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Oakland Schools Teach Trafficking Prevention in Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 09:17 am
While the schoolrooms are empty for the last bit of summer, a task force of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) administrators have been planning ways to prevent child sex trafficking before it sta...
Oakland Eater: Top stories for your tummy 27 Aug 2013 | 03:46 am
Wow, is there a lot of good food and drink in the East Bay! So much, in fact, that most of us have a hard time keeping up with all the blog posts, news stories, videos and social media about Oakland a...
East Bay Good Reads: 5 stories to improve your Monday 26 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
What were the good reads you might have missed this weekend? OL’s publisher, Susan Mernit, spent part of her weekend online, so you didn’t have to– and found some East Bay stories that are well worth ...
Children’s Fairyland for grownups (Community Voices) 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Twenty-nine-year-old Lara Walklet knew exactly what she wanted as she made a beeline to one of the talking storybook boxes that brings stories to life in Oakland’s storybook theme park, Children’s Fai...
Boy Scouts of America goes after Hacker Scouts, Oakland youth program 26 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
Back in May 2013, the Boy Scouts of America sent a Cease and Desist letter to local tech/kids group Hacker Scouts, which teaches tech & maker skills to youth, when they tried to trademark their name, ...
250 lbs to go! Support Ken Shandy! (Phat Beets Produce, Community Voices) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:45 am
Join Farms to Grow, SOS Juice, and Phat Beets Produce in supporting long-time North Oakland Resident, Ken Shandy meet his goal of losing 250lbs in the next year. Ken is working to install a 5000 sq f...
Urban Releaf grows green jobs and shade trees 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
By Spencer Whitney When director Kemba Shakur started an urban forestry nonprofit organization 15 years ago, the goal was to address the ecological needs of the community, which was in desperate need...
Made in Oakland: How one city turned into an art and maker mecca 25 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
I felt like I had walked into a scene out of Mad Max. Inside a fenced-in lot sat a broken-down beige Nissan hatchback. The ground was covered with a blanket of gravel that kicked up with every step. S...
Saleem Shakir and Concerned Black Men of Oakland lead Scientific Boxing program 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
“When you say, ‘I’m doing this for you, not for the money. I’m doing this for us.’ …That’s the healing process.” As a founding member of the Oakland chapter of Concerned Black Men (CMB), Saleem Shakir...
Praise Fellowship Ministries hosts Closing the Education Gap conference 24 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
By Ashley Chambers A one-day conference to empower parents to close the education gap, “Creating a 21st Century Village,” will be held Saturday, Aug. 31 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Praise Fellowship...
