Mastodawn

This Saturday at Dimon library in Oakland:

"This event spotlights a panel of speakers from queer of color community spaces in Oakland and the greater Bay Area, including the restaurant Understory on International Boulevard, the volunteer-run Moments Cooperative and Community Space, and Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). We will learn about the important work of each group, including their considerations, practices, and strategies for building sustainable, inclusive, and accessible spaces. The event concludes with a broader discussion with all attendees. Masks are requested and will be available."

https://oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/698e2cfb4dacf581ff7ad9cc

#Oakland #Fruitvale #California #LGBTQ

Mike McCaffrey

Mar 5

A #ThrowbackThursday to that time I saw a real-life tumbleweed rolling next to the highway underpass in #Fruitvale.

#Oakland

General Strike Now Jan 31

... general strike opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jan. 30, 2026. Credit: Jungho Kim for The Oaklandside. Shortly before 1 p.m., a crowd ...#Fruitvale #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #Protests #Studentprotest #Trumpadministration
‘We are not aliens': Students from a dozen Oakland schools walk out to protest ICE

‘We are not aliens’: Students from a dozen Oakland schools walk out to protest ICE

Oakland businesses, from bars to hair salons, also shuttered or donated earnings as part of a national day of actions against ICE violence.

The Oaklandside

Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege Jan 25

If you loved Sinners, now would be a sadly especially appropriate time to watch the first Ryan Coogler/Michael B Jordan film, Fruitvale Station. #sinners #coogler #filmstodon #fruitvale #OscarGrant

Mike McCaffrey

Dec 28

I must admit that the #GooglePhotos memories do sometimes show some good crops for photos that wouldn't otherwise work, like this one I took waiting for the light after getting off the highway in #Fruitvale.

Mike McCaffrey Dec 12

Remembering 2017 when we lived in #Fruitvale and had a two-story-tall Christmas tree, which was one of the best parts about living in a loft.

#ThrowbackThursday #Oakland #FruitvaleVillage

LilMikeSF Aug 28, 2025

'We are all eating': Inside the Yay Area's mass #shoplifting "industry" that floods flea markets with goods...

At one point story mentions a #shoplifter drop spot near East #Oakland tagged in texts as the #Fruitvale "ho sto" that sells prostitute's lingerie, where after dropping off ill gotten goods to her fence, a woman is seen dancing for joy in the parking lot next to her Porsche Cayenne.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/17/we-are-all-eating-inside-californias-secret-industry-that-props-up-mass-shoplifting/?share=oa2ssps2eepuwpdet5s0 #GiftLink #BayArea #CrimeNews