The longtime leader of Asian Health Services reflects on how the organization has adapted to meet the neighborhood’s needs.
Tag: downtown Oakland
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Who lives in downtown Oakland’s shiny new apartment towers?
Oakland’s gone through a building boom. How many people are living in this new housing, and what’s life like downtown?
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Some garage parking in downtown Oakland is now $5 after 5 p.m.
The “Five After Five” program at the Franklin Plaza Parking Garage aims to boost nightlife and improve public safety.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Oakland’s plan to revamp downtown is 8 years in the making
The Downtown Oakland Specific Plan could soon be set in motion. Here’s what it contains, and why it matters.
Posted inHow We Work
The pandemic clobbered cities. How is Oakland’s downtown doing?
We’re partnering with Oakland North and Oakland Lowdown to explore what’s going well and what isn’t for those who live, work, and play in our urban core.
Posted inRoad Safety
‘Sky’s the limit’: Caltrans is getting serious about replacing I-980
State transportation planners want feedback about transforming the freeway that sliced downtown and West Oakland apart.
Posted inRoad Safety
‘Bulb-outs’ will narrow Broadway in downtown Oakland for pedestrian safety
Starting in 2025, the city will also expand sidewalks on MLK Jr. Way to make it easier to cross the street.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Broken glass ‘showering’ sidewalks from a downtown Oakland highrise
Tenants say shards of glass have repeatedly fallen on their balconies and the sidewalks of 17th Street and Broadway.
Posted inBusiness
A downtown Oakland salon serves as a hangout spot for Oakland’s Mongolian community
The hand-painted sign for Saraa Puntsag’s salon has become a beacon for Mongolian immigrants.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Oakland Chamber of Commerce wants City Hall reopened and more police and security patrols downtown
Business groups aren’t satisfied with the city’s current efforts to reduce crime and bring pre-pandemic vibrancy back to downtown.
Posted inBusiness
A Sri Lankan chef says goodbye to her longtime Oakland cafe
Chef Anula Edirisinghe said she’s closing her downtown Oakland restaurant due to rising rent and slow foot traffic in downtown.
Posted inArts & Community
‘A community studio for news and art’: The Oakland Lowdown opens downtown
An information-packed zine is the first output from the participatory journalism project.
Posted inArts & Community
Photos: Positivity on display at Oakland’s Black Joy Parade
Thousands gathered downtown on Sunday for a celebration of Pan-African culture.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland Home Histories: The little building on Webster that’s lasted
The Mentone Arms Apartments have survived a century of transformation, ambition, upheaval, and neglect in downtown Oakland.
Posted inBusiness
How Uptown and downtown Oakland bars are surviving the pandemic
We spoke with four nightclub and bar owners about their strategies for safely serving up drinks and food and fun.
