October 2022 - Oakland Voices

Oakland Holds Firefighting Camp for Girls and Non-Binary Teens

October 25, 2022 Momo Chang

The Oakland Fire Department hosted a firefighting camp, the first of its kind in Oakland, in partnership with NorCal First Alarm Girls Fire Camp in September. More than 60 teens signed up for the weekend

a mariachi band plays under a tent that says "CIL" on the top

The Center for Independent Living’s Taco Truck Festivities in the Fruitvale

October 21, 2022 Bill Joyce

The brisk morning air under gray skies didn’t chill the festive mood along International Boulevard last Friday on the lot of taco truck Aguachiles El Tamarindo. Billed as “a taco truck lot take-over,” the “Fruitvale

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“Every Song on this Album is a Love Song of Some Kind:” Hip-Hop Artist Mystic Chats About New Album

October 20, 2022 Brandy Collins

Mandolyn “Mystic” Ludlum, a longtime Oakland resident and Bay Area native, released her first solo album 20 years ago. In August, she released her third solo album, titled “Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved

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Corrina Gould on Returning Land to the Care of Indigenous People

October 11, 2022 Momo Chang

In a historic move, the City of Oakland along with the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust announced last month that a portion of the Oakland hills will be returned to the care of the Indigenous people

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Oakland Chef Matt Horn Wants to Help Train Next Generation of Pittmasters

October 3, 2022 Momo Chang

James Beard-nominated Oakland chef Matt Horn, whose popular barbecue spot in West Oakland often draws lines and who opened Kowbird earlier this year, is launching The Academy of Smoke, a program for Bay Area children