An art exhibit with silhouettes of African American women on display.

Oakland Voices Alumna’s Hannah Moore’s Curation at EastSide Arts

By Brandy Collins Posted September 22, 2021 8:15 am

The space at EasSide Arts Alliance became a place for acknowledging the act of ritual and worship beginning September 17, with the opening night of “Spiritual Technologies.” In the center of the wide open space,[Read more]

cellular image of novel coronavirus with the word Oakland above

Oakland schools start reopening next week

By Rasheed Shabazz Posted March 22, 2021 6:46 am

Schools to reopen with 'equity' in mind.

One in five homeless students in Oakland not attending online class

By Momo Chang Posted October 22, 2020 8:50 am

High rates of Oakland's homeless, foster, and new immigrant students have dropped out from online learning.

New COVID-19 cases slowing in Oakland; reopening limited activities possible

By Rasheed Shabazz Posted October 13, 2020 7:00 am

New cases of COVID-19 in Alameda County seem to be slowing down after spiking multiple times this summer. As of this weekend, Alameda County has 22,149 COVID-19 cases. Oakland has 8,671 coronavirus cases. In Alameda[Read more]

A smiling Latinx woman holds up a cookbook.

“Para Chuparse Los Dedos” (“Finger-licking Good”) Central American Recipes and Stories from the East Bay

By Marabet Morales Sikahall Posted September 30, 2020 9:10 am

Cut off from our homelands as refugees not able to return, our food recipes are core to the Central American identity.

A beautiful soup with corn and other vegetables is on display on a white table.

Sopa de res, a Salvadoran soup recipe from “Para Chuparse Los Dedos”

By Marabet Morales Sikahall Posted September 30, 2020 9:10 am

Read the article by Marabet Morales about the new Central American-focused cookbook and oral history project. SOPA DE RES Serves 6-8 Ingredients: 2-3 pounds of beef bone (You can ask the meat butcher to cut[Read more]