Oakland doesn’t get much love from the national press. Journalists often describe it as either San Francisco’s gritty hipster sibling (“Brooklyn by the Bay,” to quote the New York Times ), or as a segregated city wracked by crime....
Good news for fans of cats and Ira Glass impressions: a YouTube series called This American Cat exists....
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 the Bay Area is growing bleaker all the time....
These days, paying $3,000 for a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in San Francisco is increasingly hard to rationalize....
The local rap community is reeling from last night’s fatal shooting of Pittsburg, CA rapper The Jacka, who was shot in the head and killed at 94th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland....
In just a few years, I have watched downtown Oakland blossom from an urban ghost town to a booming, eclectic mix of unexpected beauty....
If you’re not into ladybugs or if you’re looking for a new natural wonder to check out in the East Bay, take note: the recent rains have brought out the newts!...
It isn’t news that rising rents have pushed many marginalized communities out of San Francisco....
Every winter, between the months of November and February, millions of ladybugs appear in the parks up in the Oakland hills....
It’s not just your friends moving to Oakland: now it’s your friendly neighborhood tech titans....
I just got back to the Bay after three months in New York City for work. While back East, I met quite a few former Bay Areans who had made their way to “the world’s most diverse city.” I also met folks from places other than the West Coast who seemed to know a thing or two about Bay Area geography....
There will be a public celebration on Friday, November 21 to check out the connector and take a free ride before it opens....
