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Article by Lauren Soldano.
Last updated at Mon, 10 Dec at 9:50am.

In the last few months, a new word has been coined by Realtors at Lawton Associates, Better Homes and Gardens RE and other local realtors to describe the North Oakland neighborhood between Emeryville, Rockridge and Temescal:  "NOBE," which stands for Nort