Is Good Vibrations a good fit for Lakeshore?
Remember the fireworks last December when an application for an adult entertainment shop in Uptown came before the Oakland Planning Commission? KTOP viewers have...
Manicure EMERGENCY in Oakland!
Oakland’s City Council looooves small business, and loves to talk and talk and talk, ad nauseum, about just how much they love small business. What usually...
New Broadway Safeway EIR Scoping Session tonight
Tonight, the new new Safeway at 51st and Broadway will have its EIR scoping session at the Oakland Planning Commission. The proposal has generated quite a bit of...
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...
DeLauer’s on The DTO
dto510 wrote a really good post last week about how important DeLauer’s is to the DTO: 13th and Broadway is a major transit hub. DeLauer’s light and street...
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...
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...
Weekend highlights – Don’t miss the Oakland Holiday Parade on Saturday
I apologize for the somewhat erratic posting lately. This is a busy time of year for me. But I seem to be on a bit of a blogging binge today, so scroll down to make...
Look out Whole Foods, here comes Fresh & Easy!
Hot on the heels of Oakland’s brand new Whole Foods and two new Trader Joes, it looks like downtown might be getting our very own Fresh & Easy. What’s...
Harvest Hall “breaks ground” in Jack London Square
I guess I was a little bit ahead of schedule when I wrote about Jack London Square’s Harvest Hall last week. The project had its ceremonial groundbreaking...
Oakland’s own Ferry Building in Jack London Square? Maybe not.
Commenter Owen asked for my opinion on Harvest Hall. I haven’t written about it before because, well, I’m not quite sure what to say about it. I thought...


