Oakland's Koreatown Northgate gives birthday present to city for 160th birthday

Blog entry by Mariah Carle.
Last updated at Mon, 30 Apr at 10:23pm.

Oakland's Korean business district will be celebrating the beautification of the newly renamed Koreatown Northgate - or KONO - May 1-4 with 82 new street trees on Telegraph Avenue, 13 art murals on utility boxes and 50 new street banners.

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This Sunday - Oct. 2 - celebrate 100 years of fighting for women's rights (Community Voices)
Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Sat, 1 Oct at 4:40am.

One hundred years ago this month, California became the eighth state in the country to grant women the right to vote.

Oaklanders are invited to celebrate this historic vote with a parade this Sunday, Oct. 2.

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SF Pride at 40
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Sat, 3 Jul at 7:38am.

The little bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village was pulsing with tension.
 
Though police raids on New York's gay bars were normal, before this night was over, drag queens would escape paddy wagons, use their high heels as weapons, straddle cops and beat them. Several nights of riots followed, marking the Stonewall Inn — a gay bar in the West Village — as the birthplace of the LGBT liberation movement.

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Oakland's Jingletown Arts District Welcomes Summer with Parade
Article by Rena Ragimova.
Last updated at Sat, 19 Jun at 7:22am.

On the final Sunday of this year's East Bay Open Studios, Oakland's Jingletown saved the best for last. 

It was one of the hottest days we've had to date this summer, so what better way to bid farewell to spring than with an early Summer Solstice parade?

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