By Don Dunning | November 16, 2008
This past Friday, on behalf of the Oakland Association of Realtors (OAR), I visited the East Oakland Community Project (EOCP), AKA “Crossroads,” and installed a “Sharing Closet” sign outside their room designated for donations to the residents. As I discussed in a previous blog, EOCP is the largest homeless shelter in Alameda County. While sitting […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | November 14, 2008
The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) has just added a new information service to its Web site sharing great tips and ideas on how to green your home, office and life. “At Home with Green”™ includes an index of green resources, terminology and principles. It also offers information on buying a green home, greening an […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | October 30, 2008
Many who have never visited don’t know that Oakland is one of the most beautiful, desirable places to live in the U.S. The city is lovely, the Mediterranean climate one of the best in the world and the people are diverse and interesting. Despite all it has going for it, Oakland, as much of the […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | October 12, 2008
On September 27th, I took part in the sixth annual Walk Around the Lake for the Oral Lee Brown Foundation. The circuit is around Lake Merritt and I’ve participated every year since the beginning. Unfortunately, this year I forgot my camera, but have included some photos from previous years. Besides supporting a great charity, the […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | October 10, 2008
Originally appeared in Bay Area News Group publications on October 10th and 19th, 2008 as a companion piece to my Oct. 5th, 2008 Oaktoberfest blog
Updated June 2015.
The Dimond District has, indeed, proven to be a success story.
The area around the Fruitvale/MacArthur intersection of the Dimond District has always been alive with activity. Those in the neighborhood could pick up coffee on the way to the San Francisco express bus, do their banking, and stop off for Chinese food or pizza after work.
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | October 5, 2008
Yesterday, my wife and I had a great time at the first annual “Oktoberfest in the Dimond.” By the look of the crowd, it was a major success.
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | September 30, 2008
Years ago, I was introduced to “cemetery walks” by my wife, Sonia. At first, I thought it rather ghoulish, until she taught me that many cemeteries were planned specifically for the living as much as memorials for the dead. One of the most beautiful of these is right here in Oakland. Dedicated on May 25, […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | September 23, 2008
We are approaching the 140th anniversary of the Great Hayward Earthquake. It hit on October 21, 1868 and was reported as either a magnitude 6.8 or 7.0 — one of the most destructive in the history of California. This was also known as “the Great San Francisco Earthquake” until the more famous 7.9 disaster befell […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | September 21, 2008
Oakland Magazine’s third annual reader’s survey of the “Best of Oakland” is now out. [Note: URL does say “2006,” but it really is 2008. Also, not all restaurants on the list were actually in Oakland] You can review the picks in a plethora of categories for this year, as well as the previous two. Here […]
Read MoreBy Don Dunning | September 3, 2008
In 1850, California was the 31st state admitted to the Union. The following year Oakland’s first post office opened. It was located in the Oakland House on Broadway, Oakland’s first hotel. Mail was addressed to “Contra Costa” until 1855, when the name Oakland was accepted by postal authorities. For earliest photo of Broadway, taken in […]
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