Upcoming forums, new DTO restaurant, and other odds and ends
Oakland’s busy election season continues this week with a calendar chock full of candidate forums. Here are a few upcoming events that may be of interest to...
Help give other Oaklanders a better holiday season: donate to the Mayor’s Holiday Toy Drive and the Blogoaksphere Virtual Food Drive
Oakland is full of superfun stuff to do during the holiday season. Shopping districts host festive street fairs. Normally-cool institutions like the Dunsmuir-Hellman...
Is there no limit to the DTO’s appetite for the world’s most tasteless sandwich?
Seriously! How many Subways can downtown support? There’s already three I can think of, and I believe another one coming in the retail space at the new Madison...
Sean Sullivan: The Hope of West Oakland
In June 2008, I had the opportunity to blog about food security. The election happened. Despite its outcome, food insecurity in West Oakland persists. Until now...
Still waiting for Mandela Foods
Apparently, some people are tired of grocery store posts. I suggest those people scroll down and read my recaps of last week’s HarriOak All Candidates Forum...
Mandela Foods Cooperative: Subsidizing failure
West Oakland houses 28,000 people and does not have even one full-service grocery store. Residents with access to a car or near the Emeryville border can shop at...
Fresh & Easy update in the Trib. Also, shame on you, Nancy Nadel!
So today’s Trib has a story about the Fresh & Easy situation. It’s fine. It doesn’t say anything that hasn’t been covered here, but...
Finally, a clear answer on Fresh & Easy
Okay, so we finally have a firm answer on whether Fresh & Easy is coming to West Oakland or not. They aren’t. At last night’s All Candidates Forum,...
West Oakland is not getting a grocery store anytime soon
So, even though Fresh & Easy has already announced their first 18 Bay Area locations, and the only one in Oakland is at 73rd and Bancroft, people keep insisting...
Bakesale Betty coming to downtown? OMG!
Whenever people ask me what downtown Oakland is missing, I answer without hesitation. A bakery! We need a bakery! It drives me insane that I can easily walk from...
Green Jobs, Fresh & Easy
Okay. I’m keeping things short and sweet today. Apologies for the sparse posting the lately, but that will all be remedied next week. I have a very special...
Random Monday thoughts and links
I’m keeping things short today, on account of the holiday. I was going to write a post about how deplorable it is that Mandela Foods Cooperative actively...


