Dozens of Bay Area foodies met Sunday night to feast in West Oakland on braised shoulder of local pork, shaved asparagus salad and green garlic soup with homemade yogurt.

Canvas Underground hosted the Feb. 28 event, which featured four courses created by Chef Peter Jackson.

By Ali Winston

California Watch

West Oakland is a neighborhood of glaring contradictions.

Glistening new condos line one street, around the corner from boarded up Victorian houses and storefront churches.

West Oakland artist Eesuu Orindide celebrated the first in a series of monthly open studios with the show "SUGAR, whose opening was well attended by artists and patrons. 

The days of the hospital snack cart rolling through the waiting room loaded with candy, chips, hot dogs and French fries are coming to a close, for some Oakland hospitals at least.

This past Wednesday night community members, RAILS members, city officials, developers, and other stakeholders gathered to discuss the future of West Oakland’s abandoned 16^th Street Train Station.  This was the second in a series of meetings designed to engage the community in a consensus-building process around the re-development of this historic landmark—once the terminus of the transcontinental railway. 

Two popular Oakland youth nonprofits are in the running for a cash prize from Pepsi and with only 2 days left in for voting, they could use some help making the final cut.

Imagine strolling, running or cycling across the new Bay Bridge East Span to Yerba Buena Island, or indulging your wanderlust as you watch the freighters enter and leave the Port of Oakland carrying the world’s goods, or just relaxing in the park and basking in the beauty of the San Francisco Bay.

The East Bay Express story on Max Allstadt's experience of charac

While global warming has propelled environmental issues into the mainstream of American politics, an all-day hearing activists held recently in East Oakland showed the difficulty of translating concern into action in the neighborhoods hit hardest by environmental problems.

Discussions are continuing around the vacant lot at Peralta between Helen and Hannah that City Slicker Farms wants to get funding to turn into a park and urban garden.

For one slice of West Oakland, being wedged between two freeways takes a heavy toll on the lungs of residents -- especially children...