This Man is Transforming Oakland One Awesome Custom Bike at a Time — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
I first met Tall Paul as he was walking out of the Oakland Home Depot toting a giraffe of a...
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Oakland Joins Exclusive List Alongside Detroit and Washington DC — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Jeremy Lybarger Oakland doesn’t get much love from the national press. Journalists often describe it as either San...
This American Life Parody Visits Oakland Cat Cafe — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Good news for fans of cats and Ira Glass impressions: a YouTube series called This American Cat exists. In the first and only episode so far, the writer and creator of this “paw cast,” Daniel Wolfe,...
Oakland’s Mayor Has a Solution for SF’s Housing Crisis — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Peter Lawrence Kane With talk about a moratorium on market-rate construction in the Mission — and Emeryville’s recent flirtation with a ban of its own — it seems the prospect of building more affordable housing in...
Stop Renting In SF And Own A House In Oakland Instead — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Punctuate These days, paying $3,000 for a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in San Francisco is increasingly hard to rationalize....
Remembering The Jacka, Bay Area Rap Hustler, Shot Dead in Oakland — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Tamara Palmer The local rap community is reeling from last night’s fatal shooting of Pittsburg, CA rapper The...
Why I Love Living in Downtown Oakland — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
In just a few years, I have watched downtown Oakland blossom from an urban ghost town to a booming, eclectic...
Go See Migrating Newts in Oakland/Berkeley — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Sarah Han Recently, I wrote about the millions of ladybugs that migrate to the Oakland hills. If you’re...
Oakland Becoming the Bay’s Queer Center
By Nastia Voynovskaya It isn’t news that rising rents have pushed many marginalized communities out of San Francisco. For...
Millions of Ladybugs Converge in Oakland Redwoods
By Sarah Han Every winter, between the months of November and February, millions of ladybugs appear in the parks up...
2 Big Tech Titans Have Eyes on Oakland — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Caleb Pershan It’s not just your friends moving to Oakland: now it’s your friendly neighborhood tech titans....
Coming to Terms with Oakland’s Changing Rep — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Jessica Lipsky I just got back to the Bay after three months in New York City for work. While...