Join the Office of Parks & Recreation at their annual campout. With family fun activities, dinner, camp snacks, and continental breakfast. Until 10am on Sunday.
Ribbon-cutting for a 'healing garden,' creekside amphitheater, and Oakland's newest recreation trail at the park. With Friends of Negro Spirituals, Malcolm Westbrooks, and an art installation highlighting Oakland's African American oral historians.
free
Program honors men and women helping to build their communities, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that demanded jobs and an end to racial and economic discrimination against black Americans. Art show 3pm, dinner 5pm, program 6pm.
$20 per person, $35 per family
The annual fundraiser features samples from nearly 100 restaurants, caterers, bakeries, wineries, and brew houses. With live music, dancing, and more. For ages 21 and up.
$150
Dinner, drinks and dancing with Los Nadies at the annual Rhythmix full moon gala. Also featuring an auction showcasing the work of local artists, jewelers, and artisans as well as event passes, gift certificates to local restaurants, and more.
$20 advance, $25 at the door
With African drumming, jazz, blues, neo-soul, gospel, rhythm and blues, and reggae; a health fair; a basketball tournament; arts and crafts for kids;
free
The two-day cannabis expo will feature cultivation seminars and activism sessions with HIGH TIMES editors, leaders of the marijuana movement, and major cannabis celebrities.
$25-$75
Meet like-minded neighbors interested in learning new skills and sharing their services within the community. Savor homemade goods, learn new skills from our community presenters, and bring items for swapping with neighbors.
free
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.