| 单词 | Oakland |
| 例句 | Ringed by the Oakland Hills, the valley was at least twice the size of Camp Half-Blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The very man who had accosted him in the West Oakland station raised his hand to Moss, and he lifted his chin quickly, a silent hello. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Melon Head was a laundryman in Oakland—he had gotten that name because he had gone Completely bald in his younger days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z O High was his third high school in Oakland, plus he’d spent sophomore year living in a group home in Redding, California, three and a half hours away. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Maybe there just haven’t been a lot of people who have applied to those schools that come from West Oakland,” she said gingerly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One such organization, based in Oakland, California, is named All of Us or None. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “The Oakland Police Department is committed to the safety and security of its residents.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In April of 1933, a fresh and reconstituted varsity crew promptly exacted its revenge, sweeping the Olympic champion Cal Bears from their home waters on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The broadcast cut to images of West Oakland High, the front steps cordoned off with police tape. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In Seattle a news flash from Oakland interrupted regular radio programming, and people who had been sitting dejectedly by the radio stood up and slapped each other on the back and shook hands. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In a way, I was glad to be back in black Oakland, the sun still shining. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She dressed like most Oakland High students, in a hoodie and sweats, but she wore her long black hair in two girlish braids. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You can feel alone in Brooklyn or alone in Oakland.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “The Oakland Police Department is also ceasing its pilot program at West Oakland High as of this morning. The metal detectors will be removed by the end of the week.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The winds began rising from the bay waters, racing over Oakland and sweeping low over the hissing weeds, which nodded back and forth in great shimmering waves of gold. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was ten and I was hopeful that we might be able to leave all the old fears behind in Oakland. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z While I was sitting with my sisters, I made up my mind about Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The students of West Oakland High converged on Reg, and before Moss could react, they had grabbed ahold of his wheelchair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The driver, wearing a black beret, leaned over, nodded, unlocked the front door, and said something like “Zilla,” which I guessed was short for Cecile in a colored, Oakland way. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss liked Mrs. Torrance, who was born and raised in Oakland, just like he had been. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “My dad was shot by the Oakland police six years ago. They said it was a mistake.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew my mother was grown but I couldn’t let her go into the night, walking up the road like she was on the west side of Oakland. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z West Oakland High did not compare to where Esperanza went to school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His funeral made the national news, the casket conducted through the streets of Oakland on a horse-drawn carriage followed by a procession of four Rolls-Royces, ten white limousines, and an assortment of Cadillacs and Lincolns. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Moss pushed the envy away as he and Esperanza stood on the crowded platform at West Oakland station. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Why did I send you girls to Oakland?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They had just boarded a train at Oakland, California, after the ceremony, and Mother was trying to appear blasé, as if she had been married for years. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z On the strength of a demonstration, Paramount agreed to build a manufacturing plant to turn out prototype tubes in Oakland. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As long as Moss had lived in West Oakland, he’d never tired of this specific view, so he pointed toward the windows. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Moss wished more than anything at that moment that he could force the hand of the Oakland Police Department. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Check it,” he said, and the Port of Oakland began to pass by them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Oakland is considered one of the most diverse cities in the country. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “My name is Shawna Meyers,” she said, “and I also go to West Oakland High. I wasn’t there when Reg got hurt, but I was also a victim of my school’s policies.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Scruggs was discharged the same day he deplaned from Vietnam in Oakland, California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The fog had completely covered San Francisco now and was rolling over the bay toward Oakland. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Cherie sits in a cafe in Oakland, drinking a smoothie and talking about the old days, back when she and Richard were fourteen. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Great-grandmother took him home from hospital, raised him in projects in Oakland, California, until she died of melanoma when Rondell was six. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Mom’s worked at her Oakland job for seven months. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Once a month, on a Sunday, I walked down into Oakland and rode the trolley to the ferry depot, where I would join a lot of other Tang men—houseboys and other dayworkers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had met Mother in Boston, about a year before, when she was on that well-chaperoned tour to Europe, with several other Oakland girls. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, I was glad to be back in black Oakland, the sun still shining. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Richard was released on GPS early on, but eventually he was sentenced to a group home in Redding, California, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The killing, like so many in East Oakland, was never solved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “There was a rally at the West Oakland station for some dude who got killed, so the place was swarming with ’em. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Some of you have come to me, concerned about the things that went down in Oakland a few days ago.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Gazing out the windows at Oakland and stealing looks at Cecile. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Local residents in West Oakland are concerned about the installation of metal detectors at West Oakland High after a malfunction in the equipment momentarily harmed a student,” the man said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m up at West Oakland High. We just met on the train last weekend.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z What if she’d been able to find a place to live outside of Oakland, where there weren’t so many bad influences? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When we came home, there wasn’t any mail at all from Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z His group was spread all over Oakland, and despite them not living all that far away from one another, their lives hadn’t intersected as much as he wanted over the summer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Moss looked out the window, watched as they crossed over the highway, saw downtown Oakland change into West Oakland, a neighborhood that still persisted in the face of too many changes to recount. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Vonetta wrote as large as she could, then Fern decided to go back to “Little Girl,” the name she wouldn’t answer to in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “He was shot and killed by the Oakland Police Department at West Oakland High during a peaceful walkout.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was a man who sold cha siu bao from a tiny cart on weekends, and his papa had taken him there after a morning at the Oakland Museum. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For now, walking with my family, I felt good and selfish, which was how Cecile told me to be, one night in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Like the woman who said that she knew someone close to one of the superintendents of the Oakland school district, which opened an administrative avenue they had not considered. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In coming days, trenches were dug along the California coast, and schools in Oakland were closed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z One of rising gas prices, another of a shooting in East Oakland, and then a piece on the upcoming city council election. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Our bus pushed out of poor and black Oakland, where lines formed for free breakfasts and men stood around because there were no jobs and too much liquor. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m here on behalf of the Oakland Police Department to help facilitate a fair exchange of ideas.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nothing would have made me happier than to leave Cecile and Oakland back then. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m here to make a statement on behalf of the Oakland Police Department and their chief, Tom Berendht.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The tall businesses of downtown Oakland morphed first into blocks of condos and apartment buildings, then into the quaint, small-town feel of Piedmont. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The rest began their trek over to West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The other was the string of paper cranes that had been made by the students at Oakland High School. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “How can you send them to Oakland? Oakland’s nothing but a boiling pot of trouble cooking. All them riots.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For our third Saturday in Oakland I had a better plan. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z O High wasn’t the best school in Oakland, but it wasn’t the worst one either, not by a long shot. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She said, “You got that right. It’s not Oakland. Now, go back inside, Delphine.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z When the envelope with an Oakland, California, postmark arrived, I opened it and gave Vonetta her letter and Fern hers. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Wait,” Sophia said, her face wrinkled up in a mixture of horror and disgust, “are you saying that none of you were contacted by the Oakland Police Department about Mr. Perez’s death?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He never imagined a reality where these two groups of people would ever meet, but here they were, all to support Shawna and Reg and the kids at West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They live in a snug green bungalow in Oakland’s Glenview district, about a mile from Oakland High School. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If someone had gotten shot in Oakland, odds were that somebody at Oakland High School would be connected, affected, or implicated. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was well aware that the older boys had utterly dominated their competition in Oakland. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I was just telling your Iola that Oakland General offered me the job.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “By the time I got to be eighteen or nineteen, I thought I was like the Princess of East Oakland,” she says. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I wanted to introduce myself; I’m the communications manager for the Oakland Police Department.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “However, the Oakland Police Department cannot comment on pending investigations, nor can it subvert the rule of law in this city.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Race day, April 13, was again rainy, and a stiff headwind blew out of the south, up the length of the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then, “Free Huey, seize the time!” and every other Black Panther slogan we learned last summer in Oakland with Cecile and the Black Panthers. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The night before we left Oakland she had told me how she found poetry. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yes! Protect her, okay? She’s my friend. Get her back to California. There’s a demigod camp in the Oakland Hills— Camp Jupiter. Meet me above the Caldecott Tunnel.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z East Oakland in particular was awash in crack, blood, and bullets. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I could look out then and see the city of Oakland lying stretched out at the foot of our hill, all the houses looking like toy blocks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, not in general, but yeah. No one who goes to that market is going to care about metal detectors in West Oakland.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was wrong about Oakland: human beings have lived there for 20,000 years or so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We passed by the People’s Bank—which was nothing at all like the People’s Center in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, we don’t fly that route. We do fly from Washington to Oakland and Long Beach,” said Dolly. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Not odd in the way Cecile’s green, prickly stucco house was odd in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Light broke over Oakland many hours later, and Moss struggled to keep his eyes open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He’d run away from the group home and was back in Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The Oakland Police Department would like to make a statement.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We were presentable and on our best behavior when we finally arrived in Oakland, where Mother’s sisters and other brothers were waiting with the three limousines. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like they had done with Cecile at the airport when it was time to leave Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “That was very nice of her,” Habib had replied as he returned to memorizing the street map of Oakland. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Yes,” White Deer agreed, warming to the idea, “some city like Oakland or Los Angeles. If you name their rival cities, it will make it twice as hard for them to bear.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We were back on Herkimer Street under Big Ma, and we had to keep most of what we learned in Oakland to ourselves. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Go much prefers to sit in the Show Room, in the stained Art Deco theater seats that originally belonged to a movie house in Oakland, now demolished. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His mother continued and introduced herself, spoke of all the years she’d spent in Oakland, and Moss’s gaze drifted to the crowd itself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When we asked her what she did, what her job was, she walked us to Oakland’s Seventh Street, where dusty bars and smoke shops sat in the laps of storefront churches. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In Oakland, they started a free breakfast program so that poor kids can have a meal before starting their school day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I turned to my opponent, a fifteen-year- old boy from Oakland. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he arrived in Oakland, California, Allen walked off the plane and dropped to his knees. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Mother came from a well-to-do family in Oakland, California. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was by pressing our ears to the air that we had heard Pa say, “No, Ma. They need to know her, and she needs to know them. They’re flying to Oakland. That’s final.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Prayed he’d be safe from all the dangers that lurked for a young black man in Oakland—guns and crime and gangs and cops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Goooood morning, West Oakland High, and welcome to the start of a brand-new year,” he said, and with that, Moss tuned out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A fifth-grade student in Oakland recently came home from school and gaily told her mother that her super-nice teacher had written the answers to the state exam right there on the chalkboard. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To his right, the flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland marched west—a vast checkerboard of neighborhoods, with several million people who probably did not want their morning interrupted by two monsters and a filthy demigod. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In her time in the Oakland schools she’d seen plenty of kids drop out or get kicked out, get shot, or get pregnant. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Oakland, California, is a city of more than 400,000 people, but it can still feel like a small town. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When Oakland High School administration began to investigate, they found that in the preceding couple of days, Jeff had slapped or grabbed the butts of two other ninth-grade girls as well. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Several months later, three hundred suffragists in Oakland, California, marched to a state political convention demanding the right to vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z John met Ernest at the Berkeley house and the next day whisked him to Oakland’s Peralta Hospital, where his gray pallor shocked the attending physicians. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We took the cable car to the bus stop and took the East Bay bus back to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Change trains at Twelfth Street in Oakland. You want Fruitvale Station. From there, you can walk or take the bus to Alameda.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And that’s when he announced that Arnold Reisman, a boy who lived in our old neighborhood in Oakland, had died of complications from measles. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One day in the fall of 2015, two ninth-grade students sat in Biology class at Oakland High School watching a substitute teacher try in vain to control the classroom. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They tore through Berkeley and into the Oakland Hills. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Below our hill, the lights of Oakland would gleam like a cloud of fireflies and the wrinkling waters of the bay would turn to quicksilver under the moon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could get a thought going about Cecile or Oakland, the cab driver let us out not too far from the airport. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d lasted fifteen minutes there before the Oakland PD kicked them out for the exact same reason: lack of a permit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “We believe the safety of students at West Oakland High is of the utmost importance. Therefore, we wanted to let all of our students know that Officer Hull has been let go.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A demon week later, Father and I moved across the bay to a place in the foothills above Oakland. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably not even an honest-to-goodness Oakland sound. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “While we haven’t received a statement from the Oakland Unified School District, the Oakland Police Department has reported to NBC4 that no crime was committed, so no arrests have been made.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, mine’s just starting. I’m going to that rally in West Oakland. Probably why there’s a delay.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Whoever won the first time trial after they arrived in Oakland would row as the varsity crew in the Pacific Coast Regatta. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Normal was different for Moss and everyone else who attended West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As I remember it, the dark side of my mother sprang from the basement in our old house in Oakland. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The JV boys walked out of the room enraged, stormed out into the dark, and tried to walk off their anger on the streets of Oakland. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even before we visited California, we knew all about the household at Oakland and its inhabitants, because Mother used to like to tell us about her girlhood. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z We weren’t about to leave Oakland without getting what we’d come for. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She had cheerfully taken a job as a housekeeper to some demons over in Oakland across the bay. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Piedmont was full of people who liked to tell outsiders that they lived in Oakland. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Moss was on his bike and flying back to West Oakland a few minutes later. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I did. I went to visit one of the Oakland hospitals I interviewed with.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z They just didn’t want to be left out of any activity concerning those Ankton girls or that Hirohito, still wearing his same old Oakland Raiders jersey. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a saying in Oakland at the time which, if she didn’t say it herself, explained her attitude. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No way was she giving up her East Oakland status just to go to school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A week later, under the light of a three-quarter moon, roughly 150 supporters, including students from both Maybeck and Oakland High Schools, marched along the route of the 57 bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The West Oakland High administration requests your patience and understanding as we try to deal with this situation as best we can. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “West Oakland. Well, assuming we can even get to that station.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “People act like, if you go to O High, that’s the baddest school in Oakland. Since that happened, people just thought that all of us are basically the same.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We knew when it was planned for, and we knew that the Oakland Police Department was going to use their full riot gear in order to stop it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had used the same voice and the same words to tell us we were flying to Oakland to reunite with our mother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Eugenia helped run a beauty supply store farther down in East Oakland, out past Fruitvale, and she’d been there for over a decade, they learned. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That was why Pa had put us on a plane to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Not like a sickly child, too small and slouched over in someone’s yard in black Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I kind of remembered having watched the news with Big Ma a few months ago and hearing about the shooting in Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Oakland’s open enrollment process allowed families to apply to any school in the district, and Oakland High was a popular choice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Of the roughly six hundred African American boys who started Oakland high schools as freshmen each year, only about three hundred ended up graduating. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then Fern added, “And to meet our mother in Oakland.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That he lived in Oakland on Magnolia Street. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For the immediate future, our partnership with the Oakland Police Department has been suspended, and the metal detectors have been disabled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “What can I do, man? It’s not like we have the power to change anything. We live in Oakland, this is how it is. It’s nothing new. No one trusts us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Pa had made up his mind and we flew to Oakland to get to know our mother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I had tried out my rifle only once before taking it to the woods, at a firing range in the Oakland hills. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The clouds broke around their hull, revealing the gold-and-green carpet of the Oakland Hills below them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That night, they were feted by Ernest at Trader Vic’s in Oakland, where the fare ran to spareribs eaten with the fingers and washed down with the restaurant’s signature mai tai cocktails. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “On a final note, the Oakland Police Department would like to extend a sincere apology to Morris Jeffries, Jr., for his treatment yesterday.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “When the Dodgers...when the Dodgers found out Glenn Burke was gay,” I say, “they traded him to the Oakland As.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We took the cable car to the bus stop and took the East Bay bus back to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The train now sat motionless, caught between the Embarcadero station and West Oakland, where both of them were bound. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Billy Martin was the manager of the Oakland A’s when Glenn Burke played for them,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then I took the envelope from my dresser, postmarked Oakland, CA. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I go to West Oakland High,” he said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Hull even had an office on campus, a place Moss had strenuously tried to avoid in his time at West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then “Oakland” added, “When there’s Afros and black faces on the cover, I’ll buy one.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Heard you and your sisters got some education out in Oakland.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He was all too familiar with the whims of Lake Washington, from his coxswain days, and the weather on the Oakland Estuary had been typically but frustratingly calm and pleasant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And beyond Oakland was the bay, smooth as a pane of green glass. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There they sent the shell on its way to California, where they would soon race against it on the Oakland Estuary. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “My colleague wanted to know about your connection to this place. Is it true that your own father was shot and killed by the Oakland police?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Not joking. I’m going to accept the position in Oakland.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes I caught a boat over to Oakland to spend an afternoon with them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I have a connection of sorts to one of the people who runs West Oakland High,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was so light-skinned that people often assumed he was mixed, and he acted younger than he was—hyphy, as they say in Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Oakland Police have a 16-year-old high school student in custody, based on video camera footage from the bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We said we would write to each other, but I didn’t give him my address in Brooklyn and I forgot to get his address in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Vonetta went on and on about all the money we were saving and how she made sure Fern and I didn’t waste our money buying candy, airmail stamps, and mooning over boys in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z After giving Javier his number, Moss raised a hand to wave, then turned and walked north into West Oakland. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Within a year she had her first job as an elementary school teacher in East Oakland. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s not clear how long he was supposed to stay there, but he ran away and returned to Oakland long before his time was up. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That afternoon, Richard’s cousin Lloyd came by Oakland High looking for him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z That same evening, at the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Oakland, Ky Ebright loaded his crews and his racing shells aboard the Cascade and headed north to Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Enrique was talkative, full of stories about growing up in East Oakland. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nor could I see Cecile standing outside Mean Lady Ming’s phone booth at five o’clock in the morning Oakland time to wish us a merry Christmas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z West Oakland High itself was a massive structure in the northern part of what was technically not West Oakland at all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was nothing and no one in all of Oakland to like. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once Mr. Elliot contacted the Oakland Police Department, they came and met with us on Thursday evening, after no one was left on campus,” he explained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sent us out to Oakland to get to know our mother, even when Big Ma spoke against it every day until we went, and every other day after we returned. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For that reason, many Oakland schools have been exploring a different approach to school discipline: restorative justice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Moss wasn’t going to move until the Oakland Police Department handed over James Daley. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The other six, two brothers and four sisters, lived with their parents in a spacious house at 426 Twenty-Ninth Street, in Oakland. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z If Cecile had been arrested when we first arrived in Oakland, I would have called Pa, and Pa would have made sure my sisters and I were on a plane back to New York. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss picked at the steps again in front of West Oakland High on Wednesday afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “After the events of the last two weeks, I have decided to voluntarily surrender myself to the Oakland Police Department.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not like a sickly child, too small and slouched over in someone’s yard in black Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Adams’s long year in Vietnam was over, and she was sent back to the Oakland Army Base in California. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I stretched my voice from twelve to twenty-one and said, “Operator, I need the number for Ming’s in Oakland on Magnolia.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They repeated the stories about good times in Oakland and San Diego; they repeated them like long medicine chants, the beer bottles pounding on the counter tops like drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z African American boys made up less than 30 percent of Oakland’s underage population but accounted for nearly 75 percent of all juvenile arrests. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He’s good at it A shrill voice had announced the departing flight to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After dinner at the Hotel Oakland that night, he dropped the bomb on the JV. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We actually went to high school together. West Oakland High, too. Solidarity is important,” Teresa said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I got the last laugh when I caught the same train 5 minutes later and rode it all the way to Oakland. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He told Moss about his uncle dying from a drive-by and then how the Oakland PD shot his brother during a traffic stop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He tried to peer toward the front of the train as it approached the West Oakland station, but the angle was wrong. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z After two full years at West Oakland High, he’d stopped noticing how the lunch tables in the quad were splintered and falling apart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Darris Young worked as an organizer for an Oakland social justice advocacy group called the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That was for the school shutdown in East Oakland.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe there’d still be some Oakland left in us, and my sisters would show me some solidarity, like when they gathered around me and Fern held my hand at the airport. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But for all its laid-back inclusiveness, Oakland is also a city of stark contrasts. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Six hundred and seventy miles to the south, on the Oakland Estuary—the University of California’s home water—Ky Ebright was facing remarkably similar problems. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They couldn’t even see the steps of West Oakland High, nor could they see a shred of the concrete path that led to the stairs at the front of the school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Don’t look at her,” said my mother as we walked through Chinatown in Oakland. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve just been told that we have less than an hour left,” he said, “before the Oakland police move in.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The train came to a smooth stop at the West Oakland station. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The one who died in Oakland, surrendering to the police. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A long, narrow slot of water between Oakland and Alameda Island, it was essentially a marine highway through an already aging industrial landscape. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Back in Oakland the sun had been shining. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Richard returned to Oakland the following summer, having spent all of sophomore year in Redding. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z An Oakland police officer stood looking down on him, confusion twisting his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “For those of you who don’t know,” Leroy went on, “I’m talking about the murder of your brother and mine, Bobby Hutton, during a raid by the Oakland Police on the Black Panthers’ Oakland headquarters.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She knew all the stories, about white women in San Diego and Oakland and L.A. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z According to Oakland Police Department statistics, there were nearly 2,800 assaults and more than 4,100 robberies. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z No plan to take down the Oakland Police Department would absolve his heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A few months after Glenn Burke started in center field in the opening game of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded their five-tool talent to the Oakland Athletics, the worst team in baseball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I wished I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At Oakland High School, Kaprice served as a surrogate mom to the kids who needed one the most—the ones who had trouble just getting to school every day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A sixteen-year-old junior at Oakland High School, he’s got hazel eyes and a slow, sweet grin. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z While the turnout of West Oakland High attendees was higher than Moss expected, an unease crept through him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Even though it had been his idea that we fly out to Oakland to see Cecile, Pa’d never once said how exciting our trip would be. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “A passenger on an Oakland, Calif., public bus received burns to his legs after his kilt was set on fire,” UPI wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The Oakland Police Department has access to stuff I never knew existed. They claim that they get a lot of it from the federal government. Surplus from all our country’s military spending or something.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now, the ship expected to dock at the Port of Oakland on Monday, with American passengers subsequently slated to be transferred to military posts for quarantine. Regal Princess cruise ship workers test negative for coronavirus in Florida 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z She found a new newspaper job at a local daily in Oakland, Calif., with a significant increase in salary. How Quitting a Job Changed My Personal Finances 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z And where D&D's last album was recorded in an echoing creamery in Oakland, this was recorded in a living room in Sequim, giving it an almost over-comfortable atmosphere. Review roundup: five local, late-summer albums of note 2011-08-19T19:01:15Z "Last Chance U," Netflix's Emmy-nominated series, returns for a fifth season and takes viewers to Laney College in the heart of Oakland, California. From "The Last Dance" to "The Old Guard," here's what is coming to Netflix in July 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Ms. Rivera was living in Berkeley, Calif., and teaching middle school Spanish at Park Day School in Oakland, where her supervisor was Lizette Dolan, Mr. Alonzo’s cousin at whose birthday party the two met. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z During a recent rehearsal, Mr. Joseph, who is based in Oakland, Calif., spoke with ArtsBeat about stepping back from his own work and letting others speak for him. ArtsBeat Blog: Under the Radar: 5 Questions About 'Word Becomes Flesh' 2012-01-06T19:39:12Z Oakland itself had been changing when they started writing the film in 2009, but gentrification has since transformed it. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The new U.S. tour will kick off on July 23 in Oakland, California. Aerosmith announces 18 city U.S. tour 2010-06-01T18:40:00Z Built in 29 sections, “Point of Infinity” was fabricated by Sanwa Tajima in Japan and shipped in eight containers to Oakland. A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Bay Area members flew from Oakland to Burbank, and a number of locals rounded out the party. Reading 'Brave New World' in Aldous Huxley's former home 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z A spokeswoman at Erin Miel Inc, the entertainment company owned by Newton, told The Oakland Press on Wednesday she was aware the plane was at the airport but provided no further information. 2010-02-05T11:20:00Z About 20 minutes before that, a 20-year-old man was shot on the 4100 block of South Ellis Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood. 8 shot, 2 fatally, on South Side 2012-05-11T10:40:00Z Mr. Casal, 32, and Mr. Diggs, 36, arrive in the wake of Boots Riley, an Oakland musician-turned-filmmaker whose euphorically reviewed “Sorry to Bother You” was released in theaters on July 6. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Teeth was taken to the Oakland Zoo and checked into veterinary treatment; he sadly passed away this morning. Alligator found guarding pile of pot 2013-01-10T22:52:00Z Though the radically open sensibility faded as the years went by, Mills maintained a commitment to access through frequent performances in and around Oakland, many of them free. Is the Music Over at Mills College? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The first version, received from Stone via text message, leads to a blanched, deserted parking lot next to a vacant building behind a chain-link fence in Oakland Park, north of Fort Lauderdale. Roger Stone, a master of dark political arts, is playing the Russia scandal for all it’s worth 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z "This is one of the last things I would expect to hear," Stanley Cox Jr., an Oakland rapper known as Mistah F.A.B. who appeared in the filmmaker's 2006 documentary, "Rap Dreams." San Francisco filmmaker won't face criminal charges 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z She first used the phrase in 1982 at a school in Oakland, across the bay from the city that is now saying no to vaping. San Francisco vape ban could hinder war on tobacco, say UK experts 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z But last year, based on state records, San Bernardino school cops still arrested more kids than municipal cops in Sacramento, Oakland or San Francisco. Juvenile injustice?: Kids in San Bernardino County pay the price with overzealous school cops 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z He then moved on to a genuinely baffling series of tweets to his followers — including at one point, specifically a 16 year-old Oakland Raiders fan — about his ongoing media grudges. Stop your Trumpsplaining, the president-elect’s tweets are not simply a “distraction” 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z There was a 42% increase in San Jose, a 47% increase in Oakland, a 52% increase in Sacramento county and increases in the Central Valley agricultural region and wealthy suburbs of Orange county. ‘They’ve turned their backs on us’: California's homeless crisis grows in numbers and violence 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z In “Black Panther,” T’Challa establishes a tech exchange enterprise in Oakland; in “Space Is the Place,” Sun Ra opens the Outer Space Employment Agency. Exploring Afrofuturism in Film, Where Sci-Fi and Mythology Blur 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The documentary recounts stories from players, officials, and the people of San Francisco and Oakland after the earthquake killed dozens and caused a 10-day delay in the series. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Van Helsing’ and an Ashley Judd Interview 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z And it’s being raised again by two museum exhibitions in this city, across the Bay from where Stein grew up, in Oakland. Modern Is Modern Is ... 2011-06-03T20:27:28Z This season, the show will also examine how Oakland’s changing community — which has seen gentrification — has affected the players who commute and live near campus. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Last Chance U’ and ‘Stockton on My Mind’ 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z For years, she followed the careers of the Oakland Athletics’ 2002 draft class: twenty-one players, all drafted at the same time. The Dream Chasers of Pro Baseball 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Everyone I know who's out that far is still like yeah, but I'm from Oakland or I'm from Berkeley or I'm from Richmond. "Blindspotting" is a "truly American story" about living in a country addicted to imprisoning people 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the city’s ever more sophisticated restaurants are now being joined by upscale cocktail bars, turning once-gritty Oakland into an increasingly appealing place to be after dark. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Originally from Oakland, California, Pursell studied at Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and was urged to move to Nashville in 1960 at the urging of Eddy Arnold. Grammy-nominated composer William Pursell dies at age 94 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Start at the Oakland Museum of California for a look at the latest history and culture of Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Harris grew up in Oakland, Calif., raised by immigrant parents, her father from Jamaica and her mother from India. Kamala Harris to Publish New Book in Early 2019 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Apparently it is not routine, even on the streets of Oakland, to see a young life snuffed out at random. “The Waiting Room”: Welcome to Romneycare 2.0 2012-09-26T22:34:00Z After his parents divorced, he moved with his father to Oakland, California, while his mother and siblings settled in East Chicago, Indiana. The Twisted Legacy of the Stage Dad Joe Jackson 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Angus Cloud, the actor best known for portraying Fezco, a lovable drug dealer on the HBO television show “Euphoria,” died on Monday at his family home in Oakland, Calif. He was 25. Angus Cloud, Actor on ‘Euphoria,’ Dies at 25 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z “Are you on 58th Street in Oakland?” he asked, not exactly in an accusatory tone, but with a sleuth’s satisfaction. How much do your kids really need to know about your sex life? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Vintage Edison phonographs made into speakers hang from the ceiling, and photographs show Oakland in its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s. Heads Up: In Oakland, Calif., the Uptown Neighborhood Blooms 2011-11-23T17:58:26Z In the mid-1960s, that decade of revolt and turmoil, Huey Newton, a 24-year-old law student in Oakland, California, realised that citizens of that state had the legal right to carry arms openly. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z He went first to California College of the Arts, in Oakland, and later transferred to the San Francisco Art Institute. An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Riley, a 41-year-old Oakland resident, who traveled across the country honing his puppet craft, and even toured Japan, met Menegus at Children's Fairyland. Fratello Marionettes bring wood, Styrofoam, cloth to life 2012-01-24T17:04:32Z Eylar is from from Oakland, Calif., and he’s currently earning a master’s degree in screenwriting at Chapman University in nearby Orange. T Magazine: Toying With Film 2010-12-17T15:31:00Z A: Some of the venues take walk-ups, such as Tampa and LaGuardia; others have an online appointment system, such as Oakland. Here’s what you need to know about getting a coronavirus test at the airport 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The strategy appeared to pay off, with police avoiding the use of tear gas or pepper spray that marked evictions of Occupy protesters in Oakland and other cities. Police dismantle Occupy camp in Los Angeles 2011-11-30T13:00:14Z In Oakland only one of eight dispensaries is majority black-owned, and across the country it appears that only 1% of storefront dispensaries are run by black people. The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Tommy Orange is, with his novel about characters gathering for a tribal powwow in urban Oakland, Calif. Are they bridging the gap between East and West, and testing the nuances of immigration and exile? 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Not long ago, much of downtown Oakland was still considered an affordable alternative to San Francisco, home to the country’s priciest real estate. Welcome to suburbia: the millennials done with city life – and city prices 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Coogler, also an African-American from Oakland, was 22 when an unarmed Grant, lying on his stomach, was shot to death on a train platform after transit police detained him following a fight on a train. For 'Fruitvale Station' director, film school and football pay off 2013-07-25T14:11:50Z And Phife was in Oakland, recording his own music and dealing with his health problems. Loss Haunts A Tribe Called Quest’s First Album in 18 Years 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The stories in “Evening in Paradise” are set in Chile and Texas and Mexico and Manhattan and Oakland, places Berlin knew well. The Revival of the Great Lucia Berlin Continues Apace 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z There are now 30 arts festivals that take place in Oakland, up from 2 in the mid-’80s, and about 50 art galleries where there were only a handful a decade ago. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z But Oakland became a rallying point for Occupy Wall Street demonstrators nationwide after an Iraq War veteran was injured two weeks ago in a tear gas-filled confrontation with riot police. Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest 2011-11-07T18:14:15Z Wanda Blake, who handles finances for small culinary businesses and nonprofit organizations in Oakland, Calif., participates in a Juneteenth Ritual of Remembrance there. Hot Links and Red Drinks: The Rich Food Tradition of Juneteenth 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Just down the street from where Warren plays, you might see the West Grand Brass Band playing popular songs or find the folk dancing to the Afro-Caribbean beats of drumming group SoulBeatz Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Galaxy and Hannah Shaw, best known as Kitten Lady, will address fans’ questions, and Adam Myatt, a.k.a. the Cat Man of West Oakland, plans to host the world’s largest Cat Man bingo game. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The new risks artists face in the wake of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Roundup: Islamic State in Palmyra, Trump security zone and big developments for the Arts District 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z In Oakland, approval from the city and county Tuesday would allow negotiations to begin with an investors’ group managed by Lott and the Fortress Investment Group. $1.3 billion Oakland Raiders stadium financing deal under consideration 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The pandemic, said Ms. Barnette, who is based in Oakland, Calif., only reinforced the solitary nature of her studio process. Artwork Inspired by an Abraham Lincoln Moment Is Reimagined 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Mayans” connects itself to its predecessor straightaway by featuring appearances from several established characters, starting with Emilio Rivera's Alvarez, who rides with the Oakland charter. Smart Watch: The notorious “RBG” comes to CNN and more top TV picks for the week 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z When we meet Pip — short for Purity — she is buried beneath $130,000 of student debt and working at a marginally fraudulent business in Oakland that sells renewable energy. With ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen tackles the Web, mothers, the truth 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Moeller said that his reversal last week came after examining four pictures owned by Marian Walton, of Oakland, Calif., a niece of Mr. Brooks’s. A Turnaround in Ansel Adams Photo Dispute 2010-08-30T22:08:00Z A Masculine Silhouette, Tailored for Her Mary Going, 46, a former nonprofit consultant in Oakland, Calif., wanted to wear a suit to her same-sex wedding in 2008, but found the shopping process demoralizing. A Masculine Silhouette, Tailored for Her 2013-07-10T21:48:02Z But in Oakland, the radical black paradise of my childhood imagination, I find myself wading through white couples looking for “exotic unicorns” and black queers conducting virtual paper bag tests. I am not your exotic unicorn: going on Tinder as a queer, dark-skinned black woman 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z On May 24, the couple took part in a traditional Edo Nigerian ceremony at the Jack London Aquatic Center, also in Oakland. Cynthia Akagbosu, Nathan Swire 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z Hamerschlag has also been cooking up other climate-smart changes to school lunch, working with the Oakland Unified School District, that have made a quantifiable difference when it comes the district’s carbon footprint. How will California’s climate ambitions reshape food and agriculture? 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Nora, a struggling music composer in her late 20s who lives in Oakland, moves back to her hometown in Southern California, where the fatal incident occurred, to try to determine what happened. Review | Laila Lalami explores life on the margins in ‘The Other Americans’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Levin, 30, is originally from Oakland, Calif. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, he is a singer/songwriter and guitar player. The ‘Guests’ Swam Alongside the Couple 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z "I actually flew down here from Oakland for this," said Warmen Fussi, sitting on a Colorado Boulevard storefront stoop for a bit of shade. Aphex Twin's 'Syro' lines up the faithful at Complex in Glendale 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Orange, who grew up in Oakland, is a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until we were a block from our Oakland, CA, driveway, nearly 15 hours after our originally scheduled arrival, that my daughter soiled the last of our stockpile. One carry-on bag and one personal item 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The children shrieked with excitement as we threaded our way through Columbia State Historic Park, a mining camp from the days of the Gold Rush about a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Oakland, Calif. Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Will Wright, already an acclaimed game designer as the creator of the popular and influential SimCity, first conceived the Sims after his family lost its home to fires in Oakland, Calif., in 1991. The Sims Is Bringing Its Inclusive Spirit to TV 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z This beguiling selection combines works by outsider artists with disabilities from the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, Calif., and the efforts of those of the insider persuasion. Art Exhibitions From Chelsea to the Lower East Side 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The richly detailed storylines gradually converge and culminate in a final gotterdammerung at a big Oakland powwow. The 5 best audiobooks of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Epona Heathen, 33, used to have a different name and used to live in Oakland, Calif., working at a thrift store. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Based in Oakland, Calif., he practically commutes by plane as he fulfills his packed schedule. What W. Kamau Bell Can’t Travel Without 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Few readers will get everything here — I loved Klosterman’s hilarious comparison of the gangsta rap group N.W.A. and the Oakland Raiders, but couldn’t quite follow his detailed dissection of the team’s running game. ‘I Wear the Black Hat’: the essential anatomy of a villain 2013-08-28T22:25:51Z But the high-cost of living in San Francisco, where McCandless says “the great parts are in Oakland,” played a part, too. Review | Takoma Park welcomes a mom-and-pop Mexican spot with much more than tacos 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z He currently lives in Oakland and, like Sam Johnson and Michael Wilson, other participants from the documentary, became a community leader advocating for restorative justice. The Prison Within: inside a moving documentary about restorative justice 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z From Oakland, Calif., to Winston-Salem, N.C., from New Orleans to the Bronx, familiar urban areas and little-heard-of rural communities were changed by figures like these: the backbone of the Black Panther Party. Foot soldiers and unheralded leaders of the Black Panthers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Thomas began writing in reaction to the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant in Oakland, California, in 2009, but found the subject too painful, so she put the book aside for a few years. “The Hate U Give”: Angie Thomas, Children of Promise and the girl in the mirror 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z “For Oakland, it looks like the final nail in the coffin of gentrification if you get rid of community spaces,” said operations manager Van Dell. Underground arts scene threatened by widespread evictions after Oakland fire 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z "What you see is what you get, as opposed to, well, what you see today may be something different from what you get tomorrow," Santorum told the Oakland County audience. Santorum and Romney fight their own class war in Michigan 2012-02-27T05:08:00Z And, of course, you have the gentrification happening in Oakland because so many people are moving out of San Francisco into Oakland. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Quarantining was lonely and challenging for the two, who had arrived in Oakland only months before lockdowns went into effect. In Napa Valley, a Commitment to One Another, and to Showcasing Diversity 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Its recent campaign was kept off the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in San Francisco and Oakland. Sex and the Subway Ad 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z For her sculpture “Stockpile,” the Oakland, Calif.-based artist Allison Smith created a towering stack of crates, barrels, wooden guns, a spinning wheel and other colonial-era objects. | Where Arts and Crafts Are One 2013-07-01T21:56:26Z "Cooper, Oakland, 2007," in the latter category, is pure carnival festivity. Two 'Hide/Seek' offshoots in Seattle, at Greg Kucera and Photo Center NW 2012-04-26T20:13:04Z Richard Taruskin, a commanding musicologist and public intellectual whose polemical scholarship and criticism upended conventional classical music history, died early Friday in Oakland, Calif. He was 77. Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z At Brown Sugar Kitchen in Oakland, Tanya Holland’s Creole shrimp and grits seems to be infused with concentric layers of flavor. A Belle Époque for African-American Cooking 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z In the fresh interpretation, with its piercing strings and moody atmospherics, a celebratory weed rap by the Oakland duo Luniz became deeply unsettling. Movie Trailers Keep Tweaking Well-Known Songs. The Tactic Is Working. 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The result is the Half Orange, a spare 22-seat spot serving casual fare and craft beer that opened last August in the East Oakland neighborhood of Fruitvale. An Oakland Restaurant With Food That Begs for Beer 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z But not every artist and activist in Oakland wants an organization or institution-led approach. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z I work mostly on homicide cases for defense lawyers on the mean streets of Oakland, Calif., one of America’s murder capitals. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, two activists with southern roots who had both been involved with the civil rights movement. New Black Panthers documentary tells the story behind the berets 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In cities like Oakland and Berkeley and San Francisco, millennials obsess over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter and attend Democratic Socialists of America meetings. Thousands of New Millionaires Are About to Eat San Francisco Alive 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The Panthers started because of the police violence in Oakland. We Asked Four Documentarians: How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice? 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z OK, but what was it specifically about Berkeley and Oakland that grabbed you? Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z The window experiment led to Pietisserie, a storefront in Oakland, Calif., closed since the Covid crisis, with pies available for pickup and local delivery. Leave Holiday Dessert to the Piemaker 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z He sold the ranch to a young couple from Oakland. Pioneertown Wants to Be the New Old West 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Brian D. Keith, 43, pleaded no contest Wednesday to attempted home invasion, malicious destruction of a building and malicious destruction of personal property in Oakland County Circuit Court. Man enters plea in burglary try at Kid Rock home 2013-09-05T13:30:10Z In documents filed with the Oakland County probate court, Ms. Franklin’s sons — Clarence, Edward and KeCalf Franklin, and Ted White Jr. — listed themselves as “interested parties.” Aretha Franklin Died Without a Will, and Estate Issues Loom 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z "Uneducated, unskilled, and on her own with two young children, estranged from her parents and unaided by other relatives," Elizabeth left the children at an Oakland, Calif., orphanage in 1898. 'Rin Tin Tin': The legend of a darn fine dog 2011-10-12T21:59:06Z She selected the Oakland Unified School District because of the diversity of the student body and contest’s longstanding importance in the community. In ‘We Are the Dream,’ Oakland Students Channel Dr. King 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z "Altered State: Marijuana in California," opens April 16, 2016 at the Oakland Museum of California. Oakland museum addresses online buzz over plans for first marijuana museum exhibit 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z I have close friends in Baltimore, just like I have close friends in Oakland, Philly. "Comics are not covered like other artists": How Ali Siddiq changed the system to own his jokes 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The rapper and activist Boots Riley, of the hip-hop act The Coup, is making his feature directorial debut with this trippy-looking movie set in an alternate present-day version of Oakland. Sundance Film Festival: 5 Movies to Watch 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z So work commenced at Gould's studio in Oakland, each man bringing in songs and parts of songs that cohered with surprising ease. Faith No More with new 'Sol Invictus' album: 'We can do anything we want' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The organization ran community outreach programs in its home base of Oakland, Calif., one of which served breakfast daily to thousands of poor black schoolchildren. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Explores Social Justice 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z In 1946, he met and married Norma Ingold, and they lived in the same house in Oakland, California for the rest of their long marriage. Jack Vance dies aged 96: master of bold and bizarre science fiction 2013-05-29T23:13:06Z Her killing is not, as Oakland’s mayor, Libby Schaaf, said, “senseless.” The Very American Killing of Nia Wilson 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Courtney, who lives in Oakland, Calif., suggests restaurants along the way and concludes each hike description with a list of places to stay, from budget to deluxe. A New Guide to Hiking in California 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The ship will begin offloading passengers once it docks at the Port of Oakland Monday, Alex Azar, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, told Fox News. Passengers held on Grand Princess cruise ship over coronavirus concerns to receive full refund 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The result is “Neighborhoods Coming Together: Quilts Around Oakland,” a citywide exhibition of more than 100 quilts opening this week in a variety of locales, including the Oakland City Hall Rotunda. Quilts With a Sense of Place, Stitched in Oakland 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z According to statistics from the FBI's findings in its preliminary 2009 Crime Report, Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland and Stockton had some of the highest violent crime rates in the country last year. Cities With The Most Stolen Cars 2010-05-17T04:01:00Z Family friend Del Reddy said Monday that Kean died Aug. 13 at a nursing care facility in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township from complications of emphysema. 'Howdy Doody Show' writer Edward Kean dies at 85 2010-08-23T16:33:00Z Boozer recalls a practice in February: the Bulls were on a five-game, 12-day road trip, and the team scheduled a workout in Oakland, Calif., before a game against the Golden State Warriors. NBA: Derrick Rose Helps Make the Bulls a Title Favorite 2011-04-15T09:20:00Z He’s poised to earn a best actor nod for his coolly commanding turn in “Moneyball” as Billy Beane, the iconoclastic general manager of the Oakland A’s. The Oscars: Brad Pitt Discusses ?Moneyball? and ?Tree of Life? 2011-12-30T18:44:10Z But when she returned home to Oakland, Calif., the Boatel became mostly a magnet for vacationing hipsters. ‘All These Darlings,’ a Floating San Francisco Peep Show 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Walter Hood, the founder and creative director of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, Calif., is known for projects that blend landscape, urbanism and public art in equal measure. A Panorama of Design 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Another safely distanced, "drive-through" strike line will be held in Oakland, with more gathering for a virtual picket line via Zoom later in the day, Vice reports. Hundreds of California fast food workers plan to strike amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z When she was 8, her family moved to Oakland, Calif. Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Ticket holders for Hawaii will get a full refund, and first shot at tickets for Vancouver and Oakland, AEG said. Leonard Cohen cancels Hawaii show, adds 3 dates 2010-09-29T17:27:00Z The Atlanta-based rapper was in the Bay Area to perform at KMEL-FM's annual Summer Jam concert Sunday night at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. Rapper 2 Chainz robbed at gunpoint in San Fran 2013-06-10T18:13:08Z A few days after the Seahawks won the NFC Championship, I got “Mama Lynch” on the phone from Oakland, where she was standing in line at the grocery store. Delisa Lynch is in a mama mode all her own 2014-01-30T20:39:54Z After high school he attended the California College of the Arts in Oakland, then Stanford University. Dennis Oppenheim obituary 2011-02-02T18:47:30Z They met in 1962 at Merritt College in Oakland, and began strategizing about revolutionary action to address racial injustice — reading Mao and Marx, refining the philosophies of previous civil rights activists. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Scores of witnesses filmed the fatal shooting of the unarmed black man by white officer Johannes Mehserle on their cellphones, and riots and protests exploded in Oakland and around the country. With ‘Fruitvale Station,’ director tells story close to his heart 2013-07-19T22:54:46Z Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. Award-winning gospel singer Walter Hawkins dies 2010-07-12T04:24:00Z Creative Growth is a sprawling art center and gallery near downtown Oakland in a building long ago converted from an auto repair shop. The Art World Opens Up to an Underrepresented Group 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z During “Operation Bed Check,” an Oakland raid in January of 1963, inspectors entered hundreds of homes at midnight to determine whether a man was inside. One marriage under god 2013-02-02T20:00:00Z The same has been happening in Oakland for the last 10 years and continues to go that way. Daveed Diggs: “[Thomas] Jefferson would not f**k with Trump, period” 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “I’m under no illusion that wearing a pair of four-year-old, ratty bike gloves to the grocery store is going to make me healthier,” says the 50-year-old from Oakland, Calif. Deep cleans and disinfecting mists might not keep us from getting the virus, but they sure make us feel better 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z District Court in Oakland where he field the suit, according to the Wall St. Journal. Lawsuit claims Apple deleted rival services' songs from users' iPods 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “The community becomes part of the process, part of the storytelling,” said Ms. Rosenberg of Art Works for Change in Oakland. New Message at Some Museums: Don’t Just Look. Do. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Riley, who lives in Oakland with musician Gabby La La and their child, is a genial presence. Boots Riley: ‘In film, the more personal you get, the more universal you get’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z And when I was younger, I went to schools in East Oakland. Graduating from Berkeley, after prison: "Coronavirus disrupted everything in my life" 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z “I think this is the direction many museums are headed in, including our own,” said Lori Fogarty, director of the Oakland Museum of California and president of the Association of Art Museum Directors. To Reach New Audiences, Museums Are Redefining What They Offer 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Indian Springs is about 90 minutes by car from San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland. A Napa Valley Resort Gets a Makeover but Keeps It Mellow 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z “They used the Oakland tragedy to start a war,” said Ryan Pelham, a 31-year-old Nashville musician who was forced to shut down his house shows at the Glass Menage after the Ghost Ship fire. Underground arts scene threatened by widespread evictions after Oakland fire 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The series began, in 2019, as a shout-out to regional slang from Oakland, Calif., and the rest of the Bay Area. Multilayered Paintings That Pay Tribute to Hip-Hop Dances 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Why did you call the tape "Town Biz," even though Vitamin D said that's Oakland slang and Seattle should stop using it to refer to itself? Jake One speaks on his "Town Biz" mixtape 2010-04-27T17:42:00Z This community solidarity is what makes Oakland Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z "Moneyball": Brad Pitt stars as the general manager of the Oakland A's in a new baseball comedy. Weekend Preview: Clean-energy fest and more 2011-09-21T21:07:14Z For “Moneyball,” the best picture nominee about the Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, the director Bennett Miller sought an editor who shared some of his sensibilities and ideas for the narrative. | Below the Line: The Oscar-Nominated Editor of 'Moneyball' Deconstructs a Scene 2012-02-08T18:00:35Z Two years later, they bought a fixer-upper duplex in Oakland, which they’ve been mostly renovating themselves since moving in. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z The demonstrations centered at Frank Ogawa Plaza, scene of a tug-of-war last week between police who cleared an Occupy Oakland encampment there and protesters who sought to return, and ultimately succeeded in doing so. Cops confront Oakland protesters with tear gas 2011-11-03T10:47:00Z “The first order of business was just capturing that moment,” Nicks says, speaking by Zoom from Oakland. At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z When the summer was over, we shipped the bike back home again to Oakland. Joyce Maynard: On Love, Motorcycles and the Art of Being a Passenger 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “Growing up in a black family, that was something we were raised to do, to send a thank-you note,” Ms. Kitz, a museum administrator in Oakland, Calif., said. Cultural Studies: The Found Art of Thank-You Notes 2014-04-04T23:16:35Z Oakland A's manager Billy Beane attempts to put together a baseball club on a budget, by using statistics and spreadsheets. Oscars: Best picture nominees 2012-01-24T17:21:48Z A native of Oakland’s impoverished east side, Crosby has lived a hard life. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z In a way, the cool thing about Berkeley and Oakland, and the little stores of Berkeley and Oakland, is that they hang on. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z Walter Hood’s landscape architecture firm, Hood Design Studio, has created major parks and museum gardens in Oakland, San Francisco and New York. Building Public Places for a Covid World 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Brad Pitt takes a star turn as Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's. Arts highlights: Keith Urban, Teatro Zinzanni 2011-09-21T22:50:16Z What he considers their first date happened later that month, when the two had a picnic on the grounds of the Oakland Temple, a Mormon temple that overlooks San Francisco and its namesake bay. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z She lived most of her life in Oakland. J. California Cooper, Award-Winning Writer, Dies at 82 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The tour was supposed to hit several major cities - Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Toronto, Houston, Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles - before finishing up in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 21. ArtsBeat: John Legend Cancels Tour 2012-10-04T20:34:57Z A polio survivor and wheelchair user, Ms. Finger bought her loft in Oakland, Calif., 22 years ago with the idea that it would serve as a steady financial source. For Artists in Need, a New Coalition Brings $11.6 Million in Speedy Relief 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z “We are continually fighting complacency,” Grant said, pointing to The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island, in 2003, and the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California, in 2016. New film explores legacy of Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z During the Great Migration, West Oakland’s Black population grew quickly and built a powerful cultural hub along Seventh Street. In West Oakland, Barbecue Is Back — With a Side of Fried Chicken 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In Indianapolis and Oakland, Calif., port authorities take bids from local institutions, which use their own staffs to manage changing art shows. Museums Special Section: In a Stressful Setting, Artistic Treatment for the Traveler 2011-03-17T04:30:10Z “They do not want the working class in Oakland anymore.” California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Now he cultivates his garden in Oakland, Calif., dines out four or five times a week, swims for exercise every day and spends several hours each afternoon reading on the couch. Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z He is married with a son, and lives in Oakland, California. Q&A: Daniel Clowes 2012-07-20T21:59:50Z This isn’t the first time Oakland has faced a wave of newcomers who don’t know the rules of the house. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Just how Oakland succeeded is a fascinating story: part thriller, part-family saga, brilliantly told. Summer readings: Moneyball by Michael Lewis 2011-07-29T09:25:00Z Concerned that someone would be hurt, Oakland Art Murmur gave up its road closing permit in June, essentially forcing the city to step in. Oakland Journal: Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name 2012-10-11T04:27:45Z The group Red, Bike and Green that I wrote about in the book started in Oakland, and now it’s in four different cities. The unstoppable rise of bikes 2013-10-21T01:30:00Z Four people were taken to local hospitals by Oakland Fire Department after an unknown substance began giving off a strange odor at Oakland International Airport Tuesday morning. Fire department responds to reports of strange odor from box at Oakland International Airport 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Sontag is the author of “Flavors of Oakland: A Cookbook in 20 Stories” and divides his time between California and New York. To this Black Lives Matter co-founder, activism begins in the kitchen 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z She teaches at Mills College, a women’s institution across the bay in Oakland with a decades-long tradition of fostering avant-garde music. A Daughter of Kronos Revisits Quartet?s Fold 2012-02-24T20:17:42Z It is near Oakland, Calif. — not in Oakland. Loss Haunts A Tribe Called Quest’s First Album in 18 Years 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z In the Oakland Greyhound, all the people were dwarves, and they pushed and shoved to get on the bus, even cutting in ahead of the two nuns, who were there first. “What a Pair of Lungs!”: Denis Johnson’s Ecstatic American Voice 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Studying with Berio in the composition class at Mills College in Oakland, California, Reich learned the fundamentals of 12-tone technique, and composed a serial piece for strings. Steve Reich at 75: the rebel who changed classical music 2011-08-09T14:47:23Z And then a man named Martin Luther King is coming to Oakland Auditorium to speak. Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers: ‘You cannot fight racism with racism. You have to fight it with solidarity.’ 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Lull Mengesha, a 36-year-old man in Oakland, Calif., says he’s been getting more Tinder matches than usual, perhaps because people are stuck inside with little to do but swipe. The awkward intimacy of video dates, when they’re in your bedroom but you can’t touch 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Now, as the N.F.L.’s Oakland Raiders team prepares to move to Vegas this year, professional sports — both live and broadcast — are ascendant tourist attractions. Las Vegas Doubles Down on Sports, Live and Broadcast 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z After just a couple of years in Oakland, you moved to New York. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Trapped inside my Oakland studio apartment, I was trying to survive a shelter-in-place order with no clear end date. My pandemic epiphany: how I fell in love with online therapy 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Tecsia Evans, a psychologist in Oakland, Calif., who is Black, traveled to New Orleans in July 2021 for four nights with her husband, mother and two young children. Black Travelers Say Home-Share Hosts Discriminate, and a New Airbnb Report Agrees 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Officials in Oakland have proposed a new policy to cite homeless people in parks while some have suggested setting up a shelter in a defunct jail. ‘They’ve turned their backs on us’: California's homeless crisis grows in numbers and violence 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Rajaratnam traveled to Ms. Lovelace O’Neal’s studio in Oakland, Calif., where she scoured warehouses of artwork to assemble the show, “Chasing Down the Image,” which is on view at Mnuchin through March 14. A Painter and Social Activist With an ‘Unruly Nature’ 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Mingle spent two years reporting “According to Need,” a limited series released last year that investigated Oakland’s homelessness crisis. SiriusXM Is Buying ‘99% Invisible,’ and Street Cred in Podcasting 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z West Seattle developers envisioned the community would become to Seattle what Oakland is to San Francisco. Hiawatha Community Center turns 100 2011-09-14T22:20:40Z Enthralled by his energy and remarkable insights, Junior reached his block on North Oakland Avenue, moving furtively past a few yards to find his own home, a dark-brown bungalow now directly in front of him. The day he thought he could fly: How my father broke our family’s silence on schizophrenia 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Caroline Cotto, 29, who lives in Oakland, Calif., said she attended five multiday destination weddings around the country from July through November. Weddings for Days 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Newton flew to Vancouver for final negotiations with federal and Alameda County officials, and he was allowed to return to Oakland to turn himself in and be released on bail. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z Rob Novotny is the founder and owner of Glampervan, which builds customized vans in Oakland, Calif. He said travelers could benefit from better electric van options but that current battery range is too limited. When #Vanlife Meets the $300 Tank 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Born in Oakland, Calif., in 1940, Matthews grew up surrounded by an extended Irish family. Transmitting Shakespeare to the Next Generation 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The Oakland Press of Pontiac reported Sunday that her father, Mike Staskiewicz, entered her name a WDIV-TV contest to win a chance to wear the size 0 dress. Christina Ricci's Oscars dress goes to Mich. prom 2011-05-23T00:16:05Z Much of the film is set in a drab Oakland office, where Riley engages in a sustained rumination on the nature of working. The Many Voices of Boots Riley 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z For the study, researchers from Oakland University asked 860 participants to list and describe what motivates them to remain in contact with an ex. The science of Jerry and Elaine: The unsettling reasons why some exes keep each other close 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The bright blue building in front of them had been spotless just a few months earlier, when Mr. Casal and Mr. Diggs, both Oakland born and bred, had last seen it. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Oakland’s poor neighborhoods are a war zone whose violence can even explode onto streets made rich overnight by the tech boom. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The 33-year-old Oakland, Calif., artist who works in the media center at the California College of the Arts says her art is "100 percent gothic." Forever goth: Elders not about to lighten up 2012-02-15T19:29:02Z The Afropunk Festival will expand to Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., next summer, and organizers are mulling an event in Paris in 2016. Afropunk Festival Hosts 60 Acts Over Two Days in Brooklyn 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z In Oakland, where she lives, it felt like everyone she knew was asking themselves, “What is the point of what I am doing? Am I adding anything to the world?” Now Pay Attention, Dear Reader. No, Not to That Article, to This One. 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z In the film, he plays Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old victim of the infamous 2009 police shooting on the Oakland, California, transit system. Jordan finally front and center in 'Fruitvale' 2013-05-17T13:47:08Z Thanks to this and other conservation efforts like those at the Oakland Zoo's outbreeding program and the Department of the Interior's Bison Working Group, the North American population is slowly rebounding. Envisioning indigenous food sovereignty as "a whole ecosystem" 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z For Woody De Othello, who lives in Oakland and makes ceramic and bronze sculptures of oversize, distended household objects — telephones, faucets, space heaters — lockdown only deepened his themes. Whitney Biennial Picks 63 Artists to Take Stock of Now 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In addition to this focus on the renowned, Whitaker brings in a number of ordinary folks from East Liberty, Oakland, Homewood and the Hill District to give “Smoketown” the ballast of quotidian voices and memories. Harlem Wasn’t the Only Place With a Renaissance 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z They’ve been together for three years and now live in Oakland. Welcome to Rom Com Fest, a haven for fans who never stopped believing in happily ever after 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Centennial Field, home of the Vermont Lake Monsters, an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, is one of the oldest professional baseball parks. 36 Hours in Burlington, Vermont 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z "The Force" goes inside the Oakland, California, police department as it deals with the black community's uprising following the events in Ferguson. From Ferguson to Hulk Hogan, Sundance documentaries dig into headlines 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z On Monday, they began daily flights from Seattle to Oakland, Calif., starting at $99 one way. What it’s like to fly from Seattle to Oakland in a semiprivate jet — and how you can too on JetSuiteX 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z In making a movie about the hardships of growing up as a teenager of color in Oakland, he was, in a way, making a movie about her. In ‘Homeroom,’ an unprecedent school year caught on film 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Riley, on the faculty at Mills College, had helped the young ensemble obtain a residency on the Oakland campus, and Harrington persisted in attempting to cajole Riley into writing a string quartet. For Minimalist music mastermind Terry Riley, a major birthday bash 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Sequences spent with a former steelworker in Ohio, or an overwhelmed middle school principal in Oakland build an organic sense of what needs to change in the United States. ‘The Great American Lie’ Review: Another Interpretation of the Dream 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z This spring, the popular 34-seat bistro, where Mr. Hooper is chef, will move to a larger space in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Heads Up: In Pittsburgh, Trading Pirogi for Farm-to-Table Fare 2011-02-25T21:55:00Z “I’d like people to say they saw something cool in Oakland,” said Chris Curtis, a developer and founder of the Great Wall, who owns the building on which the films are projected. | Local Intelligence: The Great Wall 2012-01-15T04:33:03Z He has also long worked as an educator, most recently at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where budget cuts have recently threatened his position and those of other faculty members. A Pioneering Black Composer Keeps Pushing 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z One recent answer is Restore Oakland, a former nightclub that Designing Justice/Designing Spaces refurbished as a hub for social justice nonprofit groups in the Bay Area, including a designated room for restorative practices. What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Real estate has also played a role in the development of Oakland’s arts world, as it has in areas like Brooklyn. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z And for that, they've tailored the story of the Oakland A's into a tale of beating the odds. Brad Pitt aims for home run with "Moneyball" 2011-09-10T15:32:44Z Oakland map Unlike 21st-century San Francisco, Oakland hasn’t been emptied of its soul by money and gentrification. Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “I was at this book signing in Oakland, and this lady brings me this cast-iron pan. She says, ‘It was my grandmother’s. Sean Brock on his Cracklin’ Cornbread, where the South comes together in a skillet 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z "I'm a Black man from Oakland approaching my 40s. There's not a national symbol of this country I don't have a complicated relationship with." "What is American music?": Ryan Coogler leads a fresh exploration of the national anthem 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z “There There” is set in the Bay Area, its story of a loosely connected community of Native Americans culminating unforgettably at the Big Oakland Pow Wow. Tommy Orange wins PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The “History” section of the Merchant’s Saloon website captures Oakland’s sense of ongoing history: “Still Making it,” it reads, above a gaudy logo of a skull meshed with an anchor. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The seal pup was spotted all alone near the Oakland International Airport, needing to be rescued. Seal pup spotted at Oakland International Airport 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The Oakland, Calif.-based sculptor Bruce Beasley has been a prolific maker of abstract forms for decades. Museum Shows With Stories to Tell 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z After moving to Oakland, Calif., in 1950, she directed choirs at Bay Area churches. Linda Hopkins, a Tony-Winning Actress and Singer, Dies at 92 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z In the potent documentary “The Force,” there’s a moment when Sean Whent, the Oakland chief of police, faces a tough critic: the public. Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The next year, Hawkins became a pastor and founded the Love Center Church in Oakland, where he also formed a choir. Award-winning gospel singer Walter Hawkins dies 2010-07-12T04:24:00Z Mr. Coogler did something similar, setting part of “Black Panther” in Oakland, Calif., near his home. Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Historical Society, at his quiet apartment in a suburban part of Oakland to watch him digitize a few of the home movies that the organization had acquired. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Scenes of Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and their offshoots, particularly in Oakland, Calif., create a sense of the movement as a more cohesive and better-organized rebellion than has been widely portrayed. Critic’s Notebook: The Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013-06-12T22:54:26Z Not because laid-off factory workers in rural Wisconsin matter more than young black activists in Oakland, but because the economic concerns of the former represent the baseline vision of the Democratic Party. 'The Once And Future Liberal' is a blistering critique of identity politics and a fractured left 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Jucy rents camper vans at six locations each in Australia and New Zealand and three locations in the States; Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif. Prices start at $42 a night. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She spent the holiday in the pediatric I.C.U. at Oakland Children’s Hospital, multiple IVs extending from each arm and leg, a breathing tube shoved down her throat. Motherlode Blog: Fighting the Overprotective Impulse 2011-10-31T19:15:52Z The next day, Mr. Durant was piloting his black Tesla Model S up a windy road in the Oakland Hills, after the Warriors’ morning shootaround. How Kevin Durant Became Silicon Valley’s Hottest Start-up 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Art Murmur is just one sign of the recent emergence of Oakland’s cultural scene. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z A real estate developer taunted homeless people by shouting “free money” at them and offering to pay them to leave their encampment in Oakland. ‘They’ve turned their backs on us’: California's homeless crisis grows in numbers and violence 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Another West Oakland art collective, the Five Ton Crane, welded a rocket ship now on display at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. | Local Intelligence: Bulwinkleland 2012-03-04T05:20:51Z Diggs: The first neighborhood I lived in, in East Oakland, isn't quite there yet. Daveed Diggs: “[Thomas] Jefferson would not f**k with Trump, period” 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Orange, an Oakland native, is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Tommy Orange wins PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Across the Bay, in Alameda County, which includes Oakland and Berkeley, the situation is by some measures even worse — homelessness has nearly doubled in the last five years. The San Francisco Homeless Crisis: What Has Gone Wrong? 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Some of them may appear in an outdoor exhibit at an East Oakland lot that BCZ is currently using for food giveaways and other community projects. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The Jucy outpost sits a few miles from the Oakland airport, buttressed by the usual air transportation businesses. In California, these minivans-turned-RVs take car camping to the next level 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Several years later, during a 2019 conference for his My Brother's Keeper initiative in Oakland, Obama spoke about how racism plays a role in perpetuating toxic masculinity. At its heart, Obama and Springsteen's podcast is redefining the toxic masculinity upheld by Trump 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Peppin, an Oakland, Calif., native who earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1966, conducted extensive research to make the series seem as authentic as possible. Artist's obsession with Twinkies spans 4 decades 2013-01-21T22:24:08Z The international flight from Guadalajara, Mexico, was originally destined for San Francisco, but was diverted to Oakland due to fog, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said. Aeromexico flight stranded on tarmac 4 hours; two ‘upset’ passengers arrested, police say 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Head to Oakland, Calif., where the Oakland Athletics will mark their 50th year in baseball on April 17 with a game against the Chicago White Sox and a rare gift to fans: admission-free entry. Where to Celebrate a Centennial (or 3) in 2018 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z He lives in Oakland and I live in San Francisco, so I see him all the time now. The Head and the Heart are taking over a Seattle landmark Sunday. What inspired the free concert? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The series between the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants is delayed 10 days. World Series was a big hit from the beginning 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z As an outsider, you have to earn Oakland before you can claim it. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Oakland Highball is metal vaudeville or acoustic thrash. New band of the day: Kiran Leonard (No 1,520) 2013-05-28T16:55:00Z In an old industry film about Oakland, I found footage of a Mother of the Year ceremony from the 1950s. The case for doing nothing: It's an intentional strategy, not a luxury or a cop-out 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Oakland Key System Map,” by Dolores Presley, resurrects the nitty-gritty details of a defunct transportation system. Quilts With a Sense of Place, Stitched in Oakland 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z On June 7, she went to downtown Oakland with a friend to help clean up after a protest only to see artists turning boarded-up storefronts into plywood canvases. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z “Oakland is so rad and real, everybody’s moving over,” one viewer said at a recent screening. | Local Intelligence: The Great Wall 2012-01-15T04:33:03Z As the city of Oakland began clearing homeless communities off the streets last year and placing them into sheds under a freeway, the 51-year-old reluctantly moved in and quickly had problems. California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Brown helped bring in $60 million in redevelopment funds to jump-start the construction of more than 600 residential units in Uptown Oakland. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z The traveling exhibition — visiting Seattle, Salt Lake City, Oakland and other cities — aims to help visitors better understand the challenges that more than 65 million displaced people experience while fleeing war or persecution. Seattle exhibit ‘Forced from Home’ highlights the lives of displaced people 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Particularly because the psychoactive drug psilocybin was recently decriminalized in Denver and Oakland, Calif., it has started to look like a good bet. The Capital That Ate Wellness Is Going to Eat Your Mushrooms 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z According to a statement from the Oakland Police Department, officers responded to reports of gunshots on a busy street in East Oakland. Bay Area Rapper The Jacka Dies of Apparent Gunshot Wound in Oakland 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Timmons says it was inspired, in part, by "the house reading vibe that happens a lot in Brooklyn and Oakland." Open Press debuts this weekend celebrating avant-garde books 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Mica Talmor, who runs the restaurant Pomella in Oakland, Calif., sent an email to customers last week warning that her supplier couldn’t guarantee her regular order of turkeys. Turkeys Will Be Scarcer and Pricier Than Ever This Thanksgiving 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z CityHealth Urgent Care is overseeing Oakland’s program, and Garnet is assisting Burlington. Here’s what you need to know about getting a coronavirus test at the airport 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Hinkle, who lives and works in Los Angeles and Oakland, is not making standard descriptive portraits. 100 missing women: Drawings at African American museum tell a powerful story of loss 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Within a few months, I’d moved across the country and set up in her Oakland apartment. Modern Love: From a Moment of Fear, a Lifetime of Clarity 2010-12-30T22:14:53Z West Elm plans to open six hotels starting in late 2019, in Indianapolis; Detroit; Minneapolis; Savannah, Ga.; Oakland, Calif.; and Portland, Maine. As lifestyle brands enter the hospitality business, hotel rooms double as showrooms 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The first was commissioned by the Oakland Ballet, in California; the second is a premiere. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Her mother retired as an administrative coordinator at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute. Kathleen McGuirk, Miles Skorpen 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Schneider, an Oakland resident, tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK. ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider robbed in Oakland 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Fantastic Negrito, of Somali-Caribbean descent, found his sound busking on Oakland’s streets, where his identity as an artist and creator began. Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Thomas’s inspiration in writing it had been the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant III, an unarmed 22-year-old Black man, in Oakland, Calif., in 2009. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Police brutality simmers beneath nearly every scene, as does Oakland’s changing identity — as when a greasy burger joint, Kwik Way, shuts down and reopens with the same jagged neon sign ... and a foodie menu. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z He was raised in Oakland in a working-class family and joined the Air Force after high school. Hollywood cameraman insists he invented the celebrity selfie in 1981 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z “We believed Oakland was a place where we could really do some good,” Mitchell said. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Nia Wilson, 18, died after being stabbed in the neck in Oakland on Sunday night. Anne Hathaway attacks 'white privilege' after death of black teenager in California 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Patel, who lives in Oakland with his fiancee and 2-year-old son, studied animation at the Cleveland Institute of Art and the California Institute of the Arts. Pixar artist Sanjay Patel gets personal with 'Sanjay's Super Team' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z By way of correction, Mr. Graf is based in Berkeley, not Oakland. Risky Baking: It’s Hard to Make a Perfect Bagel Without Lye 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Unlike San Francisco, its sister city across the bay, Oakland hasn’t been known for its innovative menus. Choice Tables: New Variety in Oakland?s Restaurants 2010-06-23T18:53:00Z It’s not as if Oakland just discovered cinema. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Maybe that sense of community is part of the reason for Oakland’s present-day struggle with gentrification. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Abdul-Mateen was raised in New Orleans and Oakland, Calif., the youngest of six children. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Who Plays Aquaman’s Nemesis, Gets Schooled in Chess 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But not Darryl Stingley, the receiver for the New England Patriots who bore the head-on charge by Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders. Matthew Barney, Back in the Game 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Sample song titles: “Ichiro Goes to the Moon,” “They Are the Oakland A’s” and “Extra Inning of Love.” Your week in Seattle music: Katy Perry, Drake vs. Lil Wayne and more 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Though different in tone, the dances, inspired by Ms. Fenley’s extensive walks in the Oakland Hills, share a similar spirit: sensitive, delicate yet strong. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be better to say, “born and raised in Oakland,” without the appropriation? What Can I Say to the ‘QAnon Mom’ Next Door? 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z He played seven years in the major leagues for the Montreal Expos, the San Francisco Giants, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics. In his early days, even the Nationals’ F.P. Santangelo was bugged by his style 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Schultz began as a radio and TV sportscaster on stations in North Dakota after his days as a football player culminated with tryouts with the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z We get glimpses of Lynch’s childhood in Oakland, speculations from childhood mentors about adolescent struggles that produced his daring style. The Profound Silence of Marshawn Lynch 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z "Moneyball" stars Pitt as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who beat the odds and built a contending team on a tiny budget. 'Dolphin' deposes 'Lion' with $14.2M to grab No. 1 2011-10-02T19:46:03Z The changes in sports are known as the Moneyball revolution, after the title of a 2003 book by Michael Lewis, about the low-budget success of the Oakland Athletics. From Michael Lewis, the Story of Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About the Way We Think 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who oversees the state's most prosperous county, likens the amount of the museum's request to the price of "a bad day at Starbucks." Detroit art museum makes pitch for voter support 2012-07-13T15:45:08Z The music scene in Oakland is lively any day or night of the week. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The changing social sets in Oakland are, in this movie, creating not just ambiguity but distortion. Review: ‘Blindspotting’ Walks a Tense Line in a Gentrifying Oakland 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Chabon’s rich comic novel about fathers and sons in Berkeley and Oakland, Calif., juggles multiple plots and mounds of pop culture references in astonishing prose. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z There are plenty of options in and around the lake and extending into the neighboring town of Oakland. A visitor’s guide to Deep Creek Lake, Smith Mountain Lake and Lake Anna 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The book’s narrators are often, like Purnell, Gen X, born in Alabama and now in Oakland. ‘100 Boyfriends’ Tells Lewd and Lonely Stories of Desire and Heartbreak 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Dozens of Oakland residents queued up Saturday to get their paws on cats and drip coffee. Nation's First Cat Cafe Opens in Oakland 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z It was a Sunday in mid-June, and I didn't want to return to Oakland the next day where everything was still closed because of the pandemic. Getting engaged in this otherwise hellish year: An act of faith in a shared future 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z He grew up in Oakland, Calif., the oldest son of a musician father — his country rock band, Hearts on Fire, opened for Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings — and a photographer mother. In the Shadows of a Giant and Dinosaurs 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Oakland has been such fertile cultural ground for a variety of reasons. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Almond, a lifelong Oakland Raiders fan, is a shifty cornerback of a writer: rangy, sarcastic, offbeat. ‘Football’ and Other Books of the Season 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “I wanted to play with the similarities between magic and coding,” said Mr. Yang, who taught computer programming at a high school in Oakland, Calif., for 17 years. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Merrill Garbus, the Oakland, Calif.-based songwriter who records as Tune-Yards, was in a dress that was part red vinyl, part patterned turquoise fabric and part gold lamé, along with high sequined boots. Music Review: Tune-Yards Promotes Her New Album at Rough Trade Records 2014-05-08T21:55:13Z Many years later, I started working at Market Hall Foods, a specialty food shop in Oakland, Calif., and was introduced to a selection of French products hailing from the Basque Pyrenees. 4 Basque-Pyrenees pantry essentials in my kitchen 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Growing up in San Francisco and Oakland amid a poor, close-knit Russian Jewish family, Martin said he used music as an escape route. US singer Tony Martin dies at 98 2012-07-31T08:38:16Z “And now, walking down the street, I’ve seen everybody from wealthy developers to my favorite homeless guy to new Chinese immigrants and African-Americans from East Oakland.” Oakland Journal: Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name 2012-10-11T04:27:45Z Bell, who was born in the Bay Area, focuses on Oakland, Calif., and the surrounding area, speaking with politicians, organizers and members of law enforcement about the state of policing in the country. What’s on TV This Week: ‘United Shades of America’ and a Presidential Address 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Related: Oakland: the city stepping out of San Francisco's shadow Every September kinksters gather for blocks of DJs, public flogging, spanking, and more. Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z After my aunt's cookbook collection was swallowed by the Oakland fire in 1991, my mom combed thrift shops and used bookstores to find replacements. My family's forever banana bread 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z And we were doing the Oakland block party for the premiere. "Blindspotting" is a "truly American story" about living in a country addicted to imprisoning people 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z That operation, Cat Town, became the springboard for the spot in downtown Oakland where customers frolicked with adoptable felines while munching bagels on this historic October 25. Nation's First Cat Cafe Opens in Oakland 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Originally from Oakland, Calif., Ms. Lei, 38, earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and Asian languages and civilizations from Amherst College, and a master’s degree in arts administration from Columbia University’s Teachers College. For Them, Opportunity Knocked Twice 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Martin found his escape through music while growing up in San Francisco and Oakland amid a poor, close-knit Russian Jewish family, enduring taunts and slights from gentile classmates. Romantic crooner Tony Martin dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:01:05Z He said his son started a music career in Oakland after attending two Catholic high schools. Maple Valley woman was victim in Las Vegas cab crash that followed shootout 2013-02-23T18:17:57Z The novel is set in and around a used-record store on the boulevard where Oakland aligns with Berkeley. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue' 2012-09-07T16:41:32Z He chose to stay behind in Oakland, in the restricted zone. Fred Korematsu's freedom fight: Remembering a Japanese American hero who resisted internment 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In the courtroom, Clark often looks hurt and confused, but she is the life of the party in Oakland, vacillating between jokes about O.J.’s innocence and presenting the rigid, undeniable facts of his guilt. ‘The People vs. O.J. Simpson’ Season 1, Episode 7: The Glove 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z The set production captures the wild rawness of Oakland without denying its run-down buildings their beauty or diminishing its neighbors. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Like his wife and kids and their entire support system is in Oakland, and it would mean totally starting over — and you kind of see his performance on the field flagging. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Along with Derek Peterson, previously an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, he rented a warehouse in Oakland and started selling the equipment needed to grow hydroponic cannabis. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Among the pioneers is a nonprofit organization called CyArk, based in Oakland, Calif., which is dedicated to the 3-D digital preservation of cultural heritage. Using Laser Scanners to Preserve Antiquities in ISIS’s Cross Hairs 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z He also served as an adviser to Dance Theater of Harlem, the Oakland Ballet, the Tulsa Ballet and other companies. Frederic Franklin, Inventive Ballet Star, Dies at 98 2013-05-05T17:58:24Z The more than 700 options of tours and activities in Northern California encompass the Bay Area, Oakland, Sacramento, Turlock and San Jose. From TripAdvisor, a Program to Help Refugees Get to Know the U.S. 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Together they depict Oakland as a land of righteousness and rebellion. The Profound Silence of Marshawn Lynch 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “I always say I don’t want to be the best. I want to be the only,” he said over hand-cut noodles one recent afternoon at Shan Dong Restaurant in Oakland, Calif., a favorite of his. Andrew Zimmern’s Nonstop Road (and Food) Show 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z The view I see out my windows, in Oakland, reveals city lights and bridges, and possesses its own kind of beauty. Imprint: Echoes of the Savage and Sublime on Mount Tamalpais 2013-08-14T19:06:13Z A donor to the Panthers’ cause, Brando gave the eulogy at the funeral of Bobby Hutton, a teenage Panther who was killed in April 1968 by the Oakland police while trying to surrender. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Certainly the documentary doesn’t come off as either for or against the police in general terms or in respect to the Oakland force. Review: ‘The Force’ Follows the Oakland Police From Crisis to Crisis 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “This is ‘Town Business’ because this is my son,” she said, using an Oakland phrase that captures Lynch’s loyalty to his origins and fan base there. Delisa Lynch is in a mama mode all her own 2014-01-30T20:39:54Z Walter Lee Hawkins was born in Oakland on May 18, 1949; his father worked as a porter and a longshoreman. Walter Hawkins, Gospel Composer and Singer, Dies at 61 2010-07-14T06:15:00Z When not singing the blues, McAlister brings the history of black cowboys in the West to life, through events like Oakland’s Annual Black Cowboy Association parade. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z She worked with the City Council and various youth organizations and government agencies to develop a Youth Policy Initiative that would help fund youth programming in Oakland. From narco-wars to urban basketball, making art out of activism 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z In March, Betti Ono Gallery in Oakland, Calif., began an exhibition of her series, featuring the original graphite-on-paper drawings, oil paintings and photographs. Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia 2014-04-09T21:26:33Z By that point, he was already in a shared Uber and heading back to Oakland, Calif., where he lived. An Accidental First Date 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Now Schneider, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, but is based in Oakland, California, decided to fully embrace her newly gained status as a television superstar. ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider quits day job after record-breaking run 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Headley had long been obsessed with veggie burgers – from the commodity corn Sysco discs available at diners to the proto-artisanal burgers at places like My Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland, California. Beauty is in the mouth of the beholder: why veggie burgers deserve a chance 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “It kind of loses its wow factor when it’s just there all the time,” says Levin, who lives in Oakland, Fla. Huge skeletons are just part of how we live now 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Though they spend weekends at each other’s homes in Oakland, Calif., neither has felt the need to move in together over the years. The Cat’s Approval Was a Good Start 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Martin’s long life in show business began in the late 1920s, when he formed his first band at Oakland Technical High School in California. Tony Martin, Debonair Pop Baritone, Dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:29:58Z But like a force of nature, like the roots of an oak tree breaking through concrete sidewalks, Oakland adapts, integrates or absorbs. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He grew up in Oakland, Calif., and attended St. Mary’s College nearby, where he was one of a few African-American students and the only varsity basketball player who also performed in poetry slams. Mahershala Ali? You’ve Surely Seen His Face 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z As hip San Francisco residents flee high rents, Oakland is reacting, rebelling and adapting. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z For many residents priced out of San Francisco, Oakland has come to be seen as a welcoming oasis, crime and civic challenges notwithstanding. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Pip moves from Oakland to Bolivia to be an intern for Andreas Wolf, a German internet activist who runs the Sunlight Project, a non-profit that exposes political and social misdeeds. Being Franzen’s friends 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Instead of settling down in Los Angeles someday, his goal was to bring the film industry back to the impoverished parts of Richmond and Oakland, where he grew up. Wakanda for Oscar? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Initially, Chabon thought he was going to write a sequel to 2012’s “Telegraph Avenue” set in more or less contemporary Oakland. Michael Chabon and his new novel, 'Moonglow' 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z But on his album “The Last Days of Oakland,” which includes “Hump Thru the Winter,” he’s got current concerns in mind: poverty, gentrification, income inequality and perseverance. The Playlist: Beck Wows, the Avalanches Collapse and Kanye West Finds a Few Champions 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Oakland is currently struggling against the effects of gentrification and the booming software industry that has begun to bleed out across the bay from San Francisco. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z A native of Oakland, Calif., he lives in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Skin Deep: Keeping Up the Pace With Raphael Saadiq 2013-12-04T20:58:34Z The museum began life in 2017 in Oakland, Calif., where it filled a nearly 13,000-square-foot space in a stalled retail development in a gentrifying warehouse district. Cheeseburgers, Oil and Minimum Wage: Building a Museum of Capitalism 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Hampton, 37, also works in Oakland, where he is the vice president for business development for UtilityAPI, an energy sector start up. Katy Mason, Devin Hampton 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z The "Get on Up" campaign is part of a broader effort by the Oakland company to cater to Hollywood film and TV companies. Pandora turns up new audience for James Brown biopic 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z That same year, the party’s inaugural recruit, 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, was killed in a shootout with Oakland police. New Black Panthers documentary tells the story behind the berets 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Ali sees a bit of himself in the young orators captured in the documentary “We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest,” which premiered this week on HBO. In ‘We Are the Dream,’ Oakland Students Channel Dr. King 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Five years after, her family moved to Oakland, where she later started her funk bank, Anibade. Nina Simone Saved Ledisi’s Life. Now She’s Paying Tribute on an Album. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Cleary studied library science at the University of Washington and worked as the children’s librarian at Yakima, Wash., and post librarian at the Oakland Army Hospital during World War II. Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z He announced his candidacy, along with Black Panther Elaine Brown’s run for Oakland city council, at an event called the Black Community Survival Conference. DeRay Mckesson isn’t the first black activist to aim for city hall – but how much support does he have outside the Internet? 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Oscar Grant in Oakland was face down on the ground with the cuffs on, and they murdered him. No black person is safe in America 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z But what we get in the end is a richly detailed and enjoyable American yarn, built around a warm and expansive performance by Pitt as Billy Beane, revolutionary general manager of the Oakland Athletics. "Moneyball": Brad Pitt's wonk-friendly Oscar contender 2011-09-23T00:01:00Z The Black Panther Party was founded 50 years ago in Oakland, on Oct. Fifty Years Later, Black Panthers’ Art Still Resonates 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The trembling feeling of that sound, booming down boulevards in Oakland, the Bronx, and Detroit are part of America’s cultural DNA, the ghost of Reagan-era blight. The 808 Heard Round the World 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Orange’s first novel is set in Oakland, Calif., and takes its mocking title from Gertrude Stein’s observation about the city, which is that’s there’s no there there. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Lippi, 33, is a senior managerial consultant at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif. He graduated from Boston University and received a master's degree in global health and population from Harvard. Kristin García, Joseph Lippi 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s the story of Oscar Grant III, who was killed by a transit officer in Oakland, Calif., in 2009. The Carpetbagger: ‘Fruitvale Station,’ Re-Edited 2013-12-10T17:57:18Z On Wednesday evening, an official said maritime operations at the Oakland port, which handles about $39 billion a year in imports and exports, had been "effectively shut down." Cops confront Oakland protesters with tear gas 2011-11-03T10:47:00Z Walker dramatizes key scenes, such as an early dust-up between an Oakland police officer and a car packed with four gun-toting Panthers. Can a Comic Book Contain the Drama and Heat of Activism? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Originally from Oakland, Calif., she moved to the area four years ago and recently dyed her hair green as a way to welcome spring. Statement Socks in Brooklyn 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z It attracts about 76 million users to Pandora a month, according to the Oakland company's regulatory filings. Spotify raises $526 million as Apple charges into music streaming 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Rather prosaically, the east side of the square leads to the docks for the ferryboat across Guanabara Bay to Niterói, which plays Oakland to Rio’s San Francisco. Cultured Traveler: Out of the Past in Lively Old Rio 2013-09-13T17:50:13Z Atop the Bill for a Change, Powering Past Sound Issues High on Fire, the metal trio from Oakland, Calif., is a concentrate of hard rock: barreling, droning, needling, barking. | High on Fire: High on Fire, Metal Trio, Blasting the Blender 2010-04-11T22:11:00Z Rather than work with his local partners, Crosby had decided to partner with Have a Heart, a dispensary chain based 800 miles away in Seattle eyeing expansion in Oakland. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Despite a decade of sellout seasons in Oakland, however, Davis could not persuade the city to make major improvements to the Oakland Coliseum, including luxury suites. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Attending both required Ms. Friedell to leave Oakland for several weeks. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Clay Edison, an Oakland, Calif., coroner’s investigator, makes a point of performing his sleuthing duties with “patience and diplomacy.” For Marilyn Stasio, Any Place Can Be the Scene of the Crime 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The milestone comes during a remarkable run for Schneider, an engineering manager who grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in Oakland, California. ‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider’s 21st win in a row makes her the show’s winningest woman 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The foundation will celebrate Weatherford at a private ceremony Nov. 2 in Oakland. Mary Weatherford receives Artists' Legacy Foundation Artist Award 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Oakland and San Francisco are among the most expensive cities to live in the US, by a considerable margin. Sorry to Bother You: why Boots Riley’s surreal race allegory is this year’s Get Out 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The crash that killed him occurred after a visit with singer Huey Lewis, whom Graham had enlisted to perform in a benefit for victims of the 1991 Oakland Hills wildfire. Rock promoter Bill Graham's life and career commemorated at Skirball 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “L.A. face with an Oakland booty,” reads the caption to Lively’s post of herself in a gold dress at the premiere of her new film Cafe Society. “She’s saying she’s proud of her butt”: Sir Mix-a-Lot weighs in on Blake Lively “booty-gate” 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Behind the Brits, the Oakland rapper G-Eazy entered the tally at No. 3 with "These Things Happen." Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith top Billboard 200 album chart 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Near Ms. Pao’s office in Oakland, the street sign on the corner — Broadway — has been spray painted to read “Bro Way.” Leaning In? Won’t Help if Guys Are Leering, Writes Ellen Pao 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z He was born in Richmond, Va., but grew up mostly in Oakland, Calif. He described his family as sports-oriented and “not artistic at all.” What It Takes for This Actor to Wear That ‘Red Speedo’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The bride’s mother works in Oakland as a doctor of internal medicine and is a regional medical director at Corizon Health, a privately held prison health care contractor based in Brentwood, Tenn. Brittany Harris, Naseem Beauchman 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z All of this incorporates video of the interviews that Lacy conducted with Oakland kids and cops about their relationships with each other. From narco-wars to urban basketball, making art out of activism 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z A tiny budget – the third smallest in the league – forced the Oakland Athletics to become revolutionaries. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football Is Wrong – review 2013-05-24T08:00:03Z Currently based in Oakland, Calif., Newsome is developing “Being 1.5,” a virtual therapist powered by artificial intelligence to respond to the collective trauma that African-Americans experience. How Artists Are Trying to Solve the World’s Problems 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z From big names at Fox Theater to local bands jamming and sipping grapefruit greyhounds on the cramped stage at Cafe Van Kleef, you can find music in every corner of Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The atmosphere at the protests turned tense well before police moved in when a protester was apparently struck by a car in downtown Oakland. Cops confront Oakland protesters with tear gas 2011-11-03T10:47:00Z At one point we see Lynch as a high-school kid, appearing on a local cable-access sports show; he wilts when offered the chance to talk to one of the Oakland Raiders. The Profound Silence of Marshawn Lynch 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Ann nudged her again, this time to follow through on her dream of opening a pop-up, Juhu Beach Club, in a dodgy liquor store near their place in San Francisco, before it moved to Oakland. The future of American food is here, and it’s chicken tikka poutine and meatball dumplings 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Thomas was a college student in Jackson, Miss., when a white transit police officer shot Oscar Grant III, an unarmed, 22-year-old African-American man, on a train platform in Oakland, Calif., in 2009. New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z She performs with two company members and three dancers from the Oakland Ballet. Dance Listings for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The band kicks off a 15-city tour The Pretty Reckless and Rival Sons in Oakland on October 10 and makes stops in Dallas and Chicago before wrapping in New York on November 1. Evanescence comes together for new, self-titled album 2011-10-06T18:58:26Z A graduate of San Francisco State University, Ms. Rivera was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and moved to Oakland with her mother, Martha Rivera, at age 3. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, in Oakland, Calif., Tanya Holland has spent a decade honing her own brand of modernized soul food at her restaurant Brown Sugar Kitchen. Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z What he calls “my favorite flight in show business” is Oakland to Burbank. What W. Kamau Bell Can’t Travel Without 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z It's an ongoing effort in many U.S. cities, but Oakland, with its predominantly Black and grassroots-led approach, seems to offer a more cohesive model. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Later that year, Mr. Mann pleaded “no contest” to five felony counts of defrauding the City of Oakland, which accused him of fraudulently pocketing more than $44,000 he’d received from city redevelopment grants. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The necklace was a gift from her girlfriend, Genevieve Davis, 25, who is from Oakland and works as a nanny. ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z On a couple of occasions, she even appeared in performances for the Oakland Ballet Company. The 'whoa' moment and Mary Corse: The painter who toys with light is finally getting her due 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z However, an unexpected encounter with the former Oakland Raiders player Rod Martin set him on a new path. Brad William Henke, N.F.L. Player Who Turned to Acting, Dies at 56 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z “They all uplifted people,” said Ericka Huggins, a former Black Panther leader from Oakland. Black Panther film fuels calls for release of jailed political activists 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z During Bowman’s book tour for the Penguin paperback of “Let the Dog Drive,” in 1995, he visited the Diesel bookstore, in Oakland, California. David Bowman and the Furry-Girl School of American Fiction 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z A professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Yamashita is a native of Oakland who moved with her family to Los Angeles when she was an infant. Karen Tei Yamashita to receive honorary National Book Award 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Local media reported that the Oakland, California, native tried to run away but was immediately apprehended. U.S. rapper Too Short arrested on alcohol, drug charges 2013-03-20T16:49:35Z Also, she favors players who will be competing against the Oakland Raiders or the Jacksonville Jaguars, the two teams with the worst records this season. Fantasy Football Isn’t Just a Man’s Game 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “I think there are two narratives about Oakland that have existed for my entire life,” Ms. Hodge said. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z The Oakland Zoo was one of the first to vaccinate, but others are moving to do the same. How zoos persuade animals to get the coronavirus vaccine. (M&Ms and ice cream help.) 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z They picture a mile-long stretch of Oakland rebuilt according to principles outlined in the Black Panthers’ 10 Point Program. How Can Blackness Construct America? 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The co-owners of the vegan Singaporean restaurant Lion Dance Cafe in Oakland, Calif., have never liked talking on the phone. Restaurants to Customers: Don’t Call Us, We Won’t Call You 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Here’s how it works: a four-passenger jet from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas starts at $1,500. Practical Traveler: Fly a Private Jet, at Public Prices 2011-09-21T16:15:55Z Early in the morning of New Year’s Day, 2009, Oscar Grant was fatally shot in the back by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer at an Oakland, Calif., station. ‘Fruitvale Station’: a moving portrait of a man’s last day 2013-07-25T21:50:43Z The Oakland activist and journalist Davey D said it seemed like a contradiction for critics to slam the film but support Davis and Spencer. For blacks, mix of 'Help' emotions on Oscar night 2012-02-27T22:18:08Z A suburban Detroit judge on Friday said there's enough evidence to send Skupin to Oakland County court. Ex-'Survivor' contestant to face trial on child porn charges 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Gertrude Stein might have said about her childhood hometown that “There is no there there”, but, these days, Oakland’s residents and visitors are more likely to shout “Come here here!” Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z July 15, about a black trans man working as a security guard in Oakland. Outfest Los Angeles explores a world of transgender experiences on film 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The Oakland, California-based company declined to disclose the name of the investor. Payments startup Marqeta raises $150 million, hits $4.3 billion valuation 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The wayward product of a strict religious upbringing in Oakland, Calif. — her father, Emil Borg, a church organist, taught her to play piano — Ms. Bley discovered jazz in adolescence and never recovered. Carla Bley, Still Improvising and Inspiring as She Turns 80 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z And it’s hopefully what will save Oakland – and the people and history that have made it – from the forces of displacement. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In it, Pitt plays Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics manager whose innovative methods helped the A’s compete against teams with far higher budgets in the early 2000s. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Lego Masters’ and ‘Expedition Unknown’ 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Born Oaklanders or those who have earned the right to call Oakland home are being pushed out by rising rents and unethical housing practices. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In the Oakland event, competing students can perform their own original poems, monologues and scenes in addition to well-known speeches by King and others. In ‘We Are the Dream,’ Oakland Students Channel Dr. King 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z FreeFrom’s Oakland program, which launched in June, is helping 15 women turn their business ideas into startups through individual and group coaching sessions. Women-led startup turns domestic abuse survivors into entrepreneurs 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Oakland isn’t where you go to be a tourist; it’s somebody’s home. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Schneider, an engineering manager living in Oakland, California, recently talked with AP about her newfound fame, keeping her day job — but dreaming about an entertainment career — and being a voice for the trans community. ‘Jeopardy!’ champ hits $1 million; talks fame, trans rights 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z He deals out the stories of his 12 characters, many of them related, as their lives move toward an event called the Big Oakland Powwow, from which some of them will not return. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Actually a lot of Oakland residents have moved to Stockton because it's a way out and still somewhat affordable there. Daveed Diggs: “[Thomas] Jefferson would not f**k with Trump, period” 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The $1.9 billion stadium is under construction for the NFL’s Oakland Raiders, as the team relocates to Sin City next year. MGM Resorts to convert Las Vegas shooting site into community center, memorial 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Demoralized by rounds of job cuts, journalists at San Jose’s Mercury News and East Bay Times in Oakland, Calif., took their case to the public last month. As a secretive hedge fund guts its newspapers, journalists are fighting back 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z School board meetings become a central focus of the film, as Denilson pushes for changes in policy, including a motion to remove police officers from Oakland schools. ‘Homeroom’ Review: Salutations for the Class of 2020 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The original carries coffees from Portland’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Ritual and Intelligentsia; the new coffee bar gets its beans from Oakland’s Blue Bottle Coffee. | Los Angeles Coffee Crawl 2011-08-24T14:43:01Z Some of their chicks are running around a pen in the backroom of the gallery and will start producing eggs next spring in their future home at the nearby Oakland Avenue Urban Farm. Playing Chicken With the Art World 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z There are other radical images, including those in which a party leader, Kathleen Cleaver, talks about her Afro on a porch in Oakland while surrounded by other women. Dystopia, Apocalypse, Culture War: 2018 or 1968? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z For the most part, these patrols were limited to Oakland; the rest of the US remained largely ignorant of the young revolutionaries. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z This summer, 16-year-old Molly was one of several tigers and more than 50 animals at the Oakland Zoo that received at least one dose of a vaccine made by the New Jersey-based company Zoetis. How zoos persuade animals to get the coronavirus vaccine. (M&Ms and ice cream help.) 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Alt-rock revivalist band Nothing frontman Dominic Palermo still suffers vertigo from a beating after a club date in Oakland, but the band sounds better than ever on its second LP, “Tired of Tomorrow.” Alt-rock band Nothing is on to something 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In sports, National Football Concussion League team owners approve the move of the Oakland Raiders to Nevada, where the team will be known as the Las Vegas Point Spreads. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z The newly crowned NBA champions, who won the title in Oakland, California on Thursday night, are expected back in Toronto on Saturday. Raptors’ title sees Canada set viewing, spending records 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Mikhail was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Award for Freedom of Writing in 2001, and she now teaches at Oakland University in Michigan. Poet Dunya Mikhail fled Iraq — but still carries home with her 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The Sierra Club, founded in 1892, decamped to Oakland three years ago after its annual rent was projected to increase by almost $1.5 million. How San Francisco broke America’s heart 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Plus, it captures a time and place that is uniquely Pennsylvania — Pittsburgh’s East End, which includes the Oakland and Squirrel Hill neighborhoods. 50 States of Love: Readers Respond 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Clark’s son, a 32-year-old teacher in Oakland who asked not to be identified, said his removal from the sheds made his father deflated and angry in a way he hadn’t seen before. California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Pandora, headquartered in Oakland, is not the first music streamer to buy into the big data business. Pandora acquires music data company Next Big Sound 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z He then promised to meet her at an Oakland restaurant for her birthday, but never showed. Online dater scammed out of $273G by suitor claiming to be US Marine 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z “It’s my ambition to see West Oakland back like it was,” Ms. Mabry said 20 years ago in a taped interview with the African American Museum and Library at Oakland. In West Oakland, Barbecue Is Back — With a Side of Fried Chicken 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z A second location in Oakland and a food truck that opened this year add a dollar to the price of each item while still competing with other fast-food options. Cisco co-founder Sandy Lerner’s next big idea: Redefining road food 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z West Oakland, particularly Seventh Street, was once a hub for Black cultural life and Black-owned businesses, and even defined the East Bay’s barbecue scene. In West Oakland, Barbecue Is Back — With a Side of Fried Chicken 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z “Tulpa Effect,” a web series initially set in Oakland, took a more psychological approach. How Slender Man Became a Legend 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It takes its name from Oakland’s own Gertrude Stein, who famously put down her hometown by declaring, “There’s no there there.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z “I went in the bathroom, cried for about 30 or 40 seconds, pulled myself together and headed out,” Ms. Schneider said from her sunny apartment in Oakland on Friday. ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z And we couldn't have been more pleased when we found Laney College and met Coach Beam, and then started to dig into what Oakland was all about. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z And its history of resistance and adaptation preserves a quality is undeniably, immovably Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z And as someone who repairs broken teams for a living, she admired the story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, in “Moneyball.” The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Tabatha Coffey 2012-02-09T17:57:39Z Ms. Hodge and other longtime locals want new residents to understand that while Oakland may be new to them, it’s not new. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z According to research by the Oakland Cultural Trust, an arts advocacy group, for every dollar that Oakland invests in culture, it gets back four dollars in fees, licenses and taxes. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z Hip-hop had crews, R&B had groups, but neither one had bands; the skills they’d honed on the competitive Oakland garage-band circuit set them apart at the peak of the age of sampling. Raphael Saadiq Finally Put His Past on the Record 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Cassandra Williams, Mooney’s publicist, said he died Wednesday morning at his home in Oakland, California, from a heart attack. Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z In 2016, he moved again, to Oakland, Calif., and later that same year, in November, she was to attend a friend’s wedding in Los Angeles. A Man and Woman of Letters (Many of Them) 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Before Oakland, Calif., enforced a stay-at-home mandate throughout the city where Jenn and Max Scoville live, they bought meat and broth hoping to recreate their favorite meal, shabu-shabu, a Japanese hotpot dish, at home. For the Asking, Quarantine-Approved Dates 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z On air, Ms. Kelly toggled easily between political stories about Herman Cain and Occupy Oakland and tabloid fare: a nudist running for city council, the case of missing Baby Lisa. For Anchorwomen, Family Is Part of the Job 2011-12-09T23:16:20Z Behind him, shots of the Warriors' Oakland victory parade play on mute on a massive flat-screen TV. Rapper Boogie puts son Darius first — sometimes even on his songs 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z As local government struggles with its finances during the economic downturn, the role of private investment has become even more central to Oakland’s cultural development. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z The horrors of Nixon's Vietnam War strategy hit Hanks while he was working as a bellman for the Oakland Hilton in the mid-'70s. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z San Francisco is "the city," Oakland is "the town." New Vitamin D song says Seattle slanguists should stop talking like Oakland *UPDATED 2010-03-25T18:52:00Z That same year he signed with Columbia Records, promising to deliver two albums a year, and built a house in Oakland. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z On March 12, almost a week after the Oakland show, Bruner tweeted the title phrase; the following day, he canceled the remaining dates of his North American tour. He’d Always Been Thundercat, Whether He Knew It or Not 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z He is a son of Robin H. Smallberg and Victor M. Smallberg, who live and work in Oakland, Calif. His mother is an independent residential garden designer. Marnie Kaplan, Michael Smallberg 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z On their second and a half date, they explored Oakland. An Accidental First Date 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z On top of that, Oakland was in a state of mourning following the 2016 Ghost Ship fire, which took the lives of many artists and community-minded people. The case for doing nothing: It's an intentional strategy, not a luxury or a cop-out 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z In Oakland, Calif., LaDawn James Williams originally intended to fly to New York to see it with her college friends from Howard University. ‘Black Panther’ Brings Hope, Hype and Pride 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Blurring all comedy/drama boundaries, the film’s nuanced exploration of racial and class divides is set in the increasingly gentrified Oakland. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z She was living in a house in Oakland, Calif., as an employee of a small animal-rights organization. No Debating Their Love 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Coleman, a retired social worker, is now a professional quilter, one of about 80 women — along with the occasional man — who meet monthly as members of the multicultural African American Quilt Guild of Oakland. Quilts With a Sense of Place, Stitched in Oakland 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z It was 2011 when Rue Mapp was followed by a white woman in an Oakland, California, park, while out on a national campaign to get local families connected with nature. Being black while in nature: 'You’re an endangered species' 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In the mid-1960s he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and an M.F.A. from Stanford. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72 2011-01-27T04:30:03Z The fire at the Ghost Ship artist studios in Oakland has put a spotlight on the Bay Area’s general unaffordability for artists. Essential Arts & Culture: China and Taiwan's music diplomacy, Ghost Ship fallout and Gary's Busey-isms 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z This Oakland, California–based business is all about upcycling and repurposing food by-products from waste streams; a rescue mission, if you will, that starts with the smallest scrap of food not going into the garbage. This company's oat milk flour is gaining a big following — and it it helps fight food waste, too 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z But the three-star Waterfront, near Jack London Square, is dolled-up with some nautical charm, and has an outdoor pool for those sunny Oakland days. Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But, as a recent survey of its Oakland brethren showed, Commis is not alone. Choice Tables: New Variety in Oakland?s Restaurants 2010-06-23T18:53:00Z Walk Lake Merritt and enjoy the wildlife at the Oakland Nature Preserve. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Thursday night at Irving Plaza, G-Eazy, from Oakland, Calif., was presentable as ever — black leather trench coat, black T-shirt and jeans, thin gold necklaces, sunglasses and mid-1950s slicked hair. Music Review: G-Eazy Shows Two Sides at Irving Plaza 2014-03-28T21:47:04Z Then there's the Raider Nation, at the Oakland Coliseum, a sea of humanity including the fantastically costumed denizens of the end-zone-seated "Black Hole." The Top Tailgating Towns 2010-08-27T21:20:00Z June 3 will be the date of American Airlines' last flight to Oakland Airport. American Airlines to end service to Oakland International Airport 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z But when that amazing man neglected to call during a two-week trip to New York that followed their days together in Oakland, it did not go over well with Mr. Vincent. With ‘Only One to Choose From,’ a Great Choice 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Following the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, Oakland built a high-pressure pumping station on the west shore of its central estuary, Lake Merritt. 2010-01-22T18:54:00Z The tilted bar at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon on Oakland’s waterfront is the perfect metaphor for that unshakeable Oakland spirit. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Jax then promises that by the end of the day the violence in Oakland and Stockton will be over. Sons of Anarchy Watch: Out With A Bang 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z You earn Oakland by becoming part of Oakland — not just by moving in. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Like Loyalty in D.C. and Source bookstores in Detroit and Marcus in Oakland, and a lot of these are institutions that deserve our support. From "Soul Train" to Don Shirley, new book celebrates the history of Black performance in America 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Now 52, he’s been back in Oakland since 2008 and “wouldn’t choose any other place.” Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Oakland’s Journey From Seedy to Sizzling Just a few years ago, the Uptown Oakland neighborhood was mostly a dead zone after business hours: an intimidating landscape of gaping doorways, barren sidewalks and abandoned storefronts. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z One agent in Oakland, Calif., offered “only a partial copy” of the statement, which contained compensation amounts $25 to $50 below the actual amounts. Do airlines always give out accurate compensation information? DOT fines say no. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Those two schools, the rivalry that those two cities have — and we just happened to get there when the Golden State Warriors had just uprooted to move from Oakland to San Francisco. "Last Chance U" director on Coach Beam's "Yoda-like" wisdom & the Oakland team's sacrifices 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Most successful is the sitcom element, which could be titled “Trish’s,” an Oakland bar where everybody knows your name. Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z So tonight's game seems like it could be a one-way procession, with Oakland prevailing against demoralised opponents. TV highlights 17/04/2013 2013-04-17T06:00:03Z He said Mr. Haggerty had suffered a stroke on a flight to Seattle on Sept. 30 after a show in Oakland, Calif. Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Delisa Lynch set track records at Oakland Technical High School, but she never took her athletic skill any further. Delisa Lynch is in a mama mode all her own 2014-01-30T20:39:54Z “I don’t have any girls,” said Ms. Gray, 52, a psychotherapist in Oakland, Calif. Never mind that she also has two other sons, 18 and 22, who are straight. Special Issue: Gay Marriage: Ready to Wed? No, Mom. 2011-07-22T19:37:03Z When the team's owner Al Davis moved the them from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1982, Cube was 13-years-old and rap was making its way onto city streets and radio airwaves. Ice Cube has a new rap -- documentary filmmaking 2010-04-28T20:52:00Z “If we are invisible in the research,” said Sand Chang, 42, an Oakland, Calif., psychologist who specializes in the transgender health and eating disorders, “we are going to be invisible in assessment and treatment.” Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z She picked up her first cooking job at a French restaurant in Oakland, Calif., while she was a student at the University of California, Berkeley. On a Georgia Island, a Lot of Good Food and Plenty of Nothing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z These days, Mr. Gardley, a 36-year old Oakland, Calif., native and the son of a Pentecostal minister, seems to be everywhere. Marcus Gardley’s ‘The Box: A Black Comedy’ Comes to Brooklyn 2014-04-13T21:56:13Z The Anderson Collection is also part of a larger arts renaissance in the Bay Area that includes the renovation of the Oakland Museum of Art and buildings for the Berkeley Art Museum and SFMOMA. Stanford's Anderson Collection museum to feature trove of couple's art 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Newsome, who was born in New Orleans and works between Brooklyn and Oakland, Calif., touches on many of these issues, while simultaneously seducing you with kaleidoscopic images, operatic sound and technological trickery. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z He signed with Detroit in 2018 and was traded to Oakland — Houston’s AL West rival — later that season. ESPN’s Mendoza: Fiers should have gone to MLB, not reporter 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “Home holds a lot of psychic energy,” says the artist Woody De Othello, who’s not referring to the shelter-in-place orders of recent history or to his apartment in Oakland, Calif., but to the concept itself. Woody De Othello’s Extraordinary Monuments to the Mundane 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z With a success story like that, to say nothing of the sheer exhilaration of seeing hundreds of inspired children in the Oakland audience, L.A. Dudamel brings his YOLA youth symphony's spirit, and message, to Oakland 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Jordan, whose breakout “Fruitvale Station” role followed the events of a young Black man killed by an Oakland transit police officer, channeled the urgency for change — and healing — into “A Night at the Drive-In.” Michael B. Jordan wants you to view a drive-in movie, on him 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z This year, nonfiction is back with a vengeance, beginning Friday with the national release of “Fruitvale Station,” by the Weinstein Company, about the 2009 shooting of a young man by an Oakland transit officer. Filmmakers Embrace Reality, on the High Seas and Beyond 2013-07-17T15:36:51Z Blue Bottle now operates 18 shops, with roasters in Oakland, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Tartine Expansion Plans Include New York 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z This feeling stayed with me, from the red steps of our grandparents’ home in West Oakland to the Bed-Stuy stoops that became my sanctuary. Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. Her Confidence Gave Me Wings. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The Oakland Athletics get a boost from bean counting and a man named Beane in this biographical drama. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Merry Wives’ and George Carlin 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Oakland, California, and Denver, Colorado, are leading the way. How schools are using restorative justice to remedy racial disparities in discipline 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z In the biographic “Fruitvale Station,” she was cast as the mother of Oscar Grant III, the young black man killed by a white transit officer in Oakland, Calif., in 2009. Octavia Spencer Cracks a Few Hollywood Equations 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Tensions have cooled since violence erupted at the recent Occupy Oakland protests, but the city’s revitalized night-life scene has continued to smolder. 45 Places to Go in 2012 2012-01-06T17:44:12Z Back in the fall of 1983, me and my friend Jimmy snuck out to an Oakland A’s game. Born to riot: Why sports fans love to brawl, smash and set things on fire 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The film is based on the true story of Oakland native Oscar Grant's last day before he was shot and killed by police on New Year's Eve. Studios snap up Sundance favorites, boosting indie film market 2013-01-27T22:56:16Z Clowes, who lives in Oakland, is gray-bearded and in a black pullover sweater as he drinks ginger beer in a hotel lobby bar on the Sunset Strip. Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Evaluating the fallout of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland. Essential Arts & Culture: China and Taiwan's music diplomacy, Ghost Ship fallout and Gary's Busey-isms 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan later said the pedestrian was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Cops confront Oakland protesters with tear gas 2011-11-03T10:47:00Z Celebration of the arts For 10 years, on the first Friday of each month, Oakland’s galleries have organised an art walk to showcase the creativity of the city. Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z There were familiar scenes — Eric Garner on Staten Island, Oscar Grant in Oakland, Calif. — mixed with footage from civil-rights-era protests, and other recent incidents. Bobby Shmurda, Young Jeezy and T.I. at Powerhouse 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z For example, that title, is it an allusion to Gertrude Stein's remark about Oakland, California: "There is no 'there', there." Sofia Coppola: 'Is this psychoanalysis?' 2010-12-01T21:30:00Z The group's sound -- as much as its unique instruments -- caught the ear of the organizers of the "Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival" in Oakland, California, where EJG is booked to play in late September. Making beautiful music from recycled junk 2011-08-19T18:44:46Z Though he was living in Oakland at the time and Berke was living in New York, he proceeded to woo her with the seriousness of an adult. Welcome to Rom Com Fest, a haven for fans who never stopped believing in happily ever after 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps this attitude also explains why African-American romcoms haven't even been all that successful in the US itself, away from areas like Harlem, Oakland, New Orleans and South Central LA. Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z And it served as the public high point of a long-term project led by Lacy that was devised to empower Oakland youth. From narco-wars to urban basketball, making art out of activism 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z And more programs, not limited to arts workers, are springing up in cities like Oakland, Calif., and Atlanta, whose leaders are part of a 41-member coalition, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. San Francisco and Other Cities Try to Give Artists Steady Income 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The researchers studied 16 people in four demographically and geographically diverse families, hailing from Oakland, Minneapolis, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Can eating organic lower your exposure to pesticides? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Oakland officials first issued the eviction notice Friday after first pleading with protesters to leave the encampment. Police, protesters in Oregon showdown 2011-11-13T14:24:00Z And eventually their lives coalesce around an upcoming powwow in the Oakland Coliseum. Review | What does it mean to be Native American? A new novel offers a bracing answer. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Tupac Shakur, who spent time in Oakland, rapped about police brutality after being beaten in a confrontation with local officers, and won his suit against the city. Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest 2011-11-07T18:14:15Z The two foundations already run three Youth Voices academies in California - in Los Angeles, Oakland and Redwood City. Black Eyed Peas to start music academy in NYC 2011-04-19T21:29:07Z “I’ve done a lot of fighting to stay in Oakland, with my music,” Riley is proud to say. Boots Riley: how the outspoken musician is taking on Hollywood 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z "Once again, a violent splinter group of the Occupy movement is engaging in violent actions against Oakland," she said, speaking as officers in riot gear were still lined up against demonstrators in downtown intersections. 200 Occupy Oakland protesters arrested 2012-01-29T10:42:00Z In 1973 she began teaching at Mills College in Oakland, where she helped found and for many years directed the creative writing program. Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z They met on April 5, 2014, at a queer party called “Ships in the Night” at the New Parish in Oakland. A ‘Hippie Hindu’ Wedding for a Cosmic Match 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z His father oversaw the dairy division of Safeway, the grocery business, and worked in Oakland, Calif. Maureen Dwyer, Mark Hennigh 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The richly detailed story lines gradually converge and culminate in a final Götterdämmerung at a Big Oakland Powwow. Best new audiobooks for that long summer drive 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine that this area, just north of downtown Oakland, was abandoned and plagued with crime just a few years ago. Heads Up: In Oakland, Calif., the Uptown Neighborhood Blooms 2011-11-23T17:58:26Z Grant was killed in 2009, shot in the back while lying down by a transit officer on New Year’s Day in Oakland, Calif. He was 22. Birthday Messages to Celebrate Lives, Not Mourn Police Killings 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z This urban lake is “kind of the center of Oakland” for Fantastic Negrito. Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Carvell Wallace shares an intimate perspective on the preciousness of fandom in the black community, particularly in his hometown, Oakland. What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Rising through the low-/non-paying ranks of open mics and small gigs as a young comic in Oakland, Calif., Williams wore fancy clothes on stage but was homeless, and slept in his car. Embattled comedian Katt Williams comes to Seattle 2012-11-22T14:14:42Z “Someone was just able to swoop in and sabotage fair business dealings; that’s wrong,” said Anne Kelson, an Oakland cannabis attorney who is not professionally involved in the case. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z And paradoxically, the panel picked a bagel from a transplanted East Coast baker: Dan Graf, the 32-year-old owner of Baron Baking, based in Oakland, Calif. Risky Baking: It’s Hard to Make a Perfect Bagel Without Lye 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z We live in Oakland, but he and my mom visit often. 'He didn't even pretend to let us win'… Growing up with the world's biggest stars, by their children 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Set in Oakland, California, where writer-director Riley was born and lived for 30 years, the theme of rising rent, lower wages and fewer careers couldn’t be more relevant. Sorry to Bother You: why Boots Riley’s surreal race allegory is this year’s Get Out 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z He also sent me back to reconsider Moses alongside Jordan's abandoned Wakandan prince – two characters abandoned to fend for themselves – Killmonger in an Oakland before it was invaded by Silicon Valley, Moses in South London. Before John Boyega became "Star Wars" hero Finn, he was far more revolutionary in "Attack the Block" 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Finished with the Army at 25, Mr. Brubeck moved with his wife into an apartment in Oakland, Calif., and, on a G.I. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z Martin found his escape through music while growing up in San Francisco and Oakland amid a poor, close-knit Russian Jewish family, enduring taunts and slights from gentile classmates. Romantic Crooner Tony Martin Dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:54:56Z Growing up in Oakland, Mr. Orange, who is boyish looking with close cropped hair and a round, freckled face, often felt out of place. With ‘There There,’ Tommy Orange Has Written a New Kind of American Epic 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Four California cities – Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento – have similar equity programs in place. Second chances: how ex-convicts are lighting up the cannabis industry 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z When Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale ran for mayor of Oakland in 1972, he highlighted his governing experience, instead of downplaying its importance. DeRay Mckesson isn’t the first black activist to aim for city hall – but how much support does he have outside the Internet? 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Two passengers aboard an Aeromexico plane that sat on the tarmac at Oakland International Airport for four hours were arrested Thursday after desperately trying to find a way off, authorities said. Aeromexico flight stranded on tarmac 4 hours; two ‘upset’ passengers arrested, police say 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The Oakland Raiders organization wants its cheerleaders to behave like ladies. The Raiders’ unbelievably sexist cheerleader handbook 2014-01-28T15:56:00Z His father is a general partner at MizMaa Ventures in Oakland. Christie Lee, Aaron Applbaum 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z After the two met, he got a job at another Michelin-starred kitchen in Oakland, but his shifts remained just as long. Finding Love on the Overnight Shift 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The series takes a deep dive into the Oakland family struggling in a society quickly changing through rapid gentrification and offering little to no opportunity to Black and brown people. "Blindspotting" is a "truly American story" about living in a country addicted to imprisoning people 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Throughout it all, voters in Oakland kept reelecting Lee, who’s also the subject of the new documentary “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth To Power,” scheduled for release on Friday. Barbara Lee doesn’t feel vindicated for voting against Afghan war: ‘I almost wish ... I had been wrong’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z At times you feel like you're watching Simon Oakland at the end of Psycho, explaining that Norman was his own mum all along. Life of Pi is a visual triumph but it won't stand repeat viewings 2012-12-14T16:00:00Z Weeks before the ceremony, Veda Ambeau, a seamstress and the owner of Shirley’s Designs & Alterations in Oakland, came to the rescue and completed the final adjustments. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It was built up in 1937, the same year the Golden Gate Bridge opened, and one year after the Oakland Bay Bridge opened. San Francisco's iconic Coca-Cola sign will be taken down amid Coke's refocus on 'digital media platforms' 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Later, I asked Mr. Moore why he settled in Oakland, and he said he hadn’t intended to. Choice Tables: New Variety in Oakland?s Restaurants 2010-06-23T18:53:00Z The flight from Seattle to Oakland took approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, which is comparable to a commercial flight. What it’s like to fly from Seattle to Oakland in a semiprivate jet — and how you can too on JetSuiteX 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Not long after, they invited us to their place in Oakland for an outdoor dinner, but “their place” requires some explanation. We Needed More Significant Others 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Founded in 1990, AK Press is an anarchist publishing collective in Oakland. Oakland's AK Press sustains fire damage 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The Bay Lights - the artist Leo Villareal's installation of almost 25,000 individual white lights along the suspension cables of the bridge connecting San Francisco to Oakland via Treasure Island - would shine by next March. T Magazine: Bright Idea 2012-11-29T22:30:55Z Instead, I drove home to Oakland in a fog. I was harassed at an In-N-Out bathroom for being a black trans woman 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Among the 50 largest cities in the U.S., only fast-gentrifying Oakland, Calif., saw a bigger increase. As Seattle incomes soar, gap grows between rich and poor 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z I read that you went to Oakland because you were studying art and you were going to go to art school. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Nonprofit arts in Oakland generate more than $103 million in gross annual economic activity and provide around 5,000 jobs, the trust found. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z His take on racist stereotypes also gets big laughs on the album, which was recorded at the New Parish, a theater in Oakland, Calif., a week after the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. Seattle: birthplace of Hari Kondabolu’s comedy career 2014-03-21T20:26:10Z No, Littlefield Concert Hall at Mills, in Oakland, Calif., is a vibrant, even eccentric place, where it is clear from the surroundings that music outside the mainstream is not simply tolerated, but celebrated. Is the Music Over at Mills College? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Interviewed by The Oakland Tribune when she was 11, she said she had an arsenal of 50 tricks and was adding more. Gloria Dea, Magician Rediscovered Late in Life, Dies at 100 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z On “Creed,” he sampled a boxing training session at Coogler’s old gym in Oakland and converted those sounds into beats and rhythms for the film’s fight sequences. How Ludwig Goransson Became Directors’ Secret Musical Weapon 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Oakland didn’t just start yesterday,” Mr. Copes said. Oakland Journal: Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name 2012-10-11T04:27:45Z Ms. Roberts noted that there were around 3,000 artists living in Oakland today, up 30 percent from 10 years ago. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z After the war, while working as a clerk for the Oakland police, Mr. Turner sold illustrations and cartoons to industrial publications and national magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Ebony and The Negro Digest. Morrie Turner Dies at 90; Broke Barriers in Comics 2014-01-29T01:15:34Z Once regarded as a seedy, crime-ridden port city, Oakland is coming into its own as a cultural destination, and the arts are having a significant economic effect. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z But they infuse each of them because they infuse Oakland itself. Perspective | Summer movies were smarter than ever, with ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and ‘BlacKkKlansman’ leading the way 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Toné!, from Oakland, Calif., marked him as a nimble, light singer with a sweet tone. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-05-16T19:58:50Z About 300 to 400 people per day are showing up at Oakland’s site. Here’s what you need to know about getting a coronavirus test at the airport 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The groom’s mother is retired as the director of philanthropic services at the East Bay Community Foundation in Oakland. When a Study Partnership Turns Romantic 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z “Black women set the standard for Oakland barbecue,” said Ms. Dicko-Everett, who worked at the original location of her family’s restaurant with her seven sisters. In West Oakland, Barbecue Is Back — With a Side of Fried Chicken 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z She now lives and teaches in Oakland, but she is less concerned to depict Northern California than to imagine the rewards of far-flung travel, in time, in space and amid poetic traditions. New works by poets Jennifer Moxley, Judy Halebsky, Saeed Jones 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z To get “bodied” in an Oakland rap battle means you’ve been murdered by the competition, but in Joseph Kahn’s merciless dark comedy, it’s the audience on the floor gasping for breath. The best films of 2018 … that you didn't see 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z She is the executive director of 350.org, a climate-advocacy organization of which she is a founder; she works in its Oakland, Calif., office. May Boeve, David Bryson 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z This is Baby Rave, a monthly high-octane dance party for under 4-year-olds in Oakland, California. Sunday Morning Fever? California toddlers hit the dance floor at Baby Rave 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z In neighboring Oakland, a resident recently put up an unauthorized concrete barrier in the middle of the street to deter homeless people from parking RVs. ‘They’ve turned their backs on us’: California's homeless crisis grows in numbers and violence 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The title refers to Gertrude Stein’s comment about there being no “there there” in Oakland. ‘There There’ is an Energetic Revelation of a Corner of American Life 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley in the eighties and nineties, and there were things as a teen-ager that I found really frustrating about political correctness. The True and False Virtues of the Left 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Oakland, known as “The Town” in local parlance, is often defined by its differences from San Francisco across the bay. Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z What were Oakland doing to buck the market? Summer readings: Moneyball by Michael Lewis 2011-07-29T09:25:00Z So when Davis tried to move to L.A. without that, he was forced by a court injunction back to Oakland. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Photograph: Sam Levin for the Guardian In Oakland, advocates are also in the early stages of launching a dispensary that would partner with reentry organizations and provide jobs and mentorship opportunities to formerly incarcerated people. The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The news of the exhibit had gone viral on social media – as I've seen posts, and stories, and reels of my friends from all over New York, and Baltimore, Dallas and Houston, and even Oakland. Jay-Z has always delivered hope – long before he was a mogul 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z Born in Chicago in 1971 and moving to the city of Oakland, California, six years later, Riley was steeped in politics from an early age. Boots Riley: ‘In film, the more personal you get, the more universal you get’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z McKellar — a librarian at the Oakland Public Library — marvels at each memento, no matter how mundane. Librarian finds love notes, doodles in books and shares them with a grateful public 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z He portrays Oscar Grant, an Oakland man whose death on New Year's Eve in 2008 sparked riots against police brutality. Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebel Wilson on People's 'Ones to Watch' list 2013-10-09T18:03:44Z A multi-generational story about Native Americans traveling to a powwow in Oakland, Calif. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Culp, who was born in Oakland, California, and attended university in Washington state and California, earned his first major television role in the late 1950s Western "Trackdown," playing a Texas Ranger. U.S. actor Robert Culp, 79, dies after fall 2010-03-25T00:22:00Z They had a mimeograph machine, and distributed circulars in the neighborhood, and when the Black Panthers started in Oakland, the Diggers lent them the machine for the first three issues of their newspaper. What can we learn from 1967’s Summer of Love to help us through our current political nightmare? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z It was her bruising lyrical slugfest “Come Correct” with Oakland rapper Blimes that earned this proven Seattle emcee viral fame last year. Introducing Puget Sounds: The best new music from around the Pacific Northwest 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Only one brown bear at the Oakland Zoo, according to Herman, seemed to experience soreness at the injection site after receiving the vaccine. How zoos persuade animals to get the coronavirus vaccine. (M&Ms and ice cream help.) 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z For Stephanie McKenna, 30, of Oakland, Calif., the entire proposal and what followed was representative of her alternative views on weddings and marriage, where a diamond didn’t belong. Who Needs a Ring to Propose When There Are Puppies and Paintings? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As Gertrude Stein once said of Oakland, there doesn't seem to be enough of a there, there. NBC's 'Marry Me' may have a delayed honeymoon 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Set in 1968, "One Crazy Summer" tells what happens when three young sisters journey from their home in Brooklyn to Oakland, Calif., to visit their estranged mother, who is part of the Black Panther movement. Prize-winning children's books by African Americans 2011-02-19T00:39:28Z Rachel Aronson was ordained by American Marriage Ministries and married her parents on Nov. 4 at Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, Calif. A Power Couple Finds the Spark Once Again 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z And for generations of families descended from Huchiun communities, Spanish colonizers, Chinese gold rushers and transplant 49ers, refugees of the Mexican Revolution, slaves, cowboys and black railroad workers, Oakland is just home. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Minutes before he was ready to settle down for his 2 p.m. nap, Mr. Durant headed to the real sanctuary in his Oakland home, the recording studio. How Kevin Durant Became Silicon Valley’s Hottest Start-up 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Oakland County chief assistant prosecutor Paul Walton says Franklin filed a complaint with Bloomfield Township police in June about a missing check. Aretha Franklin complained about missing money before death 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Yet that is when Ms. McCoy, a 45-year-old museum exhibit writer in Oakland, Calif., lies awake, debating and categorizing the details of working motherhood. Mothers and Sleep Medication 2011-11-04T21:17:55Z The sense of purity and eagerness radiating through Cootie bounces off the technicolor surroundings throughout Riley's Oakland, an absurdist wonderland where the mundane dissolves into animation and folks levitate in their bliss. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z In Oakland, California, Amber Senter focuses daily on getting other women into the cannabis industry. 'I don't think I look like a stoner': the women changing the face of the cannabis industry 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z English boxwoods, planted to follow the curve of the walk, and clipped 'Oakland' hollies, which anchor each corner, offer a nod to the traditional forms found in Colonial gardens. Atlanta Cottage Garden 2013-05-13T15:50:05.423Z De Havilland’s acting ambitions dated back to stage performing at Mills College in Oakland, California. Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 104 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z And for a pick-me-up or a new coffee machine for home, try Blue Bottle Coffee, an impossibly nerdy outpost of the original Oakland coffee bar. 36 Hours : 36 Hours in Brooklyn 2011-02-10T22:23:04Z Almond is a lifelong Oakland Raiders fan, and in much of the book he confesses to a long, almost unbreakable addiction to the game. 'Why Football Matters' versus 'Against Football' 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z One of Hatch’s attorneys, Roy Maughan Jr., said the rapper performed Thursday night before about 10,000 fans at a sold-out arena in Oakland, California, before flying to Louisiana for his Friday probation review. Lil Boosie gets good report in probation review 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Within the month, Scream Sorbet will open its first storefront at Telegraph Avenue and 51st Street in Oakland. | Scream Sorbet 2010-10-08T21:30:00Z ON a recent warm afternoon in the Uptown neighborhood of Oakland the streets were alive with activity. Heads Up: In Oakland, Calif., the Uptown Neighborhood Blooms 2011-11-23T17:58:26Z The Black Angel statue in Oakland Cemetery is supposedly cursed. How I became an adventurous woman 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Maria Resendiz, 19, was working at a McDonald’s in Oakland Saturday when she said a man drove up to the window to pick-up his order and was not wearing a mask. California McDonald’s employee assaulted by customer in drive-thru window over mask policy 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z I enlisted my friends Tyson and Angelina, and we mapped a vague plan: Oakland, Calif., to Oregon and back, in eight days. In a Rented RV, Roaming Western Roads 2012-05-20T04:47:18Z As a right-handed pitcher, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics upon high school graduation, and was then drafted by the Mets his junior year at Brown. Meredith Wardy, Graeme Brown 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Oakland may not be the first place people think of as a tourist destination. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z OAKLAND, Calif. — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested after a man told Oakland police that the entertainer hit him over the head with a bottle. Comedian-actor Katt Williams arrested in Calif. 2012-11-15T22:18:12Z She lived in New York City and Mexico and Oakland, Calif.; and later Colorado and Los Angeles, and had a sister who died of cancer. Review: ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women,’ Lucia Berlin’s Soul-Baring Stories 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z This flamboyant introduction foreshadowed the Oakland, Calif., virtuoso’s eventual legacy, or legacies. Perspective | Shock G of Digital Underground was a psychedelic rap pioneer who helped hip-hop crossover 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z But I needed to fight for everybody else to stay in Oakland too. Boots Riley: ‘In film, the more personal you get, the more universal you get’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z On light posts, walking in midair or inverted over a raucous party, Lamar never loses his grin as he flies above the California coast, downtown Oakland, Staples Center and a pyramid of boomboxes. Kendrick Lamar takes flight in new 'Alright' video 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Set in the late 1960s in Oakland, Calif., "One Crazy Summer" tells the story of three girls who travel from their New York City home to visit their estranged mother, Cecile. Kids' books: Newbery Honors are no mere also-rans 2011-02-05T03:04:49Z “Who knows what will happen?” says Deutsch, a docent at the Oakland Zoo. Perspective | How to solve common pandemic travel problems 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Oakland is almost a character in Tommy Orange’s best-selling new novel, “There There,” which examines what the city means as an urban hub for Native Americans. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z To complete his Oakland trilogy, Hicks turned to Oakland High, a public school with a diverse student body of mostly Asian American, Black and Latino children. In ‘Homeroom,’ an unprecedent school year caught on film 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z LaGuardia, for example, set up its clinic on the first floor of the Terminal B parking garage, and Oakland created a drive-through station at its North Field terminal complex. Here’s what you need to know about getting a coronavirus test at the airport 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Its dark, dive-y interior represents another side of Oakland, one that winks at its somewhat more punk cousin across the bay. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Eventually he grows curious about life beyond the walls of their Oakland home despite their warnings about its many hazards. "I'm a Virgo": Boots Riley's incredible, ungentle giant swing at late capitalism 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Not bad for an Oakland, Calif., native who got her start spinning for “Entourage” clones in Los Angeles clubs after graduating from U.C.L.A. The New Club Kids 2010-11-19T23:56:00Z All but one of those--the San Francisco/Oakland metro--form an auto-theft corridor running right up the middle of the state. Cities With The Most Stolen Cars 2010-05-17T04:01:00Z The women were on their way back to Oakland after attending a party at their aunt’s house, in nearby Concord. The Very American Killing of Nia Wilson 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z But the chief of staff at the Oakland mayor's office, Anne Campbell Washington, said the box was valued at more than $800,000. ArtsBeat: Rare Box Stolen from Oakland Museum 2013-01-09T18:18:14Z “Oakland is always reinventing itself,” said Ms. Quan, herself a regular Murmurer. Oakland Journal: Oakland Art Murmur Outgrows Its Name 2012-10-11T04:27:45Z “Recollection” is on view through April 18 at the Creative Growth Art Center, 355 24th Street, Oakland, Calif.; | Painting a Picture of Creative Growth 2014-03-07T21:15:24Z Sorry to Bother You was set in Oakland. Boots Riley: ‘In film, the more personal you get, the more universal you get’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z When Covid hit in March 2020, Dr. Terry invited Mr. Childs, whose job had just gone remote, to stay with her in Oakland for a week or so. For Middle School Sweethearts, a Second Chance 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Hawkins and his brother Edwin were self-taught keyboard players from Oakland, Calif., who were helping to organize summer events for the Church of God in Christ when they recorded their first record. Walter Hawkins, Gospel Composer and Singer, Dies at 61 2010-07-14T06:15:00Z Both lived in Oakland, and both were faculty members there for two years before crossing paths. A Librarian and a Listener Wed 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z That July, they held an engagement party in Oakland, Calif. Beforehand, Mx. ‘Traditionally Jewish, but Also Extremely Queer’ 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z He taught for more than a decade at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., where he directed the Center for Contemporary Music, before settling full time in Lower Manhattan in the early 1980s. Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z Also hoping to make an impact is Kicks, an opening night selection about a 15-year-old in Oakland on a mission to retrieve his recently stolen Air Jordans. What to see at the Tribeca film festival, from Tom Hanks to Taxi Driver 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z But the cost of living in Oakland was far higher than what Ms. Hanson was used to in Chico, about three hours north of the Bay Area. How Quitting a Job Changed My Personal Finances 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z “He and I went off and did 30 minutes of breathing exercises,” Beam said from his home in Oakland, where he’s managing a season delayed indefinitely by the coronavirus. ‘Last Chance U’ Travels to Oakland, Just Like the Players 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Alongside other Black-led organizations and Black artists, BCZ is working with Oakland Endeavors, Oakland Art Murmur, and the Oakland Museum to de-install panels and store them in facilities throughout the city. What is the fate of BLM protest art? 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z "The Beating of Our Hearts," which largely concerns Occupy Oakland, is as long as it is tiring. Self and concept collide in experimental collection 'When the Sick Rule the World' 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Atlanta, Oakland, Calif., Phoenix, and Hyattsville, Md., all boast their own little galleries. Free Little Art Galleries are popping up everywhere, spreading their bite-size charm nationwide 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The two began to fall in love that spring as they hiked around Berkeley and Oakland and talked nightly on the phone. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z It was a chance encounter with Tompkins at a flea market in the Oakland, Calif., area in 1985 that convinced Leon, a psychotherapist, to dedicate his life to collecting quilts by African-American artists. African-American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z “If I’m not in in the next 20 minutes, I’m gone,” said Mallory Sager, 33, of Oakland, Calif. “It’s all a risk-reward balance.” The Line Dance of the Pandemic 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Before it was Oakland, it was the home of the Huichin people, who resisted Spanish colonialism but were eventually enslaved, massacred and displaced. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago, she moved from Chicago to Oakland, where she rented a $750 studio apartment and waitressed her way through college. San Francisco Restaurants Can’t Afford Waiters. So They’re Putting Diners to Work. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z A Southwest Airlines plane flying into Burbank, Calif., from Oakland rolled off the runway during landing Thursday morning. Southwest Airlines flight rolls off runway at California airport 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Ask anyone about Brooklyn or Oakland and words like “gentrification” and “hipsters” will inevitably sneak into the conversation. GoldLink’s ‘At What Cost’ documents a D.C. that’s disappearing. Here’s how the album came together. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z We agreed to meet in an East Oakland parking lot at 11:30 on a Friday morning. Riding along with a mobile marijuana dispensary 2012-10-15T01:00:00Z She’s been playing music since kindergarten, and attended Bumbershoot as a teenager, but the route to making it her profession was circuitous, including four universities while studying neurosciences and a baking apprenticeship in Oakland. Beyond the headliners: Madeline Kenney, Jason McCue aim to make the most of their first Bumbershoot 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In 1987, her twin sister, Joyce, introduced her to the Creative Growth program for artists with developmental disabilities in Oakland, Calif., where she spent the rest of her life making art. Wrapped in Complexity 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z A laid back local watering hole, The Hatch is a good jumping off point for experiencing Oakland’s rapidly changing downtown. Five Places to Visit in Oakland With Fantastic Negrito 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The same cycle of violence keeps happening in Oakland, Detroit, Miami, Houston, Chicago.” Lupe Fiasco: 'I'm afraid Chicago is dying' 2012-10-03T19:18:00Z Last month, two Children’s Hospital Oakland doctors and three outside physicians brought in by the girl’s family declared her brain dead. Jahi McMath is not alive: When life support sets a dangerous precedent 2014-01-07T15:47:00Z When he stopped, in 2012, Oakland, California, gave him the key to the city. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z Walking around Oakland, it’s easy to spot unironic displays of civic pride that have nothing to do with defining Oakland in opposition to San Francisco. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Ms. Cooper lived in Oakland, Calif., for many years and later moved to Texas before returning to the West Coast. J. California Cooper, author of tales of African American life, dies at 82 The sight of massive encampments adjacent to new bars and high-end coffee shops has become commonplace in Oakland. California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z I never owned a saxophone until I finished high school and went to Oakland, California. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Hodo Soy Beanery, in Oakland, had to find a way to streamline its process for making tofu, a food that takes lots of water to wash and chill. California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z “As artists whose context has always been that city, what’s being lost — erased, ignored — is terrifying,” Mr. Diggs said, noting the drastic drop in Oakland’s African-American population. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z London, born and raised in Oakland, emotionally recounted the program’s decision to later kick him out, after an altercation: “My life is in somebody else’s hands.” California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z In the ensuing days, officials in Oakland, Calif.; Atlanta; Houston and New York looked into people who made copycat threats. Gay Travelers on Where to Go From Here 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z De Robertis, who spoke by phone from her home in Oakland, moved to Los Angeles from her native Uruguay when she was 10. Carolina de Robertis talks about dancing through history with her novel 'The Gods of Tango' 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z One area in which many are hoping Oakland can be both cutting edge and truly supportive of the community is technology. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z A measure to allow teens 16 and 17 to vote in school board elections is on Oakland’s 2020 ballot. More cities consider letting 16-year-olds vote in local elections 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “One of my primary jobs is to reflect reality,” he said from Oakland, Calif., last month. Jonathan Escoffery Has a Reality He’d Like to Share 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z She also was a bilingual teacher in the Oakland, Calif., public schools in the 1980s. Mummified body of Chicana author found in NM home 2013-05-13T16:55:09Z In a deal completed last week, Tartine became a part of Blue Bottle Coffee, a company based in Oakland and one that is also known for its artisanal products and cult following. Tartine Expansion Plans Include New York 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z If it finds a substantial audience, and some favor in the Motion Picture Academy, credit will go to Pitt, who not only stars as Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beans, but also produced the film. Moneyball at Toronto: Brad Pitt Hits a Solid Triple 2011-09-10T14:05:00Z The book is being sold by Mills College, a private liberal arts college in Oakland, California. Shakespeare's First Folio to be sold at auction in New York in April 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The two men play friends watching Oakland get gentrified beyond recognition, cracking jokes at the newcomers’ expense. Sundance films try to make moral urgency entertaining — including a Laura Dern #MeToo movie 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Daveed Diggs, born poor and “very happy” in Oakland, California, says his Jewish mother and African-American father informed him early on that he was going to be policed differently than many of his friends. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Purnell himself, based in Oakland, Calif., has been called “a living archive of the Bay’s queer and punk scenes.” ‘100 Boyfriends’ Tells Lewd and Lonely Stories of Desire and Heartbreak 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Most recently, Mr. Coogler directed “Black Panther,” which was set partly in Oakland and shattered a Hollywood myth about the overseas viability of movies rooted in black culture. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Casal tells me, “Oakland is a place where humor and brutality walk hand in hand,” and that’s what this film delivers. Sundance films try to make moral urgency entertaining — including a Laura Dern #MeToo movie 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Dr. Eke also completed his residency, and just a few days before the wedding, began working as a pediatrician at the Oakland Medical Center. A Busy Year and One to Remember 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Practically, she figures she may be able to recoup her expenses by selling the memoir at her church, Oakland, Calif's Heart and Soul Center of Light, and through her global network of friends. More retirees are self-publishing their memoirs as family legacy 2011-10-12T19:43:04Z When the couple moved back to Philly, Mr. Vile operated a forklift at a local brewery, and met the singer Adam Granduciel, who had recently moved from Oakland. Kurt Vile, Indie Rock’s Charming Riddle 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z His concerts at Mills College in Oakland and at UCLA, in particular, were beacons for stoned audiences. Work-in-progress 'LSD: The Opera' is powerful musical theater 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z In recent years the artists removed commercial billboards to turn them into tents for homeless people in Oakland, Calif., and transformed a suite in Manhattan’s Trump International Hotel and Tower into a rat-infested presidential jail. From Homelessness to Donald Trump, This Art Group Takes on All 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z In Oakland, a center for restorative justice helps offenders take responsibility for their crimes and make amends outside the corrections system. Building Public Places for a Covid World 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z One rap from Seattle, the other doo-wop from Oakland. Intentionally grainy videos by Seattle's Sol, Oakland's Hunx and His Punx 2011-08-10T14:58:09Z The Oakland Sister Circle has helpfully broken down the anatomy of the macktivist so we can better identify him when needed. What do you call a “male feminist” who only wants to pick up women? Meet the “macktivists” 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The black man was the legendary Gene Upshaw, whose 15-year career as a guard for the Oakland Raiders landed him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Lonnae O’Neal: Terri Upshaw says she had to choose between family and love 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Williams' performances lately, especially in Denver and Oakland, have been meltdowns. Embattled comedian Katt Williams comes to Seattle 2012-11-22T14:14:42Z A large watercolor by Tsherin Sherpa, of Oakland, Calif., features an angry blue giant with a vulture perched on his shoulder and flames roiling behind him. Art Review: Rubin Museum Show of Contemporary Tibetans 2010-08-19T21:54:00Z The thing about Oakland is people there are so prideful of the city. Daveed Diggs: “[Thomas] Jefferson would not f**k with Trump, period” 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Oakland put the names of a few dozen equity hopefuls into a lottery and pulled names to see who could pursue a dispensary license. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z This is important to keep in mind as we get to know Stanfield’s Cassius, who goes by Cash, an Oakland twenty-something in desperate need of a job. "Sorry to Bother You" speaks the hidden truths of "white voice" out loud 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z “Why has Oakland not been more known for film? Because there has never been the necessary market support,” said David Roach, director of the Oakland International Film Festival. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z And that completely surprised me, I thought it was going to be the Oaklands or Boulder, Colorados. Secrets of longevity can be taught, and "conservative cities have been better" at adopting them 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Hood’s upcoming work includes the landscape of the planned International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., and a redesign of outdoor gardens and terraces at the Oakland Museum of California. Walter Hood Wins the Gish Prize 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z After returning from their cross-country road trip in August 2021, they moved into their current home in Oakland and soon turned their focus to wedding planning. In Napa Valley, a Commitment to One Another, and to Showcasing Diversity 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The governor has lived in Oakland since 1994 and remains one of the city’s biggest cheerleaders, favorably citing its “edgy quality.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z She arrived in Oakland one week before shelter-in-place orders took hold. This Is Not the America These Au Pairs Were Expecting 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z And in an interview with National Journal, the mayor of Oakland, Jean Quan, citing the city’s thriving arts and food scenes, proclaimed, “We’re a little bit like Brooklyn.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z The film is based on the true story of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, who was killed by police in Oakland, California, on New Year's Eve in 2008 and whose death sparked riots against police brutality. "Fruitvale," "Blood Brothers" win top awards at Sundance 2013-01-27T04:42:03Z Born in Oakland, Hawkins studied for his divinity degree at the University of California, Berkeley. Award-winning gospel singer Walter Hawkins dies 2010-07-12T04:24:00Z An early sequence of Shields’s film stitches together the voices of some of Oakland’s most famous residents: Alice Walker, Bruce Lee, Sly Stone, Bill Russell, Maxine Hong Kingston. The Profound Silence of Marshawn Lynch 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z She furthered her study of ballet at Mills College, in Oakland, Calif., where she graduated in 1958. Trisha Brown, choreographer who revolutionized dance in the 20th century, dies at 80 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z It wasn’t that I was looking to reclaim the highway, or the state, when I embarked on the trip in the opposite direction from my home in Oakland last month. California’s Highway 1, With Memory Riding Shotgun 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Oakland’s fourth site of tuff sheds, which officials now call “cabin communities”, is scheduled to open this month on a city lot that housed a burned-down library. California is moving homeless people into sheds – but is it right? 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z But before acting and producing, Asomugha was considered one of the best cornerbacks in the National Football League, playing 11 seasons for the Oakland Raiders and other teams before retiring in 2013. For His Second Act, Nnamdi Asomugha Made Preparation His Byword 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Despite the challenges of sustaining themselves financially, Oakland’s arts groups are cautiously optimistic about the city’s cultural prospects. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z Del Rio spent a year away from the game after being fired by Oakland following the 2017 season. ESPN hires former Jaguars, Raiders coach Del Rio as analyst 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z A brief slice of lo-fi neo-soul from an Oakland band, “Feel That Again” explores how elusive a moment of bliss can be. The Playlist: Kane Brown Confronts Gun Violence, and 12 More New Songs 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Ferguson runs a skateboard academy in Oakland, offering introduction and intensive skateboarding camp programs for youth. A Place for Us to Skate 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Once he stopped playing, Jackson fervently tried to make Robinson’s vision a reality, attempting to buy first the Oakland As, then the Dodgers. ‘Reggie’ Review: Reggie Jackson on Himself, Racism and, Yes, Baseball 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Davis unexpectedly moved the team back to Oakland, saying there were no "adequate and already existing" stadiums in Los Angeles. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Opened in 1916, Merchant’s Saloon is now the real first and last chance to get a drink in Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Yes, the timing’s just about perfect for another studio album from Oakland agit-rappers the Coup. Album review: The Coup, 'Sorry to Bother You' 2012-11-05T17:11:00Z And then there’s 2, which was the number of shows this Oakland, Calif., rapper performed last week, on Thursday and Friday, at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, his first full concerts in New York. Music Review: Too Short Brings Bay Area Rap to the Knitting Factory 2012-01-30T22:51:39Z In July, the Oakland City Council passed a resolution urging an investigation into the merger, calling it “sudden, confusing, and done with very little transparency.” 9/11 Memorial & Museum Names New Leader 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The eight-year-old company in Oakland, Calif., is tiny compared with General Mills and Kellogg. Healthier Cereals Snare a Spot on New York School Menus 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Eleanor Thibeaux, 28, of Oakland, Calif., said she and friends were flying to London planning to try for tickets through the lottery. Benedict Cumberbatch, a Hamlet Who’s One Hot Ticket in London 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z This weekend’s reopening of the Oakland Museum of California, dedicated to exploring the state’s historical, artistic and natural heritage, will be another major step in the city’s cultural renaissance. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z Girma grew up in Oakland and is of Ethiopian and African American descent. In its 25th year, the Getty's Multicultural Internship Program is changing the face of arts leadership in L.A. 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Just across the Bay is Oakland, where Lee famously faced off with the Bay Area’s martial arts establishment in a fight with Wong Jack Man. 5 off-the-beaten-path getaway destinations that are particularly relevant in 2020 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z And he was a second-round draft pick of the Oakland A’s in 1973, a year I thought I might get drafted. John Grisham on Judges, Innocence and the Judgments He Ignores 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Can a 21st-century upgrade raise the level of public engagement of a project that was already as determinedly populist as the original Oakland Museum? A California Museum Gives the People What They Want 2010-05-13T14:46:00Z "I went to see him at the Keystone," a woman said in Oakland – talking about a small club in Palo Alto, south of San Francisco, the opposite of a glamorous venue. Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Instead, she will perform “Bad Blood,” “Style” and the rest of her recent hits for Houstonians on Sept. 9, when the Astros will be playing an away game in Oakland. Taylor Swift Had to Move a Tour Date Because the Astros Are Good This Year 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z All were going to be flown to the U.S. for the California International Antiquarian Book Fair in Oakland, which took place last weekend. Books worth $2.5 million stolen in a daring London heist 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Not surpisingly, that project's DNA runs strong through "Fade to Orange," which premiered with the Oakland East Bay Symphony in 2011. West Coast drummer Scott Amendola attempts to 'Fade to Orange' 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Later, when he would give interviews on the radio, Riley liked to play up his Oakland drawl. The Many Voices of Boots Riley 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z He was speaking to reporters outside Oakland Children's Hospital on Wednesday. Father of toddler shot in Oakland says he's better 2011-12-01T02:13:18Z He said he was sorry to see that the peaceful shutdown of the Port of Oakland ended in broken shop windows. Rappers take to mic in Oakland Occupy protest 2011-11-07T18:14:15Z “Everywhere you turned, you would see something strange or disorienting,” Jerome said of the production, which filmed for six months in New Orleans and Oakland last year. How ‘I’m a Virgo’ Pulled Off Old-School Movie Magic 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A brightly colored Quonset hut on a West Oakland street appears to be sprouting sunflowers, but it is actually the studio and home of Mark Bulwinkle, an artist. | Local Intelligence: Bulwinkleland 2012-03-04T05:20:51Z The foundation said that Oakland artist Favianna Rodriguez will “explore the intersections between mass incarceration and immigrant detention with the goal of devising a cultural strategy that envisions a world free of prisons.” Rauschenberg Foundation announces grants for art projects about incarceration 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z I lived in Oakland for several years, but I am not from Oakland. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z His reward, he said, is the opportunity to tell people what happened on an Oakland train platform four years ago and give them the perspective that comes from "spending time with a character like Oscar." For 'Fruitvale Station' director, film school and football pay off 2013-07-25T14:11:50Z Ms. Caskey grew up in Oakland, Calif., where her parents still live. Mom, and Maybe the Supreme Court, Said It Was Time to Get Married 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The group was lauded for taking over a vacant property in West Oakland which it eventually purchased through a land trust. The Abandoned Houses of Instagram 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Satterfield, who recently moved from Oakland, Calif., back to Atlanta, his hometown, is trying not to worry about how the show will be received or the spotlight that will shine on him. The Making of ‘High on the Hog,’ Bringing Black Food History to TV 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z In Oakland, she shares an apartment with two roommates — one Jewish and the other Palestinian. What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Many people seem to be hoping that the Oakland-as-Brooklyn narrative — or at the very least, the idea that Oakland is a top-flight creative capital — takes off. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z In “Moneyball,” he tracked the astonishing success of Billy Beane, the general manager who turned the Oakland A’s from underdogs into championship contenders by relying on statistics rather than acquiring star players. Michael Lewis Explores Why People Tend to Go With Their Guts 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The vending machines also appear in Nashville, Tenn.; Oakland, Calif.; Kansas City; Honolulu — and elsewhere. Mariano Rivera joins in 'Giving Machines' effort to help Americans donate to charity 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z As for Tassafaronga, the Oakland Police Department last year recorded a 25 percent drop in crime compared with 2007 in the old housing complex. Architecture Review: Tassafaronga Village and Richardson Apartments in Bay Area 2012-10-10T21:59:44Z Garbus and her gang of Oakland misfits did exactly that at a sold-out Fonda Theatre on Thursday night. At the Fonda, tUnE-yArDs gets primal 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z McKuen was born in Oakland in 1933 and wrote later of an unhappy childhood and the abuse he endured at the hands of his stepfather. Rod McKuen, prolific songwriter and poet, dies at 81 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Right now my heart is breaking," said Cherry's great aunt, Patricia Sims, of Oakland, Calif. "This has really been a tragedy. Maple Valley woman was victim in Las Vegas cab crash that followed shootout 2013-02-23T18:17:57Z OAKLAND, Calif. — Comic Katt Williams is being sued over his onstage meltdown and aborted performance in Oakland. Comic Katt Williams sued over aborted performance 2012-11-27T13:32:09Z From the gold rush to the Black Panther movement, Oakland is steeped in history. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z It serves more than 1,000 people a day in Oakland and in a sister San Jose dispensary and employs 150 people, DeAngelo said. 'Marijuana superstore' wins legal battle over medical pot shops in California 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z After chronicling other Oakland institutions, Nicks had set out to document a year in the life of the multicultural teenagers of Oakland. At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z These stories are set in Chile and Texas and Manhattan and Oakland, places Berlin knew well, and they feature women who learn to think early about what to take and what to leave in life. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Oz was startled when he came across the puppet years ago in the attic of his family home in Oakland — “I thought, ‘Oh My God.’” The Saga of a World War II Ancestor of Miss Piggy, Bert and Yoda 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z At a women-run bookstore in Oakland, Calif., the pair picked up a magazine called “Country Women” published by a feminist agriculture collective in Northern California. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Second-Wave Feminism 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Get to know Oakland through its unique history of community, solidarity, and music – and the people who make it what it is. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The first Chic show was at a club called Casanova in Atlantic City, and the very next show was at Oakland Stadium, in front of 70,000 people. Music festivals guide 2012: Q&A with Nile Rodgers 2012-05-25T23:20:00Z The baseball playoffs are underway, and the Oakland Athletics will be staying home after a disappointing year. What’s on TV Wednesday: A Baby Elephant Documentary and a Beatles Musical 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z He plays Billy Beane, the real-life general manager of Major League Baseball's Oakland A's, who is famed for reinventing the game by running a competitive team in a cost-effective way. Brad Pitt aims for home run with "Moneyball" 2011-09-10T15:32:44Z Faced with increasing rents in San Francisco, many artists and arts organizations have relocated across the Bay since the mid-1990s, finding less expensive quarters in Oakland’s many abandoned warehouses and low-income neighborhoods. Arts: In Oakland, Museum Reopens and Arts Spur Growth 2010-05-02T04:56:00Z After they arrived in Oakland in 1951, Oz’s parents founded the San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild, and the family living room became a gathering spot for puppet makers and enthusiasts from across the region. The Saga of a World War II Ancestor of Miss Piggy, Bert and Yoda 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “Oakland is becoming the creative engine of the Bay Area.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z The bride and groom flew to St. Lucia two days later for a two-week honeymoon, before returning to their home in Oakland, where they look forward to life as a married couple, Mr. Childs said. For Middle School Sweethearts, a Second Chance 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z And Ms. Woodman’s son, Charles, a video artist who lives in Oakland, Calif, said his mother “pushed the envelope for ceramics, moving it from a craft into fine art.” A New Look at a Groundbreaking Ceramics Artist 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Still, coming to Oakland felt, for the first time, like coming home. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Her world was school, church and her parents’ cafe in downtown Oakland. Up Close: An MTV Star?s Side Gig at the Hester Street Fair 2010-07-07T21:19:00Z Do you even remember Hoffman as irascible Oakland A’s manager Art Howe in “Moneyball,” baffled by Brad Pitt’s crazy ideas? Philip Seymour Hoffman: As great as Bogart? 2014-02-03T13:30:00Z Last year, VegNews, a vegan-oriented website, ran a travel article titled “11 Reasons Why Oakland Is the New Brooklyn,” calling it “the new vegan mecca.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Oakland councilwoman Desley Brooks said she hoped the city’s program would be a model for other governments. The activists helping illegal pot dealers turn into legit marijuana businessmen 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In a statement, the fellow Oakland filmmaker calls Nicks “a master filmmaker with an uncanny ability to bring us closer to subjects that are important to our social fabric but so often overlooked.” In ‘Homeroom,’ an unprecedent school year caught on film 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z A tented village will be a sight to behold on Oaklands Park as American showman Phineas T Barnum comes to town. The Boy Who Cried Wolf!; Barnum; Daytona: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-13T05:00:15Z Oakland, the birthplace of the Black Panther party, is known for radical politics and racial tensions. Cannabis capitalism: who is making money in the marijuana industry? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Oakland also happens to be Riley’s hometown; long before he began directing he was primarily known as the frontman for the hip-hop group The Coup. "Sorry to Bother You" speaks the hidden truths of "white voice" out loud 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Afterward, the Oakland duo Main Attrakionz played a long, cloudy set joined by oodles of friends, colleagues and hangers-on. ArtsBeat: CMJ: Go Where the Night Takes You 2012-10-18T10:31:45Z So, at 23, she took a job at a crematory in Oakland. ‘Something I’m Always Trying to Do Is Get You to Hang Out With Dead Bodies’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z In Oakland, tensions are mounting over gentrification, exemplified by Uber’s corporate expansion into downtown and recent clashes over church noise in a changing West Oakland neighborhood. Quilts With a Sense of Place, Stitched in Oakland 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z At the Oakland location, opened in the 1970s, a mural spans the outside wall, depicting the iconic image of a rifle-wielding Malcolm X peering out of a window. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Born in Oakland, California, Hanneman was raised in a military household. Jeff Hanneman: ferocious Slayer guitarist 2013-05-03T13:15:07Z Since the publication of Moneyball the Oakland personnel, and their ideas, have spread out across the league and their methods assimilated into mainstream thinking. Summer readings: Moneyball by Michael Lewis 2011-07-29T09:25:00Z Newton had a way of being tough on the streets, the mean streets of Oakland he grew up in, but he managed to conceal it from his respectable friends, black and white. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z Gabriele’s fascination with this stranger builds in inverse proportion to her interest in her own life, which largely consists of a kind, doting boyfriend and a cheap Oakland apartment. Intrigued by a Mysterious Customer, a Young Bookseller Sets Out to Find Him 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The Dallas-based carrier flies more passengers in and out of California each year than any other airline, thanks primarily to a dominance in midsize cities including Burbank, San Diego, Oakland and San Jose. Alaska Airlines wants to replace Southwest Airlines as California’s go-to airline 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z “Driving in Oakland traffic on the way to my submarine,” she said. James Cameron’s “Deepsea Challenge 3D” Premiere 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z His home back in Oakland eventually became so crowded with quilts that he built a two-story addition to accommodate them. African-American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z He’d crossed the country by train and taken a ferry from Oakland. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z This vivid, informed account of his life and times was the catalog to the 2017 full-dress retrospective that Ms. Landauer organized at the Oakland Museum of California. Roy De Forest’s Greatness Shines Even in a Virtual Display 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z And American standup Katt Williams has been dragged offstage by his own security at a gig in Oakland, California, after a rambling, chaotic gig ended with Williams challenging a heckler to a fight. Alan Davies in hot water – and some undignified comic scraps 2012-11-20T18:04:43Z “Whereas they can come to Oakland and they might not live in the nicest part of town necessarily, but you can afford to live here.” Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z Mr. Hawkins founded his own church in Oakland, the Love Center Church, which he served as pastor, and with it he founded a choir, the Love Center Choir. Walter Hawkins, Gospel Composer and Singer, Dies at 61 2010-07-14T06:15:00Z Oakland police said in a statement they were still investigating the armed robbery that occurred Sunday afternoon and had not yet made any arrests. ‘Jeopardy!’ champion Amy Schneider robbed in Oakland 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z The groom’s father retired as a founder of Tantes Catering in Oakland, Calif. Zoë Harris, Simon Lazarre-Bloom 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z On Friday, Ms. Schneider went to the Heart and Dagger Saloon in Oakland to watch herself play. ‘Jeopardy!’ Hasn’t Had a Player Like Amy Schneider 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Oakland’s current gentrification and the resulting clash — often with racist overtones, as with the recent #BBQBecky incident, in which a white woman called the police on black picnickers — have stoked creativity anew. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The Oakland Museum is displaying 60 pieces with silver and gold boomerangs, amoebas and off-kilter grids, twisted around pebbles, onyx and quartz. Antiques: Loving ?Lover?s Eyes? and Loving Cereal 2012-02-02T23:17:03Z The complex life of the world’s most ubiquitous footwear may flash before the eyes in “Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture” at the Oakland Museum of California. ‘Out of the Box’ Explores the Rise of the Sneaker 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Brown grew up in Richmond, Calif., just north of Oakland, in a musical family. Justin Brown Is a Monster on Drums. Now He’s a Bandleader, Too. 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z A couple of pop-up restaurants, several pilgrimages to Japan and countless slurped bowls later, the three Alice Waters alums opened Ramen Shop, Oakland's newest dining destination, in early January. T Magazine: Newfangled Noodles 2013-02-01T19:00:56Z Her mother, who is also retired, worked as a counselor for East Bay Perinatal Medical Associates in Oakland. Lila Miller, Jonathan Backer 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Axis, visiting from Oakland, Calif., began the evening’s onstage portion with “Divide” by the dance company’s guest artistic director Marc Brew. Review: Heidi Latsky Dance and Axis Dance at Skirball Center 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Alley Pond Environmental Center, Queens: The hiking trails at the center’s temporary location in the Oakland Gardens section are open. Virtual Encounters With Purring Cheetahs and Curious Penguins 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Some of these community centers, like the Intertribal Friendship House in Oakland, Calif., still exist today. My life as a Cleveland Indian: The enduring disgrace of racist sports mascots 2014-04-13T15:30:00Z The Bay Area was the first and second great migration from the South to the Port City of Oakland and San Francisco as a safe haven from people trying to leave the South. "Blindspotting" is a "truly American story" about living in a country addicted to imprisoning people 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Such seats are also a common sight across a few stylish cinemas nationwide, including Brooklyn's Nitehawk Cinema, Oakland's New Parkway Theater, Las Vegas' Eclipse Theaters, along with multiple Cinépolis and iPic locations. Five ways movie theaters are luring back audiences, from discounts to fancy concessions 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The gold rush brought in a large Chinese population, which laid the foundations for Oakland’s bustling Chinatown. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z So after closing the restaurant in 2013 and relocating to Oakland, Calif., he and his wife, Katie Mayfield, decided to create a second act where the focus would remain firmly on the food and drink. An Oakland Restaurant With Food That Begs for Beer 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z In June, Almanac Beer Company revealed plans to construct a brewery and taproom in Alameda, Calif., near Oakland. Beer Makers Who Used Other Breweries Are Opening Their Own 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The play’s Oakland residents argue about colorism, assimilation and the fallacies of trusting the system, embodying the tensions that propelled Newton’s broader ideologies about Blackness. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Currently, the “ocean ambassadors” are on view at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, the Oakland Zoo in California, and the Florida Aquarium in Tampa. When the Ocean Gives You Plastic, Make Animals 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Amtrak’s California Zephyr, considered by many rail enthusiasts to be among the most scenic long-distance train routes in the United States, operates between Chicago and Emeryville, Calif., near Oakland. Sharing Stories, and a View, Aboard the California Zephyr 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z On the first Friday night of each month, a large wall of an Oakland office complex morphs into an outdoor theater. | Local Intelligence: The Great Wall 2012-01-15T04:33:03Z After Mexican independence and the Mexican Revolution, the Latino population in Oakland boomed. A guide to Oakland’s rich history and resilience, from a waterfront saloon to the shores of Lake Merritt 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, though not guilty of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, a verdict which sparked protests and small-scale rioting in Oakland. Trayvon Martin acquittal coincides with release of Fruitvale Station 2013-07-15T10:26:18Z Starting 12 May, there are direct, cheap flights to Oakland from London Gatwick with Norwegian that make a trip to the “Brooklyn by the Bay” easier. Oakland city guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The appeals court also ruled that the Raiders were obligated to share with the league revenue gained from their lease in Oakland. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Riley’s Oakland is scroungy, but it has a beauty to it worth cherishing. "Sorry to Bother You" speaks the hidden truths of "white voice" out loud 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Gentrification is as ubiquitous a topic in the cafes and bars of Oakland as pour-over coffee and Google buses are in San Francisco. Oakland: Brooklyn by the Bay 2014-05-02T22:36:02Z I am a senior and the sole caretaker for my partner, who would be staying at home here in Oakland, has Parkinson’s, so I run on a pretty tight schedule. Another rescheduled flight has yet another would-be traveler fighting for a refund | Travel Troubleshooter 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z There was just something about that part of Oakland that was appealing to me. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z “I went to lunch today in a black restaurant here in Oakland and as I was sitting at the table I noticed that they were serving Hunt’s Catsup,” Parker wrote. Mourning the Letters That Will No Longer Be Written, and Remembering the Great Ones That Were 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z She briefly worked a summer job at Capwell’s department store in downtown Oakland; so did I, about a decade later. Patty Hearst’s America: What “American Heiress” gets wrong (and right) about an insane time and place 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Anonymous, Oakland, Calif. Problem is, careers in the Mother Teresa trade are not terribly lucrative. 2010-01-30T01:36:00Z Angela Davis’s house, in the Oakland Hills, is where I got my first sunburn. The Long Road to Angela Davis’s Library 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z By 1993 he had moved to Oakland, Calif., drawn by the tattoo scene. A Tattoo Master, Off the Street, Into the Gallery 2011-03-25T20:47:08Z |
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