Art Beat: Mosaic Project and Mural Walk Build Community
Pat'Patterson
It's said that art and its creative processes can be inspiring and therapeutic. Take a look in our Metro areas, and you'll witness a wide range of artistry, alive and thriving.

Dimond Neighborhood News
Carrie Campbell and Kathleen Russell
Raburn Running for BART District 4Dimond activist Robert Raburn has announced his candidacy for BART Director in the November election.

Laurel Neighborhood News
by Renais WinterSomething from NothingThe Summer Solstice Music Festival celebrated its fifth year in the Laurel this June.

Maxwell Park News
Bryan Farley
For the last three years, I have been taking photographs for the Metro. Now, I will be writing the Maxwell Park column. I have lived in Maxwell Park for eight...

High Street Neighborhood News
Adelle Foley
As spring turned to summer, the Melrose neighborhood reclaimed two of its anchors with the unveiling of the newly refurbished Fire Station 18, followed closely...

Leona Heights Neighborhood News
Gordon Laverty
Backing up for just a minute, last month the annual Alameda County Fair took place in Pleasanton. While it's a bit of a drive to attend the fair there, my family ...

The Ballot Box
In honor of the 90th anniversary of the passage of Woman Suffrage, we are launching The Ballot Box. We can't endorse candidates.

Cuts End Community Policing
Sheila D'Amico
Budget cuts of 80 Oakland police officers forcing the restructuring of services, effectively ended community policing. All the Problem Solving Officers (PSOs)...

Whooping Cough Epidemic: Do You Need A Booster?
Paulette Avery, R.N., M.S.N., I.B.C.L.C.
Recently, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued news that an epidemic of whooping cough may be the worst seen in this state in the past 50...

Redwood Heights Neighborhood News
Denise Davila
The Redwood Heights Neighborhood Association (RHNA) needs your help. As an all-volunteer organization, the association relies on the generosity of our neighbors...

Boulevard Bites
Sheila D'Amico
### While we were away, Farmer Joe's in the Dimond celebrated its fourth anniversary. FJ's opening in the Dimond created the impetus for the business district's...

Grow Your Local Sacred Space
Hadley Louden
'Have you ever thought of your local park or community garden as Sacred Space? Protected as communal "Common Grounds" and found on every part of our Earth and in ...

Orchids and Onions
Chrido Ononi
### Orchids to the Keep Oakland Beautiful crew of volunteers for cleaning up and turning over the soil near the bus stop at High and Culver.

Two Programs Serve Seniors
Abby King Kaiser
Fruitvale Senior Center Keeps GoingEverywhere we turn, funding is short and programs are getting cut. This year, OUSD cut funding to adult education, including...

Creation by Brian Holmes