At age 91, Army veteran Gene Goodin has a new gig as an oil painter!
At the Oakland Cottage Industry Show at the Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church two weeks ago, more than 30 artisans gathered to show...
Oakland Cottage Industry Show brings craftspeople together to sell handmade art
On May 2, the Oakland Cottage Industry Show (OCIS) is hosting the first of their twice-annual shows where artists who work with wood,...
Museum welcomes a new exhibition by local artists: “Who is Oakland?”
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is presenting a new exhibition exploring Oakland through the work of local artists. The...
Alameda County supervisors vote to boost funds for post-incarceration services
For several months, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has urged the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to allocate 50 percent of...
Oakland artists create a mural project to honor women affected by violence
Oakland residents gathered in Park Community Garden this weekend to commemorate the victims and survivors of violence against women. The...
East Bay taxi drivers join class action lawsuit against Uber
California taxi divers face a new frustration: booming competition from companies like Uber and other app-based taxi companies that have...
“Cops and Robbers” addresses issues of race, police brutality
A young African American man enters the grocery store, hides behind a shelf, holding in his left hand what appears to be a gun. His hand...
The Berkeley Darfur Stove (BDS)
Q: Have you been to Darfur? A: Nope. Q: Do you know how it feels to work there? A: Nope. Omnia Abbas smiled as she remembered the first...
A mystified Sudanese studies his first Halloween
The first things I had to learn were Jack o’ lantern, trick or treat, and you better get a costume! A week ago, I started seeing people...
Are Motorized bicycles the way forward?
In front of a busy gas station in Oakland, an unusual-looking vehicle with two wheels passes by. It’s not a motorcycle. It’s not a...
