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Feature

Dad’s Sundays at DeLauer’s

June 10, 2024 Dera R. Williams

A cherished Sunday ritual of Laybon Jones, Sr., an influential Oakland realtor and community leader, remembered by his daughter, Dera Williams, highlighting his love for literature and family traditions.

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Education

Serving up Literacy with the Currys—Eat. Learn. Play. BUS and the Oakland Literacy Coalition

September 30, 2021 Bill Joyce

Fabulously multi-colored and splashed with scenes from across Oakland, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s new BUS catered to every taste when it rolled out at the East Oakland Youth Development Center earlier this month.  Some 60

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Arts & Culture

‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries

February 17, 2021 Marabet Morales Sikahall

Libraries are physically closed, but they continue to serve their neighborhoods. One East Oaklander shares her experience.

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