Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 23 May at 9:44pm.

PopLyfe and musician D’wayne Wiggins - formerly of Tony Toni Tone - are among the invited guests for the OCCUR’s Eastmont Technology Center and Computer Clubhouse Open House on May 24. 

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 23 May at 1:37am.

This afternoon, the Golden State Warriors announced that they had made the decision to leave Oakland for San Francisco.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 21 May at 7:16am.

By the Oakland Local Editorial Team
Slideshow by Eric Arnold


Eastside Arts Alliance presented the 12th Annual Malcolm X JazzArts Festival on  Saturday, May 19, 2012 in San Antonio Park, Oakland, CA. This annual event has become a community institution and thousands of Oaklanders turned out to bask in the sun, stroll, see friends and enjoy the music.

Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Sat, 19 May at 1:23pm.

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Skyline High School senior Alan Blueford was just weeks away from graduating Skyline High School.

Instead, his family is preparing for a funeral and searching for answers.

Blueford died after being shot by an Oakland police officer on May 5. According to police, Blueford pointed a gun at officers after he ran when they ordered him to stop.

Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Fri, 18 May at 12:40am.

In the past three years, more than 500 girls from across the country have participated in the Technovation Challenge Program sponsored by Iridescent - a nonprofit science and discovery center that works to connect entrepreneurial professionals and university engineering students with under-served and under-represented youth.

Article by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Tue, 15 May at 11:20am.

In a neighborhood with no bookstores, one teacher has helped her students to become published authors. 

My mouth is on mute.
Let my hands do the talking
Even though I don't like writing
My voice is still walking

~ Curtis

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 14 May at 7:18am.

Many in Oakland turned out for a march this Saturday, May 12, to protest the lack of police training and accountability around the death of slain youth Alan Blueford - a high school senior who was shot and killed by the Oakland police on May 6. Blueford was killed at 90th and Birch Street in East Oakland when he fled from police.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 13 May at 7:38pm.

If you are following the outcry around the police shooting and death of an Oakland high school senior named Adam Blueford, you're probably getting most of your information from social media.  Organizers rallying around the family, Occupy activists, local media and people who knew Blueford and/or his family have been sharing views and information via YouTube, Facebook,  and Twitter.