Oakland Local Sales/Marketing Manager

If you call AC Transit’s Customer Relations department for a question or a complaint this fall, don’t be surprised to hear someone with a New England accent on the other end of the line.

 As part of the school’s continuing effort to expose students to different career pathways, EXCEL High will hold a career fair on Friday, June 4 from 9:30 A

Before Emilia Otero organized them, food vendors in Oakland often sold their fruit and tamales out of shopping carts, and prepared food in their kitchens or garages because they had nowhere else to do it.

The organization she created for the vendors, Asociación de Comerciantes Ambulantes de Fruitvale, or ACAF, is the first in the country like it, said Otero’s daughter, Shelly Garza.