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May 26 marks the opening of the WWII Home Front National Park Visitor's Center. In a conversation about the park's new visitor center, one local heroine mused on how much has changed since for women, African-Americans and all Americans since she first moved to Oakland as a child. 

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“Re-Purpose with Purpose”
Make Something New out of Something Old and Make a Difference
Saturday, May 19, 2012  7 pm - 10 pm

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“Re-Purpose with Purpose”
Make Something New out of Something Old and Make a Difference
Saturday, May 19, 2012  7 pm - 10 pm

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Oakland Cultural Arts Funding Deadline May

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Oaklands Affordable Housing Week

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When the class of 2012 graduates at Oakland’s Civicorps Elementary School on June 8, it will be the last time that any of the 150 students currently attending the K-5 charter school will be setting foot on its campus. The school’s management is shutting the school down after 10 years of operation, citing budgetary constraints.

Here is the fourth edition of Oakland North’s new guessing game, where we take you to an Oakland establishment and have you try to figure out where it is. This week you have eight photos to work with, and three clues to help get you started.

Community events and activities for the weekend of May 18-20, 2012. Got an event we didn’t know about? Please add it in the comments!

From the Oakland Local Editorial Team

Spring is in full swing and the weather is nice, too - need something to do this weekend?

Then check out these stories on events scheduled for Saturday, from morning to night, and for young, old and those in between.

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If you read our last article about Bay Area Community Supported Agriculture projects and you’re looking for more ways to buy local, you might be interested in a meat club.

Meat CSAs, or meat clubs, are relatively new to the Bay Area and so far there are only a few. Here’s an introduction:

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Dave Nee is a great storyteller. 

He has an encyclopedic memory of the history and personalities that make up the field honored in the name of his store - The Other Change of Hobbit Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookstore. He also has two cats who grace the store. 

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At least two individuals have been subpoenaed to a federal grand jury that appears to be investigating a fire set at the home of a UC Santa Cruz animal researcher in 2008. There was no claim of responsibility for the fire, and there is no evidence activists were responsible. Nonetheless, the incident became the impetus for the "AETA 4" case, which saw the indictment of four Bay Area activists before charges were dismissed in 2010.

 

African American young men from the San Francisco Bay Area who are graduating from high school and heading to college will take center stage June 3 at a unique graduation ceremony aimed at celebrating and amplifying their achievements.  The event highlighting black male achievement is part of $1 million effort aimed at boosting number of college-ready black male youth.

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On May 14th, all charges against Indybay photojournalists Bradley Stuart Allen and Alex Darocy were dismissed by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Paul Burdick. The Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office had argued, without any evidence, that Allen and Darocy were "the media arm of the organization, the group's propagandists" for the occupation of the vacant Wells Fargo bank building at 75 River Street in late November, thereby validating Shmuel Thaler, a Santa Cruz Sentinel photographer, as having been at the occupation as a bona fide journalist. Judge Burdick questioned the inconsistencies in the DA's argument and dismissed all charges.

Join East Bay Housing Organizations, and members for panels, tours, presentations and discussions in 7 cities across the East Bay - part of the Bay Area's Affordable Housing Month.  These events celebrate the benefits and successes of affordable housing, link to other key issues, and highlight the continuing need for advocacy and action.  

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Senior citizens from Oakland performed in front of nearly 100 people at Frank H.Ogawa Plaza on Wednesday for the city’s 8th annual Older Americans Month celebration. The site, which has become synonymous with the Occupy Oakland protests, was transformed into a concert hall where folk dancers and Baby Boomers took center stage, despite some disruptions from Occupy protesters.