Puppeteer Randal J Metz works behind the scenes to prepare for a puppet show at Fairyland on June 21, 2024 in Oakland, CA. The theater is the oldest continuously operating puppet theater in the United States.
An accomplished painter, John Leamy III is in his fourth year teaching art at Bret Harte Middle School. He's beautified the hallways with murals of local and national heroes.
Oakland’s dangerous High Street has been repaved and redesigned. Yet, even with new concrete islands, pedestrian lights, and speed bumps, locals say speeding is still a huge problem.
For 3 decades, kids at St. Paul’s Episcopal School have been studying Lake Merritt’s birds – identifying and counting them –and feeding that data to Cornell University's Ornithology lab.
Keenan Foster preps students for the upcoming East Oakland Vocal Festival—the second annual concert featuring more than 100 East Oakland students showcasing the vocal skills they’ve honed over the year. Foster is the director of the nonprofit 'Town Business Inc' which partners with other organizations to provide vocal classes to inner city schools.
Recall organizers demand a speedy, special election to decide Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price’s future.
For over 30 years, East Oakland resident and ordained minister Rebecca Washington-Ogbebor has designed and sewn traditional African attire for community.
Oakland A's boycott - Thousands of fans skipped the home opener to attend the “Block Party Boycott” protesting the team’s move to Las Vegas.
Battle of the Books - 6 OUSD elementary schools, plus two private schools, came together for a cross-community book club and competition
The Self-Help Hunger Program has operated for close to 15 years on a small triangular park on the Oakland-Berkeley border, known as Jasper P. Driver Plaza or simply “The Island.” “Aunti” Frances Moore, a former Black Panther, started the Program, modeling it after the Panthers’ free breakfast initiative.