Come out for a fabulous Friday evening! Tonight, Oakland’s own multiracial, interfaith gospel choir, under the leadership of Artistic Director Terrance Kelly, performs traditional and contemporary gospel music and spirituals at the Cathederal. At this event, there will be additional singers from the parishes of the Diocese of Oakland joining OIGC.

Come, hang out and meet OL reporters and team members, then talk about the issues. This second news cafe will focus on how people in Oakland use social media to get the word out about causes and events - with powerful results.

By Howard Dyckoff


The paint's dry on the new mural and the chairs have been hung up at the Oakland Museum's main entrance.

If you haven't been down there recently, check out these images - they highlight the museum's court yard, which is now graced by the commissioned graffiti mural painted during the "Living Concrete" event on Jan. 21.

Welcome to February!

Top stories the last week were heavily focused on Occupy Oakland, the movement to recall Mayor Jean Quan (we wrote an explainer) and last Friday's Art Murmur. But we also had strong readership for a great piece on the cost and impact of young women dropping out of high school and places to get affordable, community acupuncture in Oakland.