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If you have a fitness goal for 2024, listen up. Cassie Hecker, the owner of Sweat in Oakland is here to help.

Since 1991, Youth Alive! has been trying to break the cycle of violence in Oakland through prevention, intervention, healing, and advocacy.

Community is exactly what my clients were looking for when I helped them buy their dream home in Piedmont, and that’s exactly what they got.

Noah Merl knows the pressures athletes face. He played a soccer for Cal and the Seattle Sounders. Now, he is a clinical therapist and sports psychology consultant.

Since 2012, Park Burger in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood has been serving local, sustainable, comfort food.  Tic Barber is one of the owners.

Megan Gressel was a popular pilates instructor in Oakland.  She used to talk to me about her dreams of opening her own studio in her El Cerrito community. Well, I am so proud of her, because, guess what? She did it. Plank + Power is now open.  Megan, what is it like to see your […]

If you live in the East Bay, you’ve probably heard of Colonial Donuts.  There are two locations, one in Montclair and one on Lakeshore.    Phing Yamamoto manages both shops. So tell me the story about how your parents purchased Colonial Donuts 40 years ago. Yes, they did.  They’re the classic American dream immigrants coming […]

Marzano is a cozy Italian restaurant on Park Boulevard in Oakland’s Glenview neighborhood. Manna Tekie is the owner and general manager. So tell me a little bit about the history of Marzano, because I know it closed in 2014, but then reopened in 2016.  Manna:  Yeah, I’ve been here since 2008. It opened up as […]

What is the Wellness Center? About a third of Piedmont High School students and a quarter of Piedmont Middle School students receive counseling at the PUSD Wellness Center every year. And it’s up to us to keep it going, so they always have this resource. Senior Danny Allen says he used the wellness center a […]