Oakland Coliseum gets new life as ‘Election Super Center’
For almost ten months, the Athletics have kept the celebrations to themselves. Nearly 60,000 seats remain unoccupied at the Oakland Coliseum, as empty parking lots surround the sports complex. Players...
View ArticleNew Warriors jersey pays tribute to Oakland
When the Golden State Warriors unveiled new jerseys earlier this month, Jason Wong was confused. Wong, 41, is a Bay Area graphic designer and super-fan, owning more than 100 Warriors jerseys. As he...
View ArticleEast or West?: How the community is responding to the Oakland A’s plan for a...
The Athletics, the last professional sports team in Oakland, has found itself playing more defense—and little to no offense—in its grand plan to build a new stadium.
View ArticleAs COVID-19 infections rise, is this year’s ski season as safe as people think?
On Nov. 25, one day before Thanksgiving, Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe ushered in the first day of the snow season. At 9 a.m., the parking lot was already more than half full, with about 2,000 cars....
View ArticleNew information about pollution, traffic, noise at Oakland A’s ballpark site
Oakland recently released a draft of its environmental impact study on the proposed site of the new baseball stadium where the A's will make their home. The post New information about pollution,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Teen weightlifting champion from Oakland talks about Olympic dreams
Seth Evans, an Oakland middle-school student, won four gold medals this summer at the USA Weightlifting National Youth Championships in Detroit. Oakland North caught up with Seth and his father, Dion,...
View ArticleMaking mental health a priority, Oakland Roots adds therapist to soccer club
During every Oakland Roots home soccer game, Lisa Bonta Sumii stands on the opposite team’s sideline, carefully watching the players’ body language. At the end of a recent game, when she noticed...
View ArticleFor Oakland cyclists seeking art, it’s all about the journey
As they do every month, a dozen or so Oakland cyclists will strap on helmets for a casual ride through the city streets on Sunday, pausing along the way to look and learn about the art that others...
View ArticleWill A’s stadium project hurt more than help the community?
As the Oakland Athletics proceed to finalize a development agreement for the new baseball stadium at Howard Terminal, some community members who have been involved in the project worry that it won’t...
View ArticleVIDEO: ‘I want people to watch me and remember me,’ says figure skater...
Figure skater Michael Xie is a familiar face at the Oakland Ice Center, where he has been training for the past year and a half under coach Laura Lipetsky. The 16-year-old from Washington comes to...
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