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The Midas Touch

December 20, 2016 Marabet Morales Sikahall

The typical immigrant narrative tends to showcase the struggle more than success. But what if there was a way or one person who could balance this type of narrative? I am positive that there

Sequoyah Highlands An Inner City Surburb

December 19, 2016 Monica Green

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

Friday Mornings at Arsola’s

May 3, 2016 Bill Joyce

In the lot tucked between Castlemont High and Center of Hope Church along MacArthur Blvd., three women are pulling down the flap of a pop-up tent. It’s an extra task, one of many, on this

Mercy Retirement and Care Center, the highly regarded residence and service provider for senior citizens for nearly 110 years in the Fruitvale District, is not a likely venue for a book- signing. It is an

Las Posadas Tradition continues

December 31, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

Growing up in East Oakland, in a Mexican-Catholic home, one of my favorite traditions about the holidays were Las Posadas at our local church in Jingletown. Las Posadas are a nine-day celebration celebrated throughout Mexico.

I Am Because We Are – OCO celebrates

December 30, 2015 Bill Joyce

Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) member Tracy Phillips scanned the tables spread out at the Eastmont Mall office during the group’s annual holiday gathering. “Like bees in a hive,” she mused. It was the culmination of

Santa, where you might not expect him

December 29, 2015 Randy Filio

Santa is everywhere on Christmas day. You can find him at your local grocery store, bus stop, at your favorite restaurant and just about anywhere were he has to go to create smiles in children

Barbara Zavala – The Personification of Giving Back

October 28, 2015 Bill Joyce

The morning wash flapped in the breeze in the backyard of the Oakland Catholic Worker (OCW), near the corner of International Blvd and 50th, on a recent Tuesday morning. Upstairs, a young mother — a

Cooking with Integrity, Despite the Challenges

October 20, 2015 Marilu Aguilar

I don’t always walk the International Blvd. corridor between 23rd and 25th Street alone. I try to convince myself that it’ll be fine and that I’ll be safe, but a few months ago, a random

A True Trailblazer in Oakland

October 14, 2015 Mustafa Solomon

Stan Dodson is the executive producer of the film, “Trailhead.” He is also the manager of La Farine Bakery in the Dimond District and past board member of the Dimond Improvement Association and Friends of