Blog entry by Community Rejuven....
Last updated at Fri, 18 May at 7:12am.

CRP would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the city of Oakland for attempting to address blight in East Oakland and

Blog entry by Friends of Peralt....
Last updated at Mon, 16 Apr at 11:59am.

Oakland's Cambodian community and music lovers of every ethnicity are meeting at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park on April 21st to ring in Cambodian New Year and honor a people, their music, and their stories under the banner Rhythm of the Refugee: A Cambodian Journey of Healing.

92-year-old Nhep Prok, one of the sole surviving master musicians of pre-Pol Pot Cambodia, will play with his youth ensemble and virtuoso apprentices. “Our music cannot die with me,” says Nhep Prok, “My duty and purpose is to pass it down. Khmer music saved my life.”

Article by Lauren Soldano.
Last updated at Wed, 4 Apr at 8:49pm.

The San Francisco Shevil Dead won the last Bay Area Derby Girls home bout at Fort Mason against the Berkeley Resistance, with a final score of 150-74. 

The Shevil Dead took a big lead after half-time, but the Resistance didn't give up without a fight.  

Article by Eric K Arnold.
Last updated at Sat, 31 Dec at 11:50am.

"Twenty-eleven" was a tumultuous, even turbulent year for Oakland – a roller coaster ride from a political standpoint, to be sure.

Blog entry by Elizabeth Holzer.
Last updated at Fri, 8 Jul at 3:37am.

With hopes of increasing bravado in the city's subculture, the East Bay Rats host free, alternative self defense lessons every Friday afternoon at its clubhouse in Oakland.

Article by Laura McCamy.
Last updated at Mon, 27 Jun at 11:33pm.

As East Bay streets grow even more bicycle-friendly, a growing group of East Bay entrepreneurs is proving that it is possible and even profitable to run a business by bicycle.

Article by Todd Muller.
Last updated at Thu, 9 Jun at 1:33am.

“You should get a team!” District 6 Councilwoman Desley Brooks encouraged me when I told her that I was an avid basketball player. 

Maybe I will.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sun, 22 May at 9:08am.

Support your local artists and communities--as well as Eastside Arts Alliance and their 11th year anniversary "Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival!"  on May 21 from 11 am to 7 pm in San Antonio Park--this event is free, family friendly. and fabulous.

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