Oakland Celebrates Martin Luther King with music, ways to help
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 16 Jan at 1:13pm.

Given the kind of year we've had, celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King's memory and purpose this weekend in Oakland, CA seems like a pretty good idea.  Deep in the middle of a tough economy, city budget cuts,  a disaster in Haiti, and many local folks having a tough time getting by, celebrating King's purpose and spirit--and our own understanding of his work, might be just the thing.  Oakland Local takes a look at what's happening around town and hopes that at least one of these events can rock your world enough to get you out and into the spirit of the day.

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Letters to johns on hold, undercover officers to be deployed to battle child sex trade in Oakland
Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Tue, 6 Dec at 1:51pm.

As young teenagers continue to be peddled for sex on Oakland's International Boulevard, a neighborhood idea of sending warning letters to the "johns" who prey on kids and buy sex with them is being scuttled for legal reasons.

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San Antonio community outreach aids in finding missing Oakland teen
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 12 Oct at 6:22am.

By Barbara Grady

A missing 17-year-old girl for whom relatives and neighbors have been searching for - for about a month - and feared was kidnapped has been heard from by telephone, said her godmother Mona Webb.

"She is alive, she is safe," Webb said after hearing from her goddaughter Jacques Danielle Hollins who goes by the name "Danny."

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Young people organize Xicana Moratorium Day in response to Oakland's gang Injunctions

Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Tue, 30 Aug at 10:51am.

For the first time ever, Xicana Moratorium Day – an event that highlights the current issues that affect the RAZA community - will take place at Oakland's Read the whole story...

Did you miss the Malcolm X Jazz Festival? Check out the slideshow capturing Oakland's diversity
Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Tue, 24 May at 12:33am.

It’s hard to say what was more inspirational at Saturday’s Malcolm X Jazz Festival — the live musical performances on the Main Stage, the dance troupes on the Katherine Dunham Dance Stage, the spoken word performers on the Javad Jahi Stage, the freestyle b-boy/b-girl and turfin’ at the Dream Court or the crowd, a multicultural, multi-generational calabash of styles and smiles that was 100 perce

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International Boulevard TOD Plan: One vote down, two to go
Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Fri, 11 Feb at 7:55am.

The International Boulevard Transit-Oriented Development Plan (TOD) was approved by the city of Oakland Planning Commission last week and will appear next before the city's Community and Economic

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The International Boulevard Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan
Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Mon, 24 Jan at 9:30am.

Community advocates will soon ask the city of Oakland to approve a plan guiding Transit-Oriented Development, or TOD, along International Boulevard.

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BART Board of Directors Race--who's running and what do they stand for?
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Wed, 22 Sep at 3:02pm.

Elections are on as Oakland seeks its next mayor. But, while many are talking about who will best deal with current city-wide unemployment, wealth disparities and fiscal realities, an under-publicized, key post is being contested.

Nineteen months after the death of Oscar Grant III - the young man killed by a BART police officer on New Year’s Day 2009 - a BART directors seat is up for decision by Oaklanders.

In addition to police armament controversies, BART has recently received criticism for the Oakland Airport Connector and the associated $70 million loss in federal stimulus funds, as well as budget decisions regarding a surprise $4.5 million surplus.

Who will voters elect to guide BART through rough financial waters and oversee policies regarding safety, system expansions and ridership?

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