The Temescal retail district is encouraging shoppers and diners to return starting Oct. 25 with a series of ‘Flex Streets’ events.
Category: Business
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These East Bay coffee businesses say equity and diversity shouldn’t be an afterthought
High-end coffee companies that prioritize equity on a global level are looking closer to home to resolve racial bias in the coffee world.
Posted inHealth & Environment
Oakland Amazon workers want to unionize their East Bay warehouse
If a union forms at Amazon’s San Leandro distribution center, where many Oakland residents work, it would be the first of its kind in the nation.
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Oakland’s cannabis equity program got a $6.5 million boost. But where is the money going?
Grants of up to $33k and two new shared manufacturing kitchens will help, but equity advocates say there’s more to be done.
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Will Alameda County make it easier for Oakland’s home cooks and pop-ups to legally sell food?
Thanks to COVID, more Oaklanders are interested in food entrepreneurship. A state law already makes it easier—Alameda County just hasn’t adopted it yet.
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Oakland plant nurseries are booming during the pandemic
As people take comfort in gardening during the COVID-19 shutdown, these local businesses are finding ways to thrive.
Posted inArts & Community
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.
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With its owner and landlord at odds, Tribune Tavern will close for good on Friday
Restaurateur Chris Pastena says his landlord is unwilling to negotiate; the landlord says Pastena hasn’t been acting in good faith.
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Bissap Baobab reopens as a women-led collective
Five women entrepreneurs are breathing new life into Oakland’s only Senegalese restaurant.
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One cherished shop in Oakland’s Laurel closes, but there’s hope for others
Movement Ink shuts down this month. Meanwhile, the online directory Local Motiv is tracking business closures and hoping for the future of retail.