New era of baseball in Oakland — move over A’s, here come the B’s
Before the tractors showed up, Raimondi Park didn’t look like the future home of a professional baseball team. Sitting in the shadow of Interstate 880, the long-standing West Oakland field read more…
April 15, 2024
Oaklanders share what they love about downtown and what needs to change
On a recent Friday at the Old Oakland Farmers’ Market, one stall kept people lingering for longer than usual among the rows of vendors offering produce and food. At a read more…
April 10, 2024
VIDEO: Oakland businesses create ‘no bipping’ zones to bring back customers
In 2023, there were over 13,000 smash-and-grab car burglaries in Oakland, a 23% increase from the year before. The crime is prevalent throughout the Bay Area, where it is known read more…
March 26, 2024
With city services lacking, residents clean up Raimondi Park, future home of B’s baseball
On a rainy Saturday morning in February, Josh Gunter organized the cleanup equipment for the day ahead — buckets and trash-pickers, elastic gloves and trash bags, coffee and water. Then read more…
March 20, 2024
‘Customers aren’t taking the risk’: growing retail crime upends Oakland business community
Sarpreet Oberoi has been to various In-N-Out Burger locations in the Bay Area over the past eight years and found news that the Oakport outlet was closing because of crime read more…
March 7, 2024
At Uptown Market, tech pays the rent for local retailers
A perfectly curated window display. The smell of essential oils in the air. Free samples of homemade lemon pound cake. These are just some of the ways the vendors of read more…
March 1, 2024
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