Local roller derby teams face off this weekend
All four B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls teams will compete in the league's Double Header Coastal Clash bout on Saturday night at The Craneway Pavilion in Richmond. The first match will be between the Oakland...
View ArticleThrough Power Soccer, an athlete in a wheelchair takes home a gold medal
When Kendra Scalia-Carrow discovered the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program's (BORP) Power Soccer group in 2006, she had no interest in joining the team. The 28-year-old, who suffers from Spinal...
View ArticleYogathon raises money for Children’s Hospital and African nonprofit
On Saturday, 200 Bay Area residents put on their stretchy yoga pants and unrolled their colourful exercise mats to help Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland. For eight hours, barefoot...
View ArticleSalsa in the Park brings memories of Havana to Oakland
From Cuban exiles to Bay Area salsa fanatics clad in nostalgic Cuban revolutionary gear and chomping the occasional cigar, Oakland’s Splash Pad Park was a crucible of various cultures Sunday as San...
View ArticleFrom Iraq to El Salvador, refugee children shine at Oakland Olympics
Forget about the London Olympics. Friday, the real Olympic fun was right here in Oakland at Soccer Without Borders’ Oakland Olympics, an annual event bringing together displaced refugee children...
View ArticleRaiders fans have mixed predictions for the team’s first season without Al Davis
Silver and black was out in full force Saturday afternoon as fans packed the O.co Coliseum parking lot hours before the Oakland Raiders defeated the Detroit Lions 31-20 in the third preseason game of...
View ArticleMayor’s office rallies sports fans to support Oakland teams
The amphitheater outside of City Hall was the site of a spirited pep rally for Oakland’s sports teams Monday morning, as Mayor Jean Quan led the crowd of about 100 fans in a “Let’s Go Oakland!” chant,...
View ArticleNorth Oakland academy teaches capoeira to area youth
On a Tuesday afternoon, in a Piedmont Avenue studio between a yogurt shop and a purveyor of vintage European goods, Yania Escobar has her kinder warriors—a half dozen 3 to 5 year olds -- gathered...
View ArticleAugust pilot program tests lifting BART ban on bikes during commute hours
BART officials, transit riders, and bicycle advocates have given a provisional thumbs up to a pilot program that ran on Fridays this August, allowing cyclists and their bikes to board trains during...
View ArticleBishop O’Dowd defends home turf in Oakland high school football clash against...
Under the Friday night lights in East Oakland, The McClymonds Warriors’ football team fell to the Bishop O’Dowd Dragons, with a final score of 33-26.
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Bikers race in Grand Prix in downtown Oakland
Cycling enthusiasts gathered downtown on Sunday, for the Oakland Grand Prix Bike Race. 305 cyclists of all ages competed in ten events, slicing through the streets surrounding the Kaiser Center.
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Despite small budget, Oakland A’s triumph in American League West
For the fourth time in the last decade, and the first since the release of the film Moneyball brought popular attention to the team’s uncanny ability to wring a playoff appearance out of a noticeably...
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Supporters “Swim A Mile” for women’s cancer research
Sporting a pink scarf around her newly shaved head and a black baseball cap with pink rhinestone accents, Debra Hagan watched her sister swim Saturday afternoon. Hagan, who was recently diagnosed with...
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Undaunted by Detroit loss, fans, Mayor Quan rally for Oakland A’s
There may be no stronger tie of identity between city and team than Oakland has with the Athletics. Known to the rest of the country as the sometimes-suffering underdog, the city of Oakland and its...
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How many East Bay parks can you hike? It’s time for the 2013 Trail Challenge
The East Bay Regional Parks Foundation has kicked off its 2013 Trail Challenge program designed to encourage hikers of all ages and skill levels to get out and experience the East Bay’s many hiking...
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Warriors’ Landry meets kids at East Oakland boxing gym
The children and youth who participate in health and education programs at the East Oakland Boxing Association got the chance to meet Golden State Warriors forward Carl Landry on Thursday afternoon....
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Raiders will block off seats at O.co in an attempt to prevent TV blackouts
The Oakland Raiders announced that 10,000 seats will be blocked off in the stadium’s upper section to avoid television blackouts under an NFL rule that requires teams to sell out home games before the...
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Local wrestlers react to decision to drop wrestling from Olympics
With the recent decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 games, a local Oakland club wrestling team decides to pursue the sport anyway.
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Can bikes and people peacefully co-exist on BART?
Last week, BART officials launched a five-day pilot program to see if bikes and people could fit comfortably onto its trains at all times. Now they are asking the public to complete an online survey...
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Fans stream in for Opening Day baseball in Oakland
Oakland North tagged along as people of all ages, and even a dog or two made their way to O. Co Coliseum to watch the home team square off against the Seattle Mariners. We talked to a guy who has seen...
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