This holiday help grow Oakland’s small business economy!

On Sunday, Dec. 12, from 1 to 6 p.m., and Monday, Dec. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m., support your local merchants at this North Oakland Open House and Art Sale. The event will be held at 839 60th St. at MLK in Oakland.

Tasting: Mead, jam, mustard, chevre, cultured butter, kombucha, ginger beer and more.

Get in the holiday spirit at Oakland Youth Chorus' traditional Holiday Jamz concert beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11^.

(UPDATE Apr. 2: Yes, this post was indeed a joke. Happy April Fool's Day, Oakland!)

Hello, Oakland. It's Thursday, the week's nearly done. Hang in there. Here's a quick roundup of what's going on in and around Oakland...

Climate activists allege city government forced them to caulk. As the lead photo in Ryan Van Lenning's article yesterday about the city's climate action plan indicates, some local climate activists have taken to waving unlicensed caulk guns in public. Claiming that this represents a threat to public safety, last night members of the city Public Ethics Commission detained 41 caulk gun-wielding activists. They were later released without charges -- but Oakland Local has learned that while detained, the Commission allegedly forced the activists to weatherize four floors of city hall. We're investigating and will follow up later.

And in the comments to our story today on a possible pigeon-serving restaurant for Jack London Square, reader JM raised the idea that since pigeons are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world, perhaps the city's environment and economy might improve by supporting a local pigeon export business. What's your take? Please share your thoughts in the comments.

In other local news...

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Forget couplings, Valentine’s Day is a community affair in San Antonio, East Oakland. 250 adults and children celebrated the day at St. Anthony’s Parish yesterday. Community and parish members assembled to dance and celebrate the holiday with a generous twist.