Five Oakland spots to dine with your dog loakavore January 14, 2015 Food 20 Comments While many local restaurateurs have long allowed pooches on their patios, now they can do so without fear of being cited. As of January 1, 2015,...
10 Hella Local Food Gift Ideas loakavore December 12, 2014 Food, Wine Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday may have passed, but the shopping season is far from over. If you’re hard-pressed for gift ideas, look no...
Weekly Rave: Trader Joe’s nonfat Greek pumpkin yogurt loakavore November 16, 2014 Food 1 Comment Pumpkin yogurt with sliced almonds and dried cherries. Photo credit: l'OAKavore What I’m eating right now: Trader Joe's Nonfat Greek Pumpkin...
These are Oakland: An everyone guide (Community Voices) Patsy K. Eagan October 20, 2014 Arts & Culture, Community Voices 6 Comments There are several Oaklandisms that hit me when I visit home: sunny glints on loose hair, swinging gaits, razzing trunk beats and wafts of aromatic...
22 festival-heavy things to do in Oakland, August 8 – 14 Meg Bertoni August 7, 2014 Arts & Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Food, Identity, Justice 1 Comment This week isn't just festive, it boasts multiple festivals of various kinds, including great food, terrific music, and even one where you can bring...
Rockridge’s Osmanthus: Classic Asian flavors with creative adornment pearsonlyverse July 15, 2014 Food Osmanthus sits inconspicuously on the northern border of Rockridge, at the intersection of College and Claremont Avenues. The establishment has...
Oakland real estate prices surge for a second year, still below 2007 peak Laura McCamy June 21, 2014 Development, News 4 Comments As San Francisco home prices climb into the stratosphere, reaching a median price of over $1 million as of May 2014, Oakland real estate continues to...
Restorative Justice in Oakland: Investing in public, not private, security (Community Voices) Oakland Local Editorial Team June 14, 2014 Community Voices, Justice 50 Comments By Max Cadji. Read the full article here. In April of 2013, Donitra Henderson’s life was taken in North Oakland in front of her 4 year old son by...
29 things to do in Oakland, where art dominates meetings, June 6 – 12 Meg Bertoni June 5, 2014 Arts & Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Identity, Justice, OakTech It's an art-heavy week, Oakland! It's meeting-heavy, too, but this is one of the many reasons why I dig Oakland so much. Sure, there are all these...
An Oakland sampler of 20 things to do, May 23 – 29 Meg Bertoni May 22, 2014 Arts & Culture, Development, Education, Environment, Food, Identity, Justice Most weeks, there's a pretty clear events-related trend that suggests what's on Oakland's mind (or at least, what was on Oakland's mind when it was...
