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Celebrating Hawaiian heritage with a May Day festival in Hayward
The Kuma Hula Association of Northern California will be celebrating its island heritage with the “Hawaiian May Day Festival” in Hayward on Saturday. The free festival — running from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. downtown— will offer plenty of music and dance, along with vendors selling food and other wares.
Oakland’s Jack London Inn is becoming a homeless shelter
The city of Oakland is closing one of its largest homeless shelters and opening another in its place. On Tuesday, the City Council approved a nearly $7 million grant for a nonprofit to lease the Jack London Inn and run a shelter for seniors and medically vulnerable residents there. The first occupants of the 110-room building on Embarcadero West will be the current residents of the Lake Merritt Lodge.
Four street gang members charged for violent robberies of San Pablo jewelry store, other Bay Area businesses
Oakland-based Ghost Town gang co-conspirators stole bags of jewelry valued at $300,000 to $500,000. Face 10 to 20 years in prison; three have histories of arrests. OAKLAND – A federal grand jury has handed down a superseding indictment alleging Jakari Jenkins, Demarco Barnett, Garland Devonte Rabon, and Keanna Alloise Smith-Stewart conspired with each other, and other members of an Oakland-based street gang, to rob several San Francisco Bay Area businesses, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Special Agent in Charge Robert K Tripp. The superseding indictment, filed April 18, 2024, was unsealed last Friday at an initial appearance by defendant Rabon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore. The final defendant to appear in court, Ms. Smith-Stewart, made her initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Westmore on April 30.
The Morning Breeze On Demand: May 10, 2024
Looks like Oakland Airport is adding San Francisco Bay into their name. Morning Breeze Brain Tease: 80% of people say it upsets them to hear... their own voice!. Nathan in East Bay is our Morning Breeze Person of the Week!. Cort has a few friends that he only texts once...
Opinion: My family was the victim of a traffic collision. It was preventable
Two months ago, my husband and 3-year-old were commuting to preschool by bicycle as they do every morning, when a driver veered into the oncoming lane while turning left, hitting them as they waited at the light. My husband suffered two torn ligaments, and my son was thrown into the street, but miraculously not physically injured. It was incredibly traumatic for them both, as well as for our family and community.
How roads around 5 Oakland schools could get safer this summer
Five major school-specific traffic safety projects will get underway this summer. That’s the good news for Oakland parents who want speeding drivers to slow down around their kids. But in their presentation on Monday before the Education Partnership Committee, a joint city and school board coordinating body, Oakland Transportation...
Summer camp for underserved kids looking for counselors
(KRON) — For many kids, summer is all about fun in the sun with friends. Going to summer camp is a huge part of that. Yet, for so many others, that opportunity is out of reach. CAMP MADE4Me is looking to change that. It wants to give the most underfunded communities the magic of camp. […]
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