What is a spiritual practice? Spirituality is a common thread that allows different orientations to thrive in 12-step programs that require a belief in a Higher Power, as a person understands. What is God or […]
Oakland is celebrating the Warriors’ Championship win. Go Warriors! Dub Nation! When the confetti clears and the Warriors head across the Bay, what can the old hometown expect? “The Warriors are committed to Oakland and […]
How does the Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) provide the equivalent of 28 million meals a year? What do volunteers do? How does an organization manage, train and keep 17,000 volunteers a year? Why […]
“I’m leaving here today Yes, I’m going back home to stay Yes, I’m walking to New Orleans” Fats Domino This is the first in a series about how one family is addressing inherited land. Taxes […]
After 10 days of consecutive rain, it seems like the sun and the whole San Antonio neighborhood were coming out to greet and welcome the opening of the Healthy Corner Store in East Oakland. Music […]
“2016 seems like it just went by in a minute!” my friend wrote in an email where we were bantering about the passage of time. “Now time just goes by in a flash! It really […]
Deep in East Oakland off the 98 Avenue exit of 580, about two miles up Golf Links Road is my neighborhood. Sequoyah Highlands is an inner city suburb nestled between Knowland Park’s permanent open […]
A night full of promise 7 p.m. Oakland Voices staff and a couple of community correspondents gathered in the East Bay Times foyer, found a space and learned that pizza was ordered; we chatted, and […]
Election Night and the happiest place in Oakland was the headquarters for Measure HH. Everyone was talking about the estimated $24 million that the beverage industry spent to fight measures in San Francisco and Oakland. […]
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