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Oakland’s Belles and Chimes is the first women’s-only pinball league
Apparently, pinball’s gender issues extend beyond the bikini-clad babes featured in the artwork of certain machines. The top 25 players in the world, according to the International Flipper Pinball...
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Boxing gloves meet bocce balls at Oakland benefit event
In a cross-cultural night of charity, an old Italian tradition mingled with an Uptown Oakland vibe to benefit urban youth.
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A safe place to work out for the LGBTQ community
After feeling uncomfortable at corporate gyms, Nathalie Huerta founded The Perfect Sidekick, a dedicated gym for LGBTQ athletes.
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Bay Oaks Botafogo team kicks their way into college
Over the last couple of years, the Bay Oaks Botafogo 96' youth soccer team has racked up 129 wins, claimed the California Youth Soccer Association two years in a row, and finished in third place at...
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Young girls learn about health and fitness through Double-Dutch
Oakland, once a hub for Double-Dutch jump rope competitions, is now staging a revival of the sport as its mission is to help inner city children fight obesity. “We used to have competitions back in...
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Changes ahead for East Oakland Sports Center
In the future, the EOSC plans to expand by adding an outdoor competition swimming pool, a two-court basketball gymnasium with an elevated running track, three soccer fields and additional parking.
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Q&A with Hip Hop Chess Federation founder on partnership with East Bay schools
Banjoko once lived in Oakland and was a part of the ‘90s Bay Area Hip Hop music scene. Currently, he is teaching chess and life strategies to students at Encinal High School in Alameda through a...
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Mayoral candidate: Peter Liu
When he turned 23, Army veteran Peter Y. Liu came home from Iraq and found that there wasn’t a job waiting for him in his military specialty, journalism. The largest metropolitan newspapers on the...
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Mayoral candidate: incumbent Mayor Jean Quan
Undaunted by critics of her leadership, incumbent Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, the first Asian American woman elected to lead a major U.S. metropolis, is fighting to keep her job at City Hall. Her...
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Concussed: East Bay high school athletes battle concussions
Approximately, six million kids play tackle or flag football, absorbing an average of 650 hits to the head every season. However, the crisis of concussions is growing in all sports.
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Raider Nation players reach out to “survivors”
Members of the NFL's Oakland Raiders took some time to befriend and pass on gifts to female cancer patients as part of October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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With Giants in the World Series, A’s fans learn to love thy neighbor
It's hard being a die-hard A's fan when the Giants are doing their World Series thing again. Especially when it feels like the entire Bay Area has caught Giants fever–even AC Transit buses in Oakland...
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Oakland North spotlight: California Canoe and Kayak
Mike Wang, an employee at California Canoe and Kayak, explains how he developed an affinity for water and how he continues to enjoy water sports with his work, including paddling into the office.
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Billy Beane: The math, money and mastermind behind the Oakland A’s...
The 2014 season for the Oakland Athletics was full of ups and downs. The A’s got off to a great start, achieving a 59-36 record, which was the best in baseball by the All-Star break. Oakland also had...
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“The Run and Only” basketball league gives the NBA a run for its money
Two years ago, Jake Anderson took three friends from India to an NBA basketball game. To his surprise, his friends weren’t very impressed with what they saw. “We thought basketball games were fast and...
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Runners from around the world join the fun at the sixth annual Oakland...
Bumping music, energetic people and booths selling food were all apart of the festivities at the sixth annual Oakland Running Festival on Sunday. The day included a marathon, half-marathon, a 4-person...
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Balancing life as a roller derby girl
Huck Sinn’s life was falling apart, including her relationships. After she stopped going to grad school, she moved from San Francisco to the East Bay, where she started “dating herself.” “I was taking...
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California considers a new law for cheerleader pay, in wake of three suits...
A state bill to grant professional cheerleaders a minimum wage, workers’ benefits and overtime compensation, sponsored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, has passed the Assembly and is now in the state...
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Raiders visit Children’s Hospital Oakland
A visit from Oakland Raiders football players brightened the day for patients, families, and medical staff at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.
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Raider Nation pleads to NFL executives to keep their team in Oakland
Hundreds of Raiders football fans gathered at the Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland for a public hearing hosted by NFL executives about the future of the beloved team.
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