Photog Diallo Jeffery’s unique views of Oakland on display at City Hall oaklandpost March 1, 2014 Arts & Culture By Ashley Chambers Diallo Mwathi Jeffery’s exhibit “Views of Oakland” – currently on display at City Hall until Feb. 28 – has an uncanny...
Vator Splash conference coming to Oakland May 2014 Oakland Local Editorial Team February 26, 2014 OakTech from our friends at Vator: With local and national startups competing to win meetings with top VCs, an array of prominent speakers and sponsorship...
27 things to do in Oakland to express your love, February 14 – 20 Meg Bertoni February 13, 2014 Arts & Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Food, Identity, Justice, Wine There are so many different kinds of love in the human experience that it's kind of unfortunate for English that it only has the one word for them...
Oakland’s First Friday cancelled this month due to rain Oakland Local Editorial Team February 6, 2014 Arts & Culture, Development 2 Comments From the folks at KONO, who manage First Friday: The much needed rain has arrived in Oakland, which means that there will be no Oakland First...
Oakland’s CBDs and BIDs, March 2014 Susan Mernit February 2, 2014 Development Commercial areas in California can form Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) -- also called "Community Benefits Districts" (CBDs) -- to create a new...
This Week/End in the YaY! Area thru Feb 2nd Miz Chris January 29, 2014 Arts & Culture, Food, Identity Have you recovered from the holidaze yet? After taking a month long hiatus, This Weekend in the YaY! Area is BAAAAAACK! And it's coming back...
District southeast of Lake Merritt organizes to create neighborhood of their dreams (Community Voices) Oakland Local Editorial Team and Susan Mernit January 25, 2014 Community Voices 52 Comments January 29, 2014--This story was removed at the request of the author. Oakland Local is restoring this page so that comments can be seen. However,...
An ugly duckling turns back into Swan’s in Old Oakland (Love letter to Oakland part 3) Laura McCamy January 24, 2014 Development, Food 11 Comments In February of 1995, Swan’s Market, the former home of a low-cost department store that occupied the block of Old Oakland bounded by 9th, 10th,...
Celebrate Oakland Restaurant Week’s fourth year Sophia Elson January 17, 2014 Food Now in its fourth year, Oakland Restaurant Week is a 10-day celebration of Oakland’s booming food scene that runs from January 17th to the 26th....
On colds and neighbors and unsheltered people in Oakland (Community Voices) sandhyarjha January 8, 2014 Community Voices, Identity I woke up with a hacking cough at about 3AM this morning. I focused solely on my own misery until I heard an accompanying cough through the wall; my...
