor.

This funeral sing-along event, "Nothing Holding Me Back," was the brainchild of local author "Cemetery Mary" Patrick Kavanaugh. It was held at one of Oakland's architectural treasures, the Chapel of the Chimes.

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