The agenda for the Oct. 4 Oakland City Council meeting includes discussion of the Juvenile Protection Curfew Ordinance recommended by the Rules Committee of council in September. 

What do you think Oakland should do? 

Hoping to double the number of sign ups, Volunteering for Oakland is holding its Third Annual Volunteer Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, in the cafeteria at Westlake Middle School.

Since 2007, PUEBLO has operated a program called Urban Youth Harvest, employing young people to harvest the excess fruit growing in back yards throught Oakland and donating it to low-income seniors and others lacking fresh produce in their diet.

But this year, Urban Youth Harvest morphed into a much more expansive program called Youth Greening Oakland.

“Oakland Freedom School, how do you feel?”

“Fantastic! Terrific! Great! All. Day. Long. Ugh ugh ugh uggghh!”