Blog entry by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Sun, 20 May at 6:51am.

Support your local artists and communities - as well as Eastside Arts Alliance during its 12th Anniversary Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival on May 19 in San Antonio Park.

The free event - which runs from from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. - is family friendly and according to fans of the annual festival, fabulous.

A preview of what you will experience:

Main Stage:

Blog entry by Mariah Carle.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 7:57pm.

We loved getting this note from some Oakland friends (and techies):

Article by Lauren Soldano.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 7:57am.

The Lakeview Dog Park Proposal was denied Wednesday night by the Oakland City Planning Commission members in a vote of 3 against, 1 abstaining. 

Article by Ruth Miller.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 7:01am.

If next Thursday is Bike to Work Day, does that make this weekend Bike to Church Day?

In the East Bay, for the first time, the answer is "yes."

Article by Lauren Soldano.
Last updated at Mon, 30 Apr at 9:48pm.

The year is 1981. 

Oakland resident Emily Rosenberg is taking her newly adopted dog for a walk through her Rockridge neighborhood. When she arrives at the small, empty park down the street, she looks up and sees a sign with big, glaring letters which read: "NO DOGS." 

Blog entry by Pilar Vree.
Last updated at Fri, 24 Feb at 11:20pm.

Referring to Halmoni as merely a “vintage clothing store” is a gross understatement.

Article by New America Media.
Last updated at Mon, 13 Feb at 12:34am.
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 11 Feb at 9:50pm.

How Oakland are you? The folks who did the Sh*t Oakland Says video last week probably think they are hella Oakland, and the video is pretty funny, you have to check it out.