Garden Calendar: July 26-Aug. 2 - Contra Costa Times

25 July 2008, 6:17 pm

Garden Calendar: July 26-Aug. 2Contra Costa Times, CA - 1 hour agoOakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St. 510-238-2200, 510-337-1375. Crow Canyon Gardens — Docents needed. Help lead school field trip tours for children ...... read more

Poll: 63% of Californians say they're worse off than year ago - San Jose Mercury News

25 July 2008, 4:28 pm

Poll: 63% of Californians say they're worse off than year agoSan Jose Mercury News,  USA - 3 hours agoMenus have changed this year for Elizabeth B. Williams of Oakland, who retired from the dry-cleaning industry and at age 81 is raising an 11-year-old ...... read more

Summer 2008: A Just Foreign Policy - YES! Magazine

25 July 2008, 3:10 pm

YES! MagazineSummer 2008: A Just Foreign PolicyYES! Magazine, WA - 4 hours agoby Akaya Windwood I recently facilitated a community meeting organized to address a spate of violence in a neighborhood here in Oakland, California. ...... read more

Drama Queens - Oakbook

25 July 2008, 2:29 pm

OakbookDrama QueensOakbook, CA - 5 hours agoOver the years since then, Wood has succeeded in getting about 75% of all of Oakland Unified School District’s schools to participate in the plays put on by ...... read more

Diversity Gap Grows in UC Med Schools, Says Report - La Prensa San Diego

25 July 2008, 11:33 am

Diversity Gap Grows in UC Med Schools, Says ReportLa Prensa San Diego, CA - 8 hours agoNow a new report by the Greenlining Institute looking at who’s going to medical school in the University of California system suggests that future ...... read more

Bay Area prodigies at Stanford Jazz Festival - San Francisco Chronicle

25 July 2008, 10:10 am

Bay Area prodigies at Stanford Jazz FestivalSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 9 hours agoBefore that, as a student at Alameda High, the young saxophonist used to crash the late pianist Ed Kelly's classes at Laney College in Oakland. ...... read more