Oakland
Oakland Zoo Reopening Feb. 3 After Storm Caused Giant Sinkhole
Oakland, Reopening The Oakland Zoo is finally reopening after a major sinkhole caused by a collapsed culvert under the vehicle entrance to the zoo at Golf Links Road opened during the tremendous New Year’s storms. The zoo said the culvert, overburdened by the historic and unprecedented amount of rainfall throughout the region, more...
Super Rare Green Comet Flies Over Bay Area
Oakland, San Francisco, Wow A comet that has been out of sight for millions of years will be visible this weekend and next from Oakland, according to the Chabot Space and Science Center. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make an appearance for the first time since the Stone Age and will be visible with binoculars more...
Performing Arts Venue PianoFight Closing Both Locations
Goodbye, Oakland, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the unfortunate news that PianoFight, which has performing arts venues in San Francisco and Oakland, is closing both of its locations. PianoFight will shutter both SF and Oakland locations on March 18, 2023. What began in 2007 with an unproduced play by a few young artists more...
Massive Sink Hole Caused by Storm Closes Oakland Zoo
Oakland, Storm Watch By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation Storm damage has closed the Oakland Zoo until at least Jan. 17, zoo officials said Sunday. A major sinkhole caused by a collapsed culvert under the vehicle entrance to the zoo at Golf Links Road opened during the weekend storm. The zoo said the culvert, more...
Oakland’s Starline Social Club Closing Down
East Bay, Goodbye, Oakland Unfortunately, Oakland’s Starline Social Club has announced it is closing. The club took to Instagram to announce that the club is going up for sale and will cease operations on January 1 after their last show on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to KQED for sharing the news about the final hurrah will more...
Santa Visits Oakland Zoo to Pass Out Presents to Animals
Adorable, East Bay, Oakland In adorable news, Santa visited the Oakland Zoo to treat the animals to some holiday presents. Santa zipped around the Zoo on a festively decorated golf cart with a giant sack of presents he delivered to all the animals on the “nice” list. Watch the elephants, tigers and more unwrap and more...
“Too $hort Way”: Oakland Street Honors Iconic Rapper
Brand New, East Bay, Oakland Thanks to East Bay Times for sharing the news that the legendary Oakland rapper Too $hort is likely getting a street named in his honor. A three-block section of Foothill Boulevard in Oakland could soon don the name Too $hort Way to commemorate the “Godfather of the Bay”. Oakland City Council will more...
4 East Bay Colleges Make Spring Semester Free
East Bay, Oakland By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation All four East Bay colleges in the Peralta Community College District are waiving their course registration fees for the Spring 2023 semester for all California residents, among additional opportunities for students. Announced Wednesday, Berkeley City College, College of Alameda, Laney College and Merritt College are more...
Oakland’s New “Nature Playspace” for Kids at OMCA
Fun & Games, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Oakland, Sponsored, Things to Do Calling all kiddos and future scientists! The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) invites you to experience its new interactive OMCA Kids: Nature Playspace for kids ages 2 to 5, their families, and caregivers. Explore the natural world from a kids’ eye view and learn about animals and plants that live more...
Oakland Wants to Help Convert Illegal Secondary Dwellings to Legal ADUs
Brand New, Housing, Oakland Oakland is launching a brand new low-interest loan program to help convert unpermitted accessory dwelling to legal units. The Accessory Dweling Unit Loan Program will provide financing and technical assistance to low-income homeowners to convert an existing unpermitted secondary unit into a legal Accessory Dwelling Unit or Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit, more...
Bay Area’s First Hi-Fi Vinyl Listening Bar is in Oakland
Bars, Oakland Thanks to CBS News for sharing about Bar Shiru, the Bay Area’s first vinyl lounge. Inspired by some of Tokyo’s incredible hi-fi bars and motivated by the lack of a comparable offering in the Bay Area, Oakland couple, Daniel Gahr and Shirin Raza, set out to open Bar Shiru, the Bay more...
Oakland Launches Affordable Housing Marketplace for Teachers
Housing, Oakland Community leaders in Oakland are confronting educational inequality by using $5 million in state funding to increase teacher housing and create an innovative marketplace website for discounted teacher housing. The high cost of housing is consistently cited as the top reason Oakland public school teachers consider leaving the profession, exacerbating the more...
First Ever Curling Facility in Northern California Opens in East Oakland
Brand New, East Bay, Fun & Games, Oakland Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Northern California now has its first-ever curling facility. The curling community in Northern California now has its first dedicated ice facility in East Oakland. The 15,000 square feet San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, located at 8450 Enterprise Way, has 5 sheets and more...
Oakland Plans to Return Land to Indigenous Group
Bay Area Updates, Healing, Oakland, Outdoorsy Oakland has announced plans to return about 5 acres of land owned by the city to Indigenous stewardship. The Oakland City Council will hold hearings to consider conveying the site, known as Sequoia Point, to the Indigenous women-led non-profit, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, and the East Bay Ohlone tribe, Confederated Villages of more...
Vice President Kamala Harris Visits SF & Oakland (Aug 11-12)
Oakland, San Francisco Vice President, and former resident, Kamala Harris is coming back to the Bay Area. Thanks to NBC Bay Area for sharing the news that she will be visiting San Francisco on Thursday, August 11 to meet with state legislators regarding reproductive health care. On Friday, she’ll head to Oakland to attend more...
