Friends and colleagues remember Judge John Sutter, who tirelessly advocated for the preservation of open space and parklands.

Author Archives: C.J. Hirschfield
C.J. Hirschfield served for 17 years as Executive Director of Children’s Fairyland, where she was charged with the overall operation of the nation’s first storybook theme park. Prior to that, she served as an executive in the cable television industry, She penned a weekly column for the Piedmont Post for 13 years, wrote regularly for Oakland Local, and has contributed to KQED’s Perspectives series. She now writes for EatDrinkFilms.com and Splash Pad News. She holds a degree in Film and Broadcasting from Stanford University.
Kamala Harris surprised an Oakland childcare nonprofit with a major grant
The vice president, born in Oakland, gave $20,000 to the childcare organization BANANAS.
New online store aims to keep Oakland retail alive
Brett Rounsaville and April Underwood started Keep Oakland Alive to provide a local online shopping alternative to Amazon.
Bar Shiru and others hope new ‘flex streets’ will help with COVID losses
The “flex streets” collaboration, along with fundraising through Cocktail Week (which is actually a month this year), aims at supporting Oakland businesses downtown, Uptown, and beyond.